During the development of the integrated circuit(IC) industry, electronic design automation (EDA) emerged and developed with technological progress and industrial division of labor. EDA has become the basic support tool that runs through the entire process of IC and drives the continuation of Moore''s Law. Due to the small market size of EDA, it shows the oligopoly of the first-mover companies from US. Although it is extremely important, the development of this field in China is relatively lagging behind and has also become a key area where China''s IC " Stuck neck link". In the process of the latecomers breaking through the dominant advantages of the first movers to obtain development opportunities, it is essential to pay special attention to the participation and reconstruction of the industrial ecology. Through the implementation of multi-layer ecological strategies in innovation ecology, product ecology, industrial ecology and international competition ecology, we can gradually build up the niche advantages of late-comer enterprises and drive the high-quality development of EDA. Focusing on the goal of ecological catch-up and development in the future, in the process of supporting the development of EDA, the power of the country should be exerted in the aspects of top-level design, system design, and property rights protection, and at the same time strengthen the shortcomings in talents and basic innovation and integrate into the global industrial ecology.