“Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily”, March 26 — The main contents of today's Science and Technology Innovation Board Evening Report include: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerating the development of artificial intelligence empowering the manufacturing industry represented by big models; Shenzhen: striving to achieve a “0 to 1” breakthrough around wafer manufacturing equipment, high-end CNC machine tools, etc.; and Zhiyuan Robot completed the 6th round of financing, with a valuation of 7 billion yuan.

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Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the development of artificial intelligence empowering the manufacturing industry represented by big models

Zhao Zhiguo, press spokesman and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference of the State Information Office today that the next step will be to focus on improving the industry's scientific and technological innovation capabilities. Accelerate the development of artificial intelligence empowering the manufacturing industry represented by big models. This year, the “Artificial Intelligence +” campaign will be launched to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence with the real economy and promote artificial intelligence to empower new industrialization. Continuously optimize the innovation platform network. According to the “Implementation Opinions on Manufacturing Pilot Innovation and Development” that has already been issued, the construction of modern pilot testing capabilities will be accelerated, and a number of new national manufacturing innovation centers and test and verification platforms will also be built. Build the world's leading science and technology park and innovation highland. On the basis of the existing 178 national high-tech zones and 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters, the creation of a new national industrialization demonstration zone will be launched this year, and work such as cultivating and upgrading advanced manufacturing clusters will be carried out to promote the National High-tech Zone to play a greater role in developing high technology, achieving industrialization, and accelerating the formation of new quality productivity.

Ministry of Commerce: We are urgently studying and refining measures to gradually increase the share of sales of new energy vehicles and energy-saving vehicles

Vice Minister of Commerce Guo Tingting said at the press conference of the State Information Office today that, on the premise of fully respecting consumers' wishes, we are currently studying and refining measures to promote the replacement of “energy” vehicles and gradually increase the share of sales of new energy vehicles and energy-saving vehicles; promote the “smart” replacement of home appliances to promote the development of intelligent, green, and low-carbon household appliances; promote the “renewal” of home improvement, kitchen and bathroom, and support more existing and second-hand housing to carry out renovation and partial renovation of old houses.

Shenzhen: Striving to achieve “0 to 1” breakthroughs around wafer manufacturing equipment, high-end CNC machine tools, etc., to solve the “stuck neck” problem of cutting-edge technology

The Shenzhen Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Bureau of Science and Technology Innovation, and the Finance Bureau jointly issued “Certain Measures to Promote High-Quality Development of High-end Equipment Industry Clusters in Shenzhen”. Among them, it is proposed to break through major equipment technology. Focusing on wafer manufacturing equipment, pre-panel manufacturing process equipment, and strategically significant high-end CNC machine tools, precision instruments and equipment, marine engineering equipment, etc., we strive to achieve a breakthrough “from 0 to 1” and solve the “stuck neck” problem of cutting-edge technology. Implement research plans for major strategic original projects. Major technical equipment research projects are carried out on wafer manufacturing equipment such as film deposition equipment, ion implanters, and thin film measuring equipment; pre-and mid-stage process equipment such as exposure machines; ultra-precision CNC lathes, milling machines, grinding machines and composite processing machines; high-end electronic testing instruments, geometric measuring instruments, scientific experimental instruments; major deep-sea mining equipment and other complete machines and core components, with a proportional funding of up to 30 million yuan.

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Lihewei: Net profit in 2023 increased 42.26% year-on-year, and plans to transfer 10 to 3.5 yuan and increase 2 shares

Lihewei disclosed its annual report. In 2023, it achieved operating income of 579 million yuan, an increase of 14.96% year on year; net profit of 107 million yuan, an increase of 42.26% year on year; and basic earnings per share of 1.07 yuan. The company plans to distribute a cash dividend of 3.5 yuan (tax included) to all shareholders for every 10 shares and transfer 2 additional shares. During the reporting period, the application of the company's chips in the smart grid market continued to deepen. The company increased promotion and application, and market performance continued to grow. At the same time, the application of the company's chips in other IoT markets also grew rapidly.

Tieke Rail: Net profit in 2023 increased 22.67% year-on-year, and plans to pay 10 to 4.5 yuan

Tieke Rail announced its 2023 annual report. During the reporting period, it achieved operating income of 1,637 million yuan, an increase of 22.17%; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 291 million yuan, an increase of 22.67% over the previous year; and basic earnings per share of 1.38 yuan. The company plans to distribute a cash dividend of 4.5 yuan (tax included) for every 10 shares to all shareholders.

SMIC: Subsidiary plans to transfer 12.79% of Changdian Technology's shares

SMIC announced that Semiconductor Shanghai, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, signed a share transfer agreement with Panshi Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (“Panshi Hong Kong”). According to the agreement, Semiconductor Shanghai plans to transfer its 229 million shares of Changdian Technology's outstanding shares (12.79% of the total number of issued shares of Changdian Technology on the date of signing the agreement) to Panshi Hong Kong or its related parties at a price of 29 yuan/share, for a total transfer price of 6.636 billion yuan. After the transaction is completed, Semiconductor Shanghai will no longer hold any shares in Changdian Technology.

