Xiao Zhiguo: A life path changed by a bench


He is the leader of domestic light-storing luminescent materials, and pioneered three major systems of rare earth light-storing luminescent materials, which has overcome the problem of high-efficiency light-storing and light-to-light conversion that has not been overcome in the world for many years. ..........



â–  People? Finance? Xiao Zhiguo

Chairman and General Manager of Luming Technology Group Co., Ltd.

â–  Reasons for listing

He is the leader of domestic light-storing luminescent materials, pioneering three major systems of rare earth light-storing luminescent materials, which overcomes the problem of high-efficiency light-storing luminescence and light-to-light conversion that has not been overcome in the world for many years, and has driven the world's luminescent light-emitting industry. The rise of China has made China a leading international leader in this industry and a pioneer in the international light-storage lighting industry. The first new type of light-storing luminescent material has independent independent intellectual property rights, and has applied for 60 patents at home and abroad. He invented the world's number one sales of self-luminous materials, and he led Luming, the fourth largest in the semiconductor light-emitting chip market.

â– CV

Born in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province on October 26, 1962.

1985.9-1988.7 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

1988.7-1992.5 Technical leader of Dalian Energy Research Institute;

1992.5-1994.10 Director of Dalian High-tech Commercial Application Research Institute;

1994.10- 1995.5 General Manager of Dalian Luming Light Source Co., Ltd.;

1999.5-present Chairman and General Manager of Luming Technology Group Co., Ltd.

â– Reporter's notes

Absolutely paranoid

Reporter Wang Xueyu

At that time, Intel CEO Grove said: "Only a paranoia can survive." For a long time, this sentence is understood as a pure sensation, which is incompatible with the traditional Chinese doctrine of the mean. Paranoia in the eyes of the Chinese is only one step away from the madman.

However, Xiao Zhiguo, who has a rich and easy-going appearance and feels cordial and respectful, agrees with Grove. He even admits that "I am a natural paranoia" and "I found that many successful people are also paranoid."

Fifteen years ago, Xiao Zhiguo invented self-illuminating materials, which was originally a technological advancement, but it was not recognized at the time. At an exhibition, some people said that his luminescent materials were poisonous. Xiao Zhiguo was angry and poured his ingredients into the beverage bottle without thinking about it.

After mastering the luminescent materials of one of the core technologies of the optoelectronic industry, Xiao Zhiguo still does not give up, because only by mastering the two core technologies of luminescent materials and semiconductor light-emitting chips, his Luming company can not be restrained in the development of the optoelectronic industry. “Chinese companies are always using patented technology invented by foreigners. They can only drink soup and eat no meat,” Xiao Zhiguo said. “I want meat, I don’t drink soup.”

In 2003, Lu Ming heard that the US AXT company wanted to sell the optoelectronics department, which has 30 patented technology for light-emitting chips. Upon hearing this news, Xiao Zhiguo was very excited. He was in a state of high fever. He even ate six pieces of antipyretics and rushed to the United States, resolutely taking the company down. But with the acquisition of AXT, Xiao Zhiguo and Lu Ming Company suddenly became poor. Xiao Zhiguo said: "I don't regret it."

In the electronic age, Intel has revolutionized the electronics industry because of the integration and miniaturization of silicon. Intel is known as a company that changes the world economy. Intel's chips are embedded in electronics and home appliances, and there are giants such as IBM, Panasonic and Samsung. 30% of the world's electronic products use Intel chips. Xiao Zhiguo's wish is to hope that the future of the light industry products, 30% of the chips use China Lu Ming products.

From the World Trade Center to the World Cup


Entrepreneurship

In the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the small self-illuminating materials in the World Trade Center directed more than 18,000 people to flee death; in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the Chinese men’s soccer national team was blocked from the finals, but a Chinese company The big LED screen is infinitely "squeaky" into the World Cup.

The self-illuminating materials in the World Trade Center and the opto-electronic screens in the World Cup are all from the same Chinese company: Dalian Luming Technology Group led by Xiao Zhiguo, a Chinese company that started from the semiconductor lighting industry by earning foreigners' money.

After 9?11, the name is picked up

What is the use of self-illuminating materials? People who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will tell you.

