What’s new in China’s NEW infrastructure spending?

What’s new in China’s NEW infrastructure spending? Four days after signing an unprecedented $2 trillion relief bill to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, president trump called for the U.S. to spend another couple trillion bucks on a massive infrastructure package, to “be focused solely on jobs and rebuilding the once great infrastructure […]

National grid internal policy 826, implications and future perspectives

National grid internal policy 826, implications and future perspectives Recently China national grid issued internal policy 826, and soon the document was leaked to the media and became a hotly debated topic.   So, what does policy 826 say?   Policy 826 has four parts; the key theme is to optimize the rate of return […]

Time to invest in Silicon Carbide

Time to invest in Silicon Carbide Two years ago, in North Carolina, a US company called CREE was trying to sell its Wide-Bandgap (WBG) semiconductor business subsidiary Wolfspeed. Building on their expertise in Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), government contracts for Gallium Nitride (GaN) lasers and commercial contracts for Silicon Carbide (SiC) voltage transformers, CREE had […]

What to do with wet waste?

What to do with wet waste? Viewpoint: GPT: SiC adoption in EVs, progress in SiC MOSFET, costs, and vs. GaN / IGBT Stephane Vernede, CEO and Co-founder of Enwise   China enters the era of waste sorting and the proper processing of wet waste is crucial. When wet waste is separated and properly processed all […]

Why am I particularly excited about 3D printing of ceramics?

Why am I particularly excited about 3D printing of ceramics? Every undergraduate majoring in ceramics learns quickly that the Achilles’ heel of ceramics is its brittleness. Unlike metals that are ductile and workable, ceramics is difficult to shape by machining. I did my Ph.D. in “superplasticity of ceramics”, which aimed to create ceramics that are […]

World’s busiest hydrogen fuel station

World’s busiest hydrogen fuel station Hidden behind a blank wall with no signs or name, in a nondescript alley off a busy street in Shanghai, is world’s busiest hydrogen fueling station. It was built as a demonstration project for hydrogen fueling stations. While designed for 500 kg/day, it serves 500 commercial trucks for e-commerce companies […]

Ten Years Seeking the Future

Ten Years Seeking the Future On July 1st 2010, CM Venture Capital officially opened its doors for business. CM Venture’s Chinese name “遨问” is taken from “遨游世界,问鼎未来”, which means “traveling the world and seeking the future”. After being in the US for more than 17 years of study and work, I and my partner were […]