2023-08-15
Pursuing a new blue ocean in the trillion level market of the power battery industry, with the world focusing on China, China focusing on Yibin, and Yibin striving forward. Over the past three years, Yibin's power battery industry has achieved a breakthrough from scratch, achieving cluster development, and accumulating a power battery production capacity of 150GWh, accounting for 80.6% of the province's total production capacity, ranking among the top in the country.
On the afternoon of June 9th, at the main forum event of the 2023 World Power Battery Conference, the China Light Industry Federation and the China Battery Industry Association awarded Yibin the title of "Capital of Power Batteries in China". Yibin truly deserves this honor.
At the main forum, the "2023 Power Battery Industry Development (Yibin) Index" and the "Big Industry Needs to Build a Big Ecology - High Quality Development Report of China's Power Battery Industry" were released; Yibin City made a recommendation and signed 64 projects with a total investment of 106.3 billion yuan, once again gathering talents and projects to continue leading the high-quality development of the power battery industry.
Domestic and foreign industry guests and entrepreneurs gathered together to give a keynote speech on win-win cooperation in the power battery industry, delivering a series of wise viewpoints and opinions, jointly exploring the path of innovative development, further boosting development confidence, and working together to embark on a grand blueprint.
Welcome to the New Business Card of "Power Battery Capital of China"
Yibin is honored as the "Capital of Power Batteries in China" due to the signing of the industry leading enterprise Ningde Times to settle in Yibin in 2019. Driven by the "super project" of Sichuan Times, a subsidiary of Ningde Times, it continues to expand its circle and strengthen its chain, driving development in terms of "quality" and "breadth".
The overall scale of the power battery industry in Yibin has rapidly expanded, with a total industrial output value of less than 2 billion yuan in 2020, rapidly developing to 16 billion yuan in 2021 and nearly 90 billion yuan in 2022. In 2022, the production and sales of power batteries in Yibin were 72GWh, accounting for 15.5% of national sales and 13.2% of production.
The China Light Industry Federation and the China Battery Industry Association organized an expert group to conduct on-site evaluations in Yibin. The expert group believes that the power battery industry in Yibin has obvious advantages in agglomeration, complete industrial chain, clear development path, strong policy measures, and strong development momentum. After being approved by the President's Office of the China Light Industry Federation, it is agreed to confer the title of "China Power Battery Capital · Yibin" on Yibin City.
Yibin will take this honor as an opportunity to continue promoting the development of the power battery industry, efficiently implementing industrial development plans and action plans, optimizing industrial layout, improving park construction, strengthening the recruitment and cultivation of projects throughout the entire industrial chain, enhancing the supporting capacity of the industrial chain, and promoting high-quality development of the power battery industry; We will further increase investment in the research and development of new batteries and materials, promote cooperation between government, industry, academia, research and application, strengthen the overall independent innovation ability of the industry, and improve the level of process technology and equipment automation and intelligent manufacturing; Implement the "dual carbon" development strategy, establish a recycling and utilization system, and promote green and sustainable development of the industry; Accelerate the construction of public service platforms such as inspection and testing, certification, and research and development, vigorously cultivate professional skills, technical and management talents, increase regional brand promotion efforts, continuously enhance the visibility and influence of the power battery industry in Yibin, and make greater contributions to the regional economic development and the development of China's power battery industry.
64 signed projects in Yibin with a total contract amount of 106.3 billion yuan
Currently, Yibin has preliminarily established a "1+N" green closed-loop full industry chain ecosystem for power batteries, from raw materials, components to the entire vehicle, and then to battery recycling. Seizing the opportunity to host the World Power Battery Conference for two consecutive years, Yibin focuses on promoting the development of power battery industry clusters, innovative development, and green development.
At this main forum, Yibin City made industry recommendations and held two rounds of contract signing, with a total of 64 signed projects and a total contract amount of 106.3 billion yuan. In the first round, the People's Government of Yibin City signed cooperation agreements with Central South University, China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute, Beijing Graphene Technology Research Institute, and Zhongguancun Energy Storage Industry Technology Alliance. Subsequently, a second round of county (district) signing was conducted.
With the support and promotion of more and more high-quality R&D projects, Yibin will gather more innovative talents and projects, empower the high-quality development of the power battery industry, and strive to build a world-class power battery industry cluster.
China's power battery industry has formed a global competitive advantage
In order to comprehensively reflect the development of the power battery industry, the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology adopts a comprehensive index method, with a global perspective, a foothold in China, a focus on enterprises, and a multidimensional evaluation to comprehensively reflect the competitive landscape and evolution trend of the power battery industry. The 2023 Power Battery Industry Development (Yibin) Index was released at the main forum. At the same time, the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance has released the "Big Industry Needs to Build a Big