2023 World Laser Industry Conference opened in Jinan, Shandong Province on May 6. More than 400 participants, including well-known experts and enterprise representatives from China, Germany, Russia, Japan, Korea and other countries, focused on laser industry innovation exchange and cooperation, promoted the stability of the laser industry chain and supply chain, and jointly built a platform for cooperation and development of the world laser industry.
2023 World Laser Industry Conference opened in Jinan, Shandong Province on May 6. The conference inaugurated the Global Bonded Maintenance Center for Laser Industry in Jinan Comprehensive Free Trade Zone.
Yu Jianlong, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said in his opening speech that the World Laser Industry Conference dovetails with the world's advanced laser manufacturing technologies, builds a platform for innovative resources to exhibit and match supply and demand, and plays an important role in strengthening the deep integration of the upstream and downstream laser industry chain and promoting the development of advanced laser technology and intelligent equipment.
Haruko Yoneyama, executive director of Japan Science and Technology Agency, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Laser Industry Conference, which opened in Jinan, Shandong Province on the 6th.
Haruko Yoneyama, executive director of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, said in her speech that Shandong is a major province in China's equipment manufacturing industry and an important investment and partner of Japan in China. The two sides have always had close contacts and frequent cooperation. Shandong laser equipment manufacturing industry, mainly in Jinan City, has good industrial advantages in China. "Our two sides have similar industrial structures, and I believe this conference will provide opportunities for enterprises of both countries to carry out deep-level cooperation in technology, talents and projects, and build a platform for cooperation and development."
Carlos Lee, secretary general of the European Photonics Industry Association, said in a video message that the association is the world's largest optoelectronics industry association with more than 800 member companies. "China's laser industry is developing rapidly with leading technology, and we are very much looking forward to the opportunity to study in China, build a bridge for cooperation in the laser industry, and facilitate the joint development of European and Chinese laser enterprises."
Yu Haitian, deputy secretary of the CPC Jinan Municipal Committee and mayor, said in his speech that Jinan's laser industry is rooted in the city's deep foundation of machine tool industry and has gradually developed and grown by relying on import and export trade, and now it has become an important cluster with a complete industrial chain and outstanding scale advantages, and the industrial cluster covers laser epitaxial materials, components, lasers, laser processing equipment manufacturing, laser communication, laser detection and monitoring, auxiliary class crystal The industry cluster covers laser epitaxial materials, components, lasers, laser processing equipment manufacturing, laser communications, laser detection and monitoring, auxiliary crystal materials and other fields, is accelerating the rise of the "third pole of China's laser".
It is reported that Jinan has more than 320 laser enterprises, the scale of industry reached 15 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), the export scale of laser equipment, mainly laser cutting, reached 4 billion yuan, ranking first in China; small and medium power pump source in China accounted for more than 80%.
At the meeting, the "World Laser Industry Conference-Qilu Optics Valley" was unveiled. With a total planning area of 7,300 mu, Qilu Optics Valley will provide an international first-class industrial service carrier for domestic and foreign optical and optoelectronic enterprises. The laser industry global bonded maintenance center in Jinan Comprehensive Free Trade Zone was unveiled on site, which will promote the development of laser global maintenance business and solve overseas after-sales problems for laser enterprises.
It is reported that the theme of this year's conference is "Jinan Laser Chain Global". The conference will be held in parallel with the overseas promotion of Jinan laser brand and the international matchmaking meeting of enterprises, as well as the meeting of the preparation group of the national mandatory standard "Optical Radiation Safety Technical Specification".
