Chinese tech giant leads in OLED display production

Leading Chinese panel maker TCL has achieved a significant milestone by initiating mass production of inkjet-printed OLED displays, marking the first time a Chinese company has commercialized this cutting-edge technology and taken a lead in the global display industry. Offering excellent image quality, OLED displays are traditionally in vacuum chambers through thermal evaporation (VTE), using a type of spray-painter and a metal mask. However, inkjet-printing uses large printers to precisely apply the OLED material where needed, thereby reducing production waste and potentially lowering production costs when implemented at scale.

Current inkjet-printed OLED displays developed by TCL are mainly intended for medical use.

According to people from TCL, it took less than a year for the company to produce its first inkjet-printed OLED display and announce the mass production of the product, thanks to the complete industrial and supply chains it relies on.

Within a 10-kilometer radius of TCL's factory base in Huaxing District, Shenzhen, a variety of upstream and downstream companies related to display production can be found, greatly improving production efficiency.

A total of over 300 upstream and downstream companies of display industrial and supply chains have gathered around here so far, with the combined output value surpassing 200 billion yuan (around 27.56 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2024.

The growing display production industry in China also attracts partners across the world. A total of around 230 upstream and downstream companies in the global industrial chain of display production, including the world’s leading glass company AGC, are looking to partner with Chinese companies.

Chinese tech giant leads in OLED display production

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that the United States should cherish the goodwill of China and safeguard the hard-won positive situation of China-U.S. cooperation on drug control.

The spokesperson made the remarks after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports.

The spokesperson said that China has the strictest drug control policy in the world and enforces it in the fullest way.

Noting that Fentanyl is a problem for the U.S., the spokesperson said in the spirit of humanitarianism, China has provided support to the U.S. in dealing with fentanyl-related issues. In 2019, China scheduled all fentanyl-related substances as early as in 2019 - the first country ever to do so.

China and the U.S. have carried out extensive and in-depth drug control cooperation and achieved remarkable results, which is obvious to all, said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson said China is willing to continue to carry out drug control cooperation with the U.S. on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect, urging the U.S. side to cherish China's goodwill and maintain the hard-won positive momentum of the China-U.S. anti-drug cooperation.

China urges US to safeguard drug-control cooperation