According to Hong Kong media, Macau, the "Las Vegas of Asia", used gambling venues to raise chips and assumed some of China's scientific and technological ambitions.
According to the website of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post on June 16, it is no wonder that Macao's city skyline is submerged under colorful neon lights at night, together with the landmark Macau Sightseeing Tower, the iconic Portuguese Hotel and the imitation Eiffel Tower, it will become the world-famous "Las Vegas in Asia".
▲ Hong Kong "South China Morning Post" website report screenshot
However, behind the appearance of China's "gambling city", some rigorous scientists are working around the clock in Beijing-supported laboratories to help the country reduce its dependence on foreign technology.
Ma, vice president in charge of research affairs at the University of Macau, said: "The most famous place in Macau has always been the casino, and now its electronic chips are also famous." The University of Macau has two State Key Laboratories, which undertake scientific research tasks that are very important for national development.
According to the report, Macau is a world-famous gambling city, but several laboratories built near Cotai Resort may provide important impetus for China to challenge the technological superiority of the United States in fields from chips to space research. They may also help Macao in its efforts to achieve the task that Beijing wants it to diversify its economy-the city has been heavily dependent on the lottery industry for many years.
▲ Ma Xuyuan, vice-president in charge of research affairs at the University of Macau.
Since 20 10, Macao national laboratory has been focusing on the research of integrated circuits and traditional Chinese medicine.
It is reported that two more national laboratories may be built in Macao this year. It is expected that Beijing will approve the establishment of a laboratory to study smart cities and the Internet of Things at the University of Macau, and a laboratory to study planetary science at Macau University of Science and Technology.
Ma Xuyuan, who leads the integrated circuit laboratory of the University of Macau, said that his colleagues have been cultivating the independent innovation consciousness of China researchers, instead of encouraging the use of reverse engineering technology to copy imported chips.
According to the report, Ma Xuyuan, 6 1 year-old, said in a rare interview: "Through this (training) system, in time, China will have chip technology ... maybe only 10 years, so it is not necessary to import from the United States." Ma made a wish to move to Macau from Lisbon on 1992.
Ma believes that one day Macao may help to change the balance of power between China and the United States.
He said: "Silicon Valley's integrated circuit technology was not formed in a day ... Now they are leaders and they monopolize this technology. But I think this situation may also happen in China in the future. "
He also said that since 20 1 1, the research results of the VLSI State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed Signals of the University of Macau have been recognized by the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Solid State Circuit Summit (also known as "Chip Olympics"), which is the highest among Asian universities.
▲ State Key Laboratory of the University of Macau
According to the report, Ma made a wish because of the achievements of Macao researchers and the support of the local government, which motivated him to stay and continue his work after 1999 returned to China. He revealed that since 20 1 1, the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund has given his laboratory 1.2 million to 2.5 million US dollars every year.
The support of the Macao government is an important reason why Professor Wang left the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and helped the University of Macao to establish a national research laboratory of traditional Chinese medicine 20 10.
▲ Professor Wang and his team
Wang said that he felt that since he came to Macao, the Macao government has always "taken the promotion of Chinese medicine research as one of its priorities".
In June last year, Chui Sai On, Chief Executive of the Macao SAR, listed Chinese medicine as one of the emerging industries supported by the Macao government.
Last month, Beijing announced that the 65,438+06 National Laboratory in Hong Kong and two laboratories in Macao would receive more state funding.
According to the report, both Ma and Wang welcomed the plan, but they said that the biggest challenge is not the shortage of funds, but the transformation of technology, that is, the transformation of research results into products.
In order to solve this problem, Wang's laboratory has reached cooperation with some biotechnology enterprises in our city. Ma's integrated circuit laboratory has also been trying to realize technological transformation through cooperation with mainland enterprises such as Huawei Hisilicon.
Source: Phoenix Network Information