Editor’s Note
This article highlights a significant industrial development in Xinjiang, showcasing a major project supported through regional pairing assistance. It underscores achievements in advanced manufacturing within the region.
On August 12, a media delegation for the “Tidal Wave in Tianshan: Paired Assistance to Xinjiang” campaign visited Carbon Exploration Core Materials (Xinjiang) Technology Co., Ltd., located in the Shache County Industrial Park. This project, supported by Shanghai’s Pudong District, has established China’s largest single-site chemical vapor deposition (CVD) lab-grown diamond production base. The first phase involves 678 diamond cultivation production lines, with an annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan, filling a gap in the high-end new materials industry in southern Xinjiang.
With technical empowerment from the Pudong assistance team, the company has introduced internationally leading Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) technology. The product purity reaches 99.999%, and the diamonds are widely used in semiconductors, aerospace, and other fields. The company has become a core supplier for leading enterprises such as Huawei and SMIC.
Simultaneously, the Pudong team facilitated connections with research institutions like Shanghai Jiao Tong University to promote the localization of MPCVD equipment. This effort has reduced production costs by 40% and increased the yield rate to 98%.
The project has also spurred the local construction of five related production lines, including large-scale industrial refrigeration and gas purification, forming a diamond industry cluster with an annual output value of approximately 3 billion yuan. Through targeted training of 300 technical workers, it has achieved “high-tech employment at the doorstep” with an average monthly income of 8,000 yuan per employee.
The second-phase plan aims to expand to 1,500 to 3,000 production lines. Upon reaching full capacity, the annual output is expected to reach 500,000 carats, potentially capturing 15% of the global lab-grown diamond market.
In 2024, the company was recognized as a “National High-Tech Enterprise,” becoming a model of “technological self-reliance” under the paired assistance program for Xinjiang. It is expected to drive the coordinated development of precision processing, equipment manufacturing, and other industries in southern Xinjiang, contributing to the construction of a trillion-yuan-level new materials industry chain.
