Focuslight is shining example for country

Victor X. Liu could be the new face of China's manufacturing. The 42-year-old, who has a doctorate in power electronics from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, in the United States is far removed from the entrepreneurs who used to turn out plastic toys and other inexpensive products on China's southern and eastern coasts as the country became the workshop of the world.

He is chief executive officer and president of Focuslight Technologies, which is based in the Xi'an High-tech Industries Development Zone in northwestern China.

The company, which makes semiconductor lasers that have applications in 3-D printing as well as medical uses in skin rejuvenation and in dentistry, could be a model for the Chinese government's "Made in China 2025" strategy launched in May.