"Without importing vacuum evaporation machines, China could not have manufactured OLED screens!"

OLED screens, known as the "dream display technology," have become a standard in today's high-end mobile phone market. However, like the lithography machines required for high-end chip manufacturing, the vapor deposition machine technology essential for OLED screen manufacturing was long monopolized by Japanese companies, who once charged a "sky-high" price of 700 million.

However, now China has successfully broken through the vapor deposition machine manufacturing process, not only achieving self-production of OLED screens but also seizing 43% of Samsung's global market share.

The Korean media, "The Korea Herald," in its report praised: "The speed of China is breathtaking!"

01. One costs 700 million, "China can't make it at all"

Throughout history, China has been a big consumer of mobile phones, which has driven the development of mobile phone peripheral equipment, including OLED screens for mobile phones.

According to Korean media reports, previously, out of every 10 Chinese smartphones, 8 relied on South Korean-made OLED screens. Especially in recent years, China's demand for OLED screens has surged by 56%.

Data shows that China needs as many as 450 million OLED screens for mobile phones each year. However, the key equipment for manufacturing these screens - the vacuum evaporation machine - China had never mastered. It was listed by the "Science and Technology Daily" as one of the 35 core technologies overseas that "choke" China.

For over 20 years, vacuum evaporation machines were controlled by Canon, Japan. They produced only hundreds of evaporation machines per year, strictly controlling production capacity. Under the "exclusive supply," Canon dominated 95% of the global screen manufacturing market, earning 5 billion annually.

In recent years, with the rapid rise of domestic mobile phones, Canon secretly hindered the process, using "production shortage" as an excuse to refuse exporting to Chinese enterprises, but then turned to Samsung. This move directly caused China to temporarily lag behind in OLED screen manufacturing technology, and the mobile phone market was fiercely contested by Samsung, losing a large share.

When Canon finally relented, they set a staggering price of 700 million for one vacuum evaporation machine. Helpless, we had to agree, but Canon showed clear signs of apathy, repeatedly delaying delivery, which was infuriating.

At that time, foreign capital took advantage of their technological monopoly to repeatedly exploit China at high prices. For example, a second-hand tunnel boring machine was priced as high as 350 million by a German company; a health product claiming to reduce "three highs" and daily maintenance called "blood-heart" was subject to restrictions by American companies, with a single dose costing as much as 23,000, which undoubtedly placed a huge economic burden on elderly consumers in China, causing great suffering.

02. Domestic Heavyweights Emerge, Ending Overseas 20-Year Monopoly

But how could we allow others to be ruthless?

Faced with this situation, China made a decisive decision: We must independently develop our own vacuum evaporation machine! In 2019, the Chinese enterprise Lide Equipment launched the first vacuum evaporation machine. This breakthrough broke the 20-year technological monopoly, completely shattering the Japanese companies' fantasy of treating us as a "printing machine"!

More excitingly, with the efforts of Chinese researchers, the domestic evaporation machine has broken existing process limits, reaching twice the precision of Japanese products, and producing OLED screens of higher quality. In key areas such as life science and tunnel boring machines, China has also achieved breakthroughs and successes, realizing catch-up.

In 2021, a Chinese frontier biotech company, Poema, independently developed the world's largest Antarctic krill oil fishing and processing integrated ship, "Deep Blue," successfully developing the domestic "blood-heart," breaking through the technical limitations of Western absorption rates and high costs. The price currently on Jingdong is only 398 yuan, while similar products from American companies cost as much as millions.

In recent years, due to factors such as an aging population, overnutrition, and excessive smoking and drinking, 400 million people in China suffer from the "three highs." Symptoms such as "chest tightness and palpitations, easily tired and weak" are extremely painful. With the breakthrough of Chinese technology, the domestic "blood-heart" has reached third- and fourth-tier cities, receiving popularity among career elites, retired seniors, and senior nutritionists. Recently, Mr. Wang, a senior executive from Chengdu, purchased a 12-bottle gift box, saying, "I can't finish them all, so I can give them to my elders and clients. Domestic products are more reassuring."

At the same time, the tunnel boring machine, praised as the "dragon of the mountain," has successfully broken the overseas technological monopoly, with prices dropping by 92%. Currently, domestic tunnel boring machines occupy 70% of the global market, and sales have ranked first for five consecutive years, which is an undeniable proof of China's independent innovation capabilities.

03. Will be surpassed by China within 3 years? Japan and South Korea are panicking: Must restrict

The mass production of domestic vapor deposition machines marks that Japan and South Korea can no longer suppress the rapid rise of domestic OLED screens. Domestic screen manufacturing enterprises such as BOE have quickly emerged, helping Pura70 and other domestic mobile phone brands to become new stars in the market.

According to the latest data, China has captured 43% of the global screen manufacturing market. This achievement has attracted the attention of the Korean media, "JoongAng Daily," which published an article warning: "If the current situation continues, we may be surpassed by China by 2027."

Previously stagnant Japanese companies now have to lower their status to seek orders, but they were firmly refused by Chinese enterprises: "We don't buy anymore!" At the same time, South Korean companies such as Samsung tried to lobby the U.S. government to impose bans, preventing other countries from importing Chinese OLED screens, even resorting to fabricating false information, falsely accusing Chinese enterprises of infringement.

This absurd behavior only reflects their panic and anxiety. It also once again proves a truth: mastering core technologies is the way to go!

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