Sunshine Novo: Shengpu Pharmaceutical plans to buy the company's A shares for 28 million yuan to 32 million yuan

Sunshine Nuohe announced that the affiliated company Shengpu Pharmaceutical plans to purchase the company's A shares, with a total purchase amount of 28 million yuan to 32 million yuan.

Matsui Co., Ltd.: Plans to acquire 20% of the holding subsidiary Changsha Songrun's shares for 19.6 million yuan

Matsui Co., Ltd. announced that it plans to use its own capital of RMB 19.6 million to acquire 20% of the shares in Changsha Songrun New Materials Co., Ltd. (“Changsha Songrun” or the “target company”) held by natural person shareholders Li Yunkai, Lai Anping, Yang Yifeng, and Liu Haijun. After the transaction is completed, the company's direct shareholding ratio in Changsha Songrun will increase from 80% to 100%, and Changsha Songrun will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.

Nanya New Materials: Plans to invest about 1.2 billion yuan to build a high-end electronic circuit substrate base project

Nanya New Materials announced that based on the overall strategic layout and business development needs, in order to speed up production capacity planning and industrial layout, the company plans to invest in the construction of a high-end electronic circuit substrate base. The project will be implemented by its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu South Asia, and plans to purchase land to build a new production base in the Haimen Economic and Technological Development Zone in Jiangsu Province. After completion, the production base will further increase the company's production capacity to support the company's future industrialization needs for high-end electronic substrates such as high-frequency, high-speed and IC packaging materials, thereby promoting the continuous growth of the company's business scale and enhancing the company's overall competitiveness and profitability. The total planned investment of the project is about 1.2 billion yuan.

Rongbai Technology: Signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with SK On to cooperate in the field of ternary and lithium manganese phosphate cathodes

Rongbai Technology announced that the company and SK On Co., Ltd. signed a “Memorandum of Cooperation” to carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in the field of ternary and lithium manganese iron phosphate cathodes, including but not limited to technical cooperation, product development and product sales.

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Zhiyuan Robotics completed the sixth round of financing with a valuation of 7 billion yuan

According to Tianyan Research, Shanghai Zhiyuan Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Zhiyuan Robotics, underwent business changes, adding shareholders Sequoia China, M31 Capital, and SAIC Motor. The three companies participated in the A++++ round of financing for Zhiyuan Robotics. As a result, Zhiyuan Robotics also welcomed three new shareholders. Up to now, Zhiyuan Robotics, which was established only 1 year and 1 month ago, has completed 6 rounds of financing, and the company's pre-investment valuation reached 7 billion yuan.

Huakong Electric Power completed 5 billion yuan in strategic financing

Recently, Huakong Electric Power completed strategic financing of 5 billion yuan. The investors in this round are Qingwang Capital and Horse Racing Capital. Huakong Electric Power is a comprehensive energy integrated service provider. Its main business involves sectors such as photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, energy storage power plants, microgrids and integrated energy services.

Time Technology completed Series A exclusive strategic financing of 20 million US dollars

Today, Si Technology announced the completion of Series A exclusive strategic financing of 20 million US dollars. Well-known overseas investment institutions are making exclusive strategic investments in the company and are planning to create an “air taxi” application scenario in the Middle East region. It is reported that this financing will be used by the company to accelerate product development and airworthiness certification. The first flight of the prototype was achieved in 2023. Currently, its E20 eVTOL has entered the tilt-test flight phase. According to data, Shiji Technology was founded in 2021 and is a domestic technology company that develops manned tilt-rotor eVTOL.

Qiming Venture Capital invests in Derain Technology completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan

Recently, Shanghai Yanyin Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan. This round of financing was invested by Qiming Venture Capital. The financing will be used for product upgrades and commercial promotion of the biomedical digital scientific research collaboration platform, Derain Intelligent Research Cloud, and application research and development of biomedical AI models.

Arctic Core Micro completed equity financing of tens of millions of yuan

Recently, Arctic Core Micro completed tens of millions of yuan in equity financing. The investors in this round are Optics Valley Financial Holdings, Yichen Capital, and General Huitong. Arctic Core Micro is a single-photon measurement and imaging technology chip developer. Its main products include DSPad chips, ToF SoC chips and ToF modules, etc., which are used in mobile phone 3D sensing, drone height/obstacle avoidance, sweeper/AGV navigation, and IoT intelligent sensing.

Li Si Fang completed the Pre-A round financing round of approximately 10 million yuan

Recently, Li Si completed the Pre-A round of financing of about 10 million yuan. The investors in this round were not disclosed. Lisifang is a high-tech enterprise focusing on RF microwave and general electronic test and simulation solutions. It is based on industry knowledge, professional hardware as the foundation, and software algorithms as the core, and aims to become a leading product supplier and solution provider in the field of radar communication and software radio.