On November 20, 2024, at the International Semiconductor Lighting Alliance (ISA) Member Conference, the announcement and award ceremony of the" Global Semiconductor Lighting Industry Development Outstanding Contribution Award" (AOID) became the focus of the audience. This award is known as a hall-level award in the field of semiconductor lighting. This year is the fourth time since its establishment in 2021. So far, only 19 outstanding individuals and organizations have won this honor. 1 Mr. Jin Xiaoming, Co-Secretary-General of ISA and former Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, personally presided over this important award announcement and award ceremony. Among the five award-winning semiconductor lighting industry leaders this year, Mr. Jin Conglong, President of Zhaochi Semiconductor, is among the list for his outstanding achievements and outstanding contributions.

The growth path of industry leaders

Mr. Jin Conglong is a member of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Nanchang City and a Class A talent of Shenzhen Shenlong. He has more than 30 invention patents and his resume in the electronic information manufacturing industry is brilliant. 1. In 2012, he joined Shenzhen Zhaochi Co., Ltd. as vice president, and now he has become the president and CEO of Zhaochi Semiconductor, the core sector of Zhaochi Group's LED industry. Over the past ten years, he has accumulated rich management and marketing experience, especially focusing on informatization, automation, standardization integration and management innovation in the electronic information manufacturing industry. He has demonstrated himself in the field of LED semiconductor lighting chips and their packaging. He has a solid and profound theoretical foundation and rich and diverse practical experience, has keen, accurate judgment and unique and profound insights on the future development trend of the industry, and is a key decision-maker in the strategic development of Zhaochi Group's LED industry chain. 1.

Three outstanding achievements have created industry legends

• Innovation leads and builds the entire industrial chain layout: With a far-sighted strategic vision, Mr. Jin Conglong led Zhaochi Semiconductor to achieve major breakthroughs in the technological integration of the upstream core industrial chain of LED chips. He successfully integrated the entire process of sapphire flat sheet patterned substrate PSS LED epitaxial sheet LED chip into an independent manufacturing system. This initiative is the first time in China. It broke the limitations of single technology and geographical dispersion in the past, achieved large-scale operation, and set a new benchmark for the development of China's LED chip industry1.
  Not only that, Mr. Jin Conglong attaches great importance to talent training and technological innovation, actively introduces high-end technical talents at home and abroad, vigorously promotes innovation among all members of the team, and strives to build multiple national and provincial innovation platforms. In just three years, Zhaochi Semiconductor has applied for more than 1200 technical invention patents, covering substrate, epitaxy, chip technology, and many advanced technology product fields such as Mini/Micro LEDs, high light efficiency, high voltage, and power devices. These patent achievements not only demonstrate Zhaochi Semiconductor's strong R & D strength, but also provide solid and powerful technical support for China LED chip companies in the global market competition, helping Zhaochi Semiconductor be selected as the fifth place in the top 50 innovation giants of specialization and innovation. 1.
• Lean management promotes the digital transformation of the industry: Mr. Jin Conglong has always advocated the concepts of refined management and cost control. Under his active promotion, Zhaochi Semiconductor's intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation have achieved remarkable results. 1. He has carefully built world-class and internationally leading intelligent and digital production equipment and production systems, built the world's leading digital smart LED chip production base, and achieved comprehensive automation, lean, digital and intelligent management of the production process. 1.
  This measure not only greatly improves production efficiency and product yield, but also significantly reduces energy consumption and pollution, achieves green manufacturing, and makes an indelible contribution to improving the international competitiveness of China's semiconductor lighting industry 1. Under his leadership, Zhaochi Semiconductor has continuously increased its investment in production capacity, and has invested 10 billion yuan to build LED epitaxy, chip projects, red and yellow light LED chip projects, and Mini/Micro LED chip R & D and production projects, successfully promoted to the world's largest production capacity. LED chip supplier 1. Through the introduction of advanced production equipment and continuous optimization of production processes, Zhaochi Semiconductor's monthly production capacity has soared from hundreds of thousands of chips to more than 1.1 million chips (4 inches), fully meeting the strong market demand for high-quality LED chips and effectively driving The coordinated development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the semiconductor lighting industry chain has stimulated the technological innovation vitality of the entire industry and promoted the optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure.
• Strategic leadership and global industrial development: With his keen insight into the market trends of the semiconductor lighting industry, Mr. Jin Conglong has led Zhaochi Semiconductor to become the world's exclusive company with four major technologies and production capabilities in the entire LED chip industry chain. 1. Based on the traditional lighting market, he actively expanded into diversified fields such as high-end lighting, TV backlighting, Mini RGB direct display, and backlighting, forming a comprehensive and multi-level market layout 1.
  Since it was put into production at the end of 2019, Zhaochi Semiconductor has achieved an astonishing growth in production capacity from 0 to 1.1 million chips in less than 5 years, and has rapidly emerged to become a leading company in the industry. 1. After its first profit in 2021, its net profit in 2023 has steadily climbed to 343 million yuan, and its production, sales and profit margins are among the best in the industry1. As a rising star in the field of LED chips, Mr. Jin Conglong is not afraid of fierce market competition, actively seeks change, and takes the core strategy of improving quality control to push Chinese chips to the global market, successfully creating the world's largest single output in the chip field. Little giant, and won the China LED Initiative Award for Ten Years Outstanding Contribution, has won China's semiconductor lighting industry a high reputation on the international stage. 1.
  In addition, Mr. Jin Conglong also attaches great importance to the integration and optimization of global supply chains and has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with many well-known companies at home and abroad. Through extensive exchanges and cooperation with international counterparts and in-depth cooperation with internationally renowned customers, he actively introduced and digested international advanced technology, and at the same time promoted the innovative achievements of China's LED industry to the world, injecting a steady stream of new vitality into the development of the global semiconductor lighting industry, effectively enhancing the international status of China's semiconductor lighting industry and promoting the common progress and prosperity of global semiconductor lighting technology. 1.

