In 1999, under the direct leadership of the Ministry of industry and information technology of the people's Republic of China (formerly the Ministry of information industry), with the strong support of relevant departments such as the development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of science and technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the Beijing Municipal People's government and the Zhongguancun Management Committee, a number of Ph.D. entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley founded Zhongxing Microelectronics Co., Ltd. in Beijing Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, and launched and undertook the national war Project "Star China core project" is dedicated to the development, design and industrialization of digital multimedia chips.