Emerging Industries

Optoelectronic Industry

There are over 50 companies and research institutes in Xiamen engaging in the manufacturing and R&D of optoelectronic products and technologies. Products range from optical displays, optoelectronic components to optical telecommunication devices, optical storage devices, optical input and output devices and numerous other devices. Displays are the largest product category while semiconductors LEDs have the greatest number of producers and with most promising future.

Main product categories include epitaxy, chip LED, displaying devices, monitors, and screens.

Key manufacturers include Hualian Electronics, San'an Electronics, GE, Philips, and Anmei Optoelectronics.

Main industrial cluster is with the LED business. All segments of the industrial stream can be found from expitaxy through packaging to application.

Future development will focus on the three businesses namely LED, optical displays and basic optoelectronic devices.

Bioengineering and New Medicine Industry

Currently, there are scores of medical enterprises (including pharmacy and medical instruments) in Xiamen, among which nine have acquired the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) authentication from the China Food and Drug Administration. The only Class One new medicine of Fujian Province -- nerve-reproducing factor is produced in Xiamen. A good number of medical enterprises in Xiamen are leaders of their respective fields in China.

Main product categories include -- genetic engineering medicine, biological medicine, genetic diagnoses reagent, chemical medicine, natural medicine and marine pharmaceuticals.

Key enterprises -- Bioway Biotech, Amoytop Biotech, Mchem Pharma and Intec Products.

Priorities will be given to the following product categories: genetic engineering medicine and biological medicine, chemical medicine and raw materials, marine pharmaceuticals, diagnoses reagent and vaccines, medical instruments.