In the eyes of the judges, Mr. Jin Conglong

ISA judges spoke highly of Mr. Jin Conglong's achievements:

• Under the leadership of Mr. Jin Conglong, Zhaochi Semiconductor has developed into a large-scale semiconductor lighting company based on R & D. It has achieved remarkable achievements and its influence in the industry is increasing day by day.
• Mr. Jin Conglong has successfully built the world's largest LED manufacturer and supplied LED products to the global market at reasonable prices, making significant contributions to the popularization and development of the global semiconductor lighting industry.
• His leadership in the field of semiconductor technology and outstanding contribution to LED technology are impressive, and his professionalism and excellent leadership have set an example for the industry.
• The comprehensive development of the national LED lighting industry is inseparable from independently mass-produced LED semiconductor structures and chips. Mr. Jin Conglong has made great achievements in his creation and development in this regard, laying a strong and independent foundation for China's lighting industry and promoting independent innovation and sustainable development of China's semiconductor lighting industry.

Responsibility and responsibility in the acceptance speech

Mr. Jin Conglong delivered a sincere acceptance speech at the ISA 2024 General Meeting via video recording. He said that it was a great honor to be awarded the ISA 2024 Outstanding Contribution Award for Global Semiconductor Lighting Industry Development. He believes that this honor is not only a high recognition of himself, but also a high praise for the entire team of Zhaochi Semiconductor for its unremitting exploration and innovation in the field of semiconductor lighting for many years.
In the current highly competitive industry environment, Zhaochi Semiconductor has always adhered to its original intention, continuously increased investment in R & D, and gathered a group of top semiconductor talents to improve product performance, reliability and energy efficiency ratio. New breakthroughs continue to be made in key aspects such as chip design and manufacturing processes 1. The company always adheres to the development concept of technology-led, technology-driven, and technology-driven technology-based platform based on extreme refined management and extreme cost control. It is committed to providing cost-effective products and excellent services to global partners, and leading the industry to achieve Sustainable high-quality development 1.
Mr. Jin Conglong emphasized that this award is an incentive and spur for him. It reminds Zhaochi Semiconductor to continue to play a leading role in semiconductors, an industry full of unlimited potential but extremely competitive, and actively participate in international cooperation and competition, extensively learn from international advanced technology and management experience, and selflessly share its own achievements to contribute greater to the prosperity and development of the entire semiconductor lighting industry.