In 2001, on the day of the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the plane crashed into the US World Trade Center, and the power supply system in the building was dark. More than 18,000 staff members saw the only light in the darkness. The illuminated indicator on the D?D floor and escaped the accident within an hour and a half. The building collapsed two hours later.

After the 9-11 incident, this non-electrical illuminating indicator band caught the attention of the US Business Week.

Because it was also in the World Trade Center, a similar terrorist attack occurred here in 1993. At that time, the underground garage of the World Trade Center was hit by an explosion. The power supply system in the building was damaged. It took more than six hours for all personnel to withdraw from the building. Eventually, six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. The lessons of 1993 allowed the World Trade Center to start looking for materials that could be self-illuminating on a global scale.

In 1994, the World Trade Center found the self-illuminating materials they had dreamed of through Lu Ming German agents, and this self-illuminating material was invented by Xiao Zhiguo in 1992. Xiao Zhiguo recalled that in 1994, the World Trade Center used Luming's nearly 2 tons of materials, equipped with stairs and other emergency indication systems for the entire building.

After the tragedy of 9-11 in 2001, a large number of Lu Ming Group orders came one after another. "We have gained valuable honors for saving lives. Since then, the world has begun to look at self-illuminating products from China. Our Luming products have accelerated the pace of development in economic globalization." Xiao Zhiguo said.

After the US Pentagon was hit by a plane, the first project of its transformation process was also in the 28-kilometre corridor of the Pentagon, equipped with this light-emitting self-illuminating material, in order to safely evacuate in an emergency.

"Grape wine wine luminous cup"

Xiao Zhiguo turned the "grape wine wine luminous cup" into reality.

In 1992, Xiao Zhiguo studied for the graduate student of solid luminescent materials at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Every day, he studied in the laboratory to study luminescent materials. Since the research on luminescent materials can't be broken for a long time, most of the students have given up. Xiao Zhiguo's personality is persistent, and he has been experimenting in the laboratory. Finally, one day, his eyes lit up and he got up and ran to the window. Reflected on the glass is the fluorescence of his face.

Xiao Zhiguo shouted: "Success, success 1 has plagued the technical problems of foreign scientists for more than half a century? D?D rare earth luminescent materials were founded in the year of Xiao Zhiguo? D?D a Chinese graduate discovery. This is the world's first A rare earth light-storing luminescent material that emits light for 12 hours in the dark for 10 minutes.

Xiao Zhiguo told reporters that there is such a laboratory in the Luming Group: a room with a variety of items containing this kind of luminescent material, all the lighting is closed, the interior is dark, and various items placed in the room, including Plastic tables, plastic chairs, jade jewelry, pottery crafts, and even crafts inlaid in the frame are shiny. Pick up a beautiful glass wine glass, the wine glass flashes a dark pale green light, "grape wine wine luminous cup", here is not a myth.

Start by earning foreigner money

In 1992, the Dalian Municipal Government issued a policy of supporting science and technology innovation enterprises, and loaned Xiao Zhiguo 200,000 yuan. Xiao Zhiguo and several companions founded a research institute and started the difficult process of R&D and industrialization of rare earth luminescent materials.

However, in the era of microelectronics booming, few people pay attention to the optoelectronics market.

Therefore, "Lu Ming was put into the sea when he was born." Xiao Zhiguo said with a smile, "Lu Ming started from earning foreigners' money." "Use high-tech products to earn money from high-tech countries." In fact, the first self The sales of luminescent materials in the domestic market is indeed not very satisfactory. Xiao Zhiguo also understands that such advanced inventions have been taken abroad, and foreign countries will soon use and copy them, but he has no choice. Therefore, Xiao Zhiguo went to Germany, Japan, and the United States to sell his products.

At first, Lu Ming relied on selling samples to foreigners, selling money and returning to production. "Snowballs are a little bit bigger."

With the gradual opening of the market abroad, many internationally renowned companies have competed for the agency rights of self-illuminating materials in foreign countries. More than a dozen large companies including the world's top 500 German Hearst and American GE have participated in the competition.

Seize semiconductor lighting technology

There are two core technologies in the semiconductor lighting industry: chip technology for semiconductor lighting and luminescent materials technology. Lu Ming has a luminescent material technology, and Xiao Zhiguo is thinking about how to put the semiconductor technology of semiconductor lighting into the bag.

In the semiconductor lighting market, developed countries have long been staking, forming an international giant company that now has the core technology of Japan's Nichia and Germany's Osram. International giants including Philips, Japan's Toyota, and South Korea's Samsung have also had to enter the core layer through patent crossovers and license fees.

To enter this industry, to grow the enterprise, you can only pay a license fee of 5 million US dollars at the beginning. However, if you pay the license fee, you can only eat the leftovers of others, and you can only drink soup. It is very difficult to eat meat, Xiao Zhiguo said.

In September 2003, Xiao Zhiguo learned that Hewlett-Packard Company's long-term technology provider, the AXT company's optoelectronics business unit in the semiconductor lighting field, was in crisis and was seeking buyers.

Xiao Zhiguo, who planned to transform Lu Ming, saw the opportunity. Xiao Zhiguo took all the homes accumulated by Lu Ming in 11 years, and took a step ahead of the competition to acquire AXT Optoelectronics. More than 30 patented technologies, a full set of production equipment, and more than 50 elite teams with Chinese-American doctors were all included in the bag.

"The acquisition of AXT Optoelectronics has enabled Lu Ming to shorten the technical climb for 10 years. In one fell swoop, he has become one of the only industry leaders in the world with the core technologies of two major semiconductor lighting industries, namely, luminescent materials and semiconductor chips."

To give an example, from the perspective of lighting energy saving, China now has 300 billion kWh of electricity per year. If semiconductor lighting can replace 30% of traditional lighting, the annual electricity savings should be 60 billion kWh, which can save a Three Gorges. Power station. The semiconductor lamp uses a light-emitting diode as a new light source. At the same brightness, the power consumption is only one tenth of that of an ordinary incandescent lamp, and the lifetime can be extended by 100 times. Qi Jun, deputy director of the National Semiconductor Lighting Industry Alliance Office, said that by 2015, with the improvement of technology, it will save 200 billion kWh.

Advance into the World Cup, Water Cube

Semiconductor lighting technology is widely used in various fields such as decorative lighting, automotive lighting, traffic signal display, background display, large screen, special work lighting, military lighting and tourism, light industrial products.

The Chinese football team did not kick into the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Lu Ming's 300-square-meter LED (semiconductor light-emitting diode) full-color large screen successfully entered the 2006 China World Cup, China's full-color display with independent intellectual property rights. Entered the top international sports events.

On the evening of September 13, 2005, Xiao Zhiguo, who had returned home, received an emergency call from the company, hoping that he would return to the company immediately. Originally, the German side invited Luming Group to participate in the 2006 LED World Cup bidding in Germany.

After 101 days of rounds of hard demonstrations, investigations and negotiations, “China Light Core” stood out from the competition with dozens of companies such as Japan and South Korea. With many advantages such as high brightness, clear picture, rich colors and high reliability, This project has made the global high-tech industry hot.

"Congratulations, your product has won the bid, and the comprehensive index evaluation first place 1 Xiao Zhiguo knows the weight of the German praise.

In the main venue of the World Cup, the updated display screens almost all use Lu Ming's products. Among the several internationally renowned companies that won the bid with Lu Ming, Lu Ming has the highest market share.

What makes Xiao Zhiguo even more excited is that on July 26 this year, Lu Ming successfully won the bid for the large-screen installation project of the “Water Cube”, the second largest venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

This project is located on the south side of the water cube, and the actual area of ​​the large screen is 2000 square meters. Since the overall building surface of the water cube main wall adopts the ETFE inflatable membrane structure, the large screen needs to be installed in the middle of the interlayer of the inflatable membrane, and the requirements on the screen are quite high. Xiao Zhiguo said that Lu Ming has specially developed an LED display system for the Water Cube, which is Luming's first technology in the world.

Xiao Zhiguo said that Lu Ming is willing to accept the challenge. The 2008 Olympic Games is the pride of the Chinese people. Lu Ming’s entry into the Beijing Olympics shows Lu Ming’s leading position in China’s semiconductor lighting chips.

Xiao Zhiguo said that he hopes to see Lu Ming products in Beijing and other cities in China, such as outdoor large-screen advertisements.



a bench changing life trajectory


Talking about the experience of childhood and uncle learning carpenter craftsmanship, Xiao Zhiguo still feels very much. Our reporter Xu Weishe

Growing up

Born in the countryside, Xiao Zhiguo seems to have a close relationship with light since he was a child. In the early 1960s, his hometown had no electric lights. On summer nights, Xiao Zhiguo often studies the fireflies he and his friends are in the bed. In his curious childlike heart, he has buried the seeds of exploration in the field of light.

Recalling childhood

Almost became a rural carpenter

In the early 1960s, Xiao Zhiguo was born in a rural family in Jinzhou, Liaoning. At that time, there was no electric light in his hometown. On summer nights, Xiao Zhiguo often catches fireflies with his friends and puts the fireflies in glass bottles to bring home the lighting, but the fluorescence will not fade for a long time. Xiao Zhiguo, who is eager to love sex, is not satisfied with the short and faint light of the fireflies. He often thinks that the cat is in the bed: how can the firefly's light be brighter and longer? Once, he cut a piece of gauze from an old mosquito net, sewed it into a small pocket, and put the fireflies into it. It turned out that not only the brightness was enhanced, but also the illumination time was long. Although Xiao Zhiguo did not understand the truth at the time, the success of this small experiment buried a seed in his heart to explore in the field of light.

When he was just graduated from elementary school, Xiao Zhiguo, whose family was not rich, faced a key life choice—to continue his studies, or to work as a carpenter’s uncle. In this "stone scissors cloth" type of choice, destiny cherished the rural baby who likes to think and be smart. At that time, the uncle told Xiao Zhiguo that if he wanted to be a decent carpenter, he would have to learn at least three years to be a disciple. The symbol of learning is to make a small bench. As a result, the diligent and clever Xiao Zhiguo only took two months to learn the craft and made a bench, which surprised the uncle. He told Xiao Zhiguo that you have learned the craft for two years in three years. ! Can you have a big break, or continue to study. As a result, Xiao Zhiguo’s village was missing a small carpenter, but he became an inventor.

Entrepreneurship

Facing the question of swallowing luminescent powder

When Xiao Zhiguo was admitted to the university, the electronics industry began to flourish. Many of his classmates applied for the electronics major. The family also hoped that Xiao Zhiguo would choose a popular major such as electronics or computers. However, Xiao Zhiguo, who loved to think about lighting since childhood, chose himself. He majored in physics and later entered the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study for solid luminescent materials.

In 1992, after many experiments, Xiao Zhiguo finally invented a light-storing material that is non-toxic and harmless and does not contain any radioactive elements. At that time, the "light table" coated with phosphor on the dial was popular, but the phosphor was mostly radioactive and produced certain radiation to the human body. Therefore, at that time, Xiao Zhiguo first thought of applying this material to his watch. He took a train of one night to come to a well-known watch factory in Tianjin, and introduced the new materials he invented to each other happily. Unexpectedly, when Xiao Zhiguo showed the new materials, the engineers who received him from the watch factory immediately became very nervous and angered: "How much radiation is so bright? Do you know? You quickly take 1 and push it." Xiao Zhiguo was introduced to his office. "I was crying after I left the factory gate," Xiao Zhiguo recalled.

Subsequently, Xiao Zhiguo was hit again. In October of that year, an international invention exhibition was held in Beijing. Xiao Zhiguo made a careful preparation and made many luminescent products exhibiting with luminescent materials. Who knows that when he introduced the exhibits to the visitors, suddenly two university teachers gathered around, and when they looked at the materials, they changed their faces: "You take it quickly, everyone should not touch this material, this thing is radioactive." People suddenly avoid it. At that time, Xiao Zhiguo was really angry and anxious. In a hurry, he poured the luminescent powder he brought into the unfinished drink and drank it in one breath. This crazy move made the people present stunned.

Finally, in 1993, Xiao Zhiguo's luminescent materials passed the expert appraisal organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Experts believe that this new type of luminescent material is an international first-generation product. It is a high-tech energy-saving and environmentally friendly material. Its luminosity is strong and lasting. The luminescence time is dozens of times that of traditional zinc sulphide type phosphor, and the material itself is non-toxic. Harmless, without any radioactive elements. Since then, this material has quickly been recognized by domestic and foreign customers, Xiao Zhiguo finally knocked on the door of the market.

Saying family

Guilty wife did not go through the wedding dress

Xiao Zhiguo, who regards R&D and innovation as important as life, frankly mentioned that he owed her a lot when he mentioned his wife.

"In order to study for graduate students and invent inventions, I spent my parents' money for my marriage." Xiao Zhiguo said, "I have only 35 yuan in my pocket when I get married. When I get married, my lover will follow me." She said that she did not go through the wedding dress." This made Xiao Zhiguo always worried.

“It’s very difficult to start a business, especially at the stage when the product is not recognized by the society.” Xiao Zhiguo said that at the time, a Japanese company had heard of him and asked for cooperation. "The cooperation conditions they promised at that time were to give me a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan, which allowed me to make a 40% stake in the joint venture company and return it to the villa and the car." In order to show sincerity, the Japanese businessman also gave the second time when he went to the door. Xiao Zhiguo's newlywed wife brought a Japanese high-end women's wear.

At that time, Xiao Zhiguo’s monthly income was only 150 yuan, and the Japanese’s monthly salary was equivalent to more than 100 times his salary. "I thought that my lover had been sinned with me and should let her enjoy it, so I was really tempted at the time." But later, he still did not sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese. "I have always wanted to push products to the market by my own hands and my own ability. Chinese people should do something independently in the light industry. If you cooperate with the Japanese, isn't it just selling the patents to others? I decided to do it myself. ."

Talking about the future

Eating in the bowl, thinking about the pot

Xiao Zhiguo, who is engaged in scientific research, pays great attention to the cultivation of talents, the growth of research teams and the development of follow-up products. He believes that these are the foundations for a high-tech enterprise to lead the trend in today's world. “The market is constantly changing, and scientific research is constantly innovating. We must always think about the future and think about new products. We must 'eat the bowl and think about it in the pot, don’t wait until there is nothing to worry about.”

The R&D team of Luming Company under the Xiaozhi flag has always followed such a rule: inventing luminescent materials, perfecting luminescent materials, applying luminescent materials, and continuously improving luminescent materials. Based on this, the company's scientific research personnel tirelessly explored, with unique dedication to overcome the difficulties, so that Luming light-emitting materials have been in the international leading position in recent years.

Xiao Zhiguo admits that in the process of developing high-tech industries, it is very important to establish various incentive mechanisms. In particular, it is necessary to create a social environment that encourages researchers to run enterprises and become bosses. “Researchers are high-quality talents with higher education. As the holders of high-tech achievements, they have the basic conditions for running enterprises and being bosses. However, most of these talents do not know enough about the market, and they must pass training and Create opportunities for them to gradually contact the market and become familiar with the market, so as to promote the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements and effectively change the single mode of transfer of scientific and technological achievements in the past. On the other hand, researchers must also consciously break through the kind of 'scientific research. And when it’s not good for the boss’s misunderstanding.”

â– People?

I hope that the Tang Dynasty will reappear.

1. What do you think is the most ideal happiness?

Every new discovery and breakthrough is my greatest happiness.

2. What kind of talent do you most want to have?

More creative, I hope that I can continue to innovate, like Intel constantly creates 286, 386, 486...

3. What are you most afraid of?

Complacent, don't learn the rabbits in the tortoise and the hare, the Chinese are easy to do, and they will be complacent when they run faster.

4. What is your current state of mind?

Not bad. The government's promotion of independent innovation is very wise, creating a very good environment for the company, and the country is now supporting the emerging industries.

5. What do you think is your greatest achievement?

In the initial stage of the development of the light industry, we have core technology and core patents, which laid a solid foundation for our next development.

6. Which of your characteristics makes you feel the most hated?

Too persistent, always give yourself "on the splint", so that I am very hard, but I am happy.

7. If you can choose, what do you want to reproduce?

I hope that our country will reproduce the great dynasty in the 21st century. People from outside will come to China to learn from others. Others will come to learn from us.

8. What characteristics do you hate most?

Speculation.

9. What is your most treasured property?

Intellectual property and wisdom create these intangible assets.

10. What is your most extravagant?

It may be playing golf.

11. What do you think is the shallowest pain?

Sometimes I can't sleep.

12. What kind of virtue do you think is overestimated?

Everyone thinks that I am very mysterious. Many people are afraid of me. In fact, I am very ordinary.

13. What are your most significant characteristics?

Do things more seriously and persistently.

14. What qualities do you like most about men?

Just strong.

15. What qualities do you like most about women?

tender.

16. What characteristics do you value most about your friends?

Integrity.

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