Jiang Shangzhou: The giant of the integrated circuit industry fell out loud

According to news from the industry, SMIC confirmed yesterday that Jiang Shangzhou, chairman and independent non-executive director of SMIC, died of illness on the morning of the 27th. Jiang Shangzhou was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002 and this sudden death may be related to relapse.

Sudden facts make people grudge that Jiang Shangzhou, chairman of China International, died on the 6th of June 2011! The news came so suddenly that Xiao Bian didn't believe it was a fact yesterday. It seems that he is still active on the stage of the IC, but the news that keeps popping up tells me this is true! Suddenly, China’s scientific and technological community has lost one more player. China International has lost a loved one.

Suddenly, the death of Jiang Shangzhou undoubtedly caused a huge blow to SMIC. Jiang Shangzhou is SMIC, which took over from June 2009. In 2010, SMIC’s net profit for the full year was US$14 million, which compared with a net loss of US$962.5 million in 2009, achieved profitability and created a new record for the company’s annual net profit. This also put an end to the company's record of six years of never making a profit.

SMIC's Future SMIC has originally planned to hold a general meeting on June 29 to announce that Liu Zunyi and Zhang Wenyi will serve as directors of the company. In a report on the 28th, domestic reporters also stated that “After a transitional period, Jiang Shangzhou resigned from the chairmanship of the company because of physical reasons.” This sudden death was a surprise to SMIC and the outside world.

SMIC will hold a general meeting of shareholders today, in addition to re-election of two directors Wang Ningguo, Gao Yonggang (will be re-elected), will add two new members - announced that Liu Zunyi, Zhang Wenyi as the company's director. This means that with the entry of SMIC's investors, the company's decision-making power will begin to redistribute.

Gu Wenjun, a senior analyst at the semiconductor industry research firm iSuppli in China, said in an interview that both are heavyweights. Although they are all non-executive directors, their arrival will be an important influence on SMIC and even China’s semiconductor industry.

The outstanding contribution of Jiang Shangzhou is generally considered to be a reformist who is “light meritorious and hardworking” and is the founder of the Shanghai semiconductor chip industry and one of the promoters of the national large aircraft program.

The 64-year-old Jiang Shangzhou was the first group of returnees after China’s reform and opening up. Hainan was the earliest group of Bohai people in the early days of the province’s establishment. He was also the founder of the Shanghai chip industry and one of the initiators of the national large-scale aircraft project.

Jiang Shangzhou was born in April 1947 and was from Fujian. In 1965, Jiang Shangzhou was admitted to the radio department of Tsinghua University, but he only studied for 9 months in the school and the "Cultural Revolution" began. In 1970, he was assigned to work in the Microwave Equipment Factory of Yunnan Provincial Communications Bureau; in 1978, China resumed After enrolling graduate students, Jiang Shangzhou returned to his alma mater. In 1979, Jiang Shangzhou went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich to pursue a master's degree and a doctorate in electrical engineering. In 1987, he returned to China.

In 1991, Jiang Shangzhou served as the deputy mayor of the People's Government of Sanya City in Hainan Province; in 1993, he became the Secretary of Party Work Committee of Yangpu Development Zone in Hainan Province and the first director of Yangpu Development Zone Administration Bureau. In 1997, he transferred to work in Shanghai and successively served as deputy director of the Shanghai Economic Commission and deputy secretary of the Municipal Industrial Party Committee. In 2001, he served as deputy secretary-general of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and head of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Leading Group Office. In 2003, he became a member of the National Leading Group Office for Medium- and Long-Term Scientific and Technological Development Planning and Major Project Team Leader. In 2006, Jiang Shangzhou took over from Deng Pufang as Chairman of the China Disabled Persons’ Welfare Fund. In the same year, he was appointed as an independent non-executive director of SMIC. In June 2009, Jiang Shangzhou replaced Wang Yangyuan as chairman of SMIC.

The world’s evaluation Jiang Shoulei, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Industry Association, commented Jiang Shangzhou on this, “Yeshangjiang first proposed to build 10 integrated circuit production lines in Shanghai. He is also the promoter of the multi-site integrated circuit production line in China. His departure to China’s entire The integrated circuit industry is a major loss."

In 1998, Jiang Shangzhou, deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Industrial Party Committee and executive deputy director of the Municipal Economic Committee, proposed: Zhangjiang Microelectronics Development Zone, with a planned area of ​​22 square kilometers in Pudong, and three times the Taiwanese Hsinchu Industrial Park in Taiwan; 2001-2005 During the 10th Five-Year Plan period, Shanghai will invest 10 billion U.S. dollars in the construction of 10 8-inch to 12-inch integrated circuit production lines that are equal to or higher than the Hua Hong NEC909 project.

Gu Wenjun, a well-known semiconductor industry observer, said in Sina Weibo that “Mr. Jiang promoted many major scientific projects including large aircraft and semiconductors before his death. His death is a major loss to the country’s scientific and technological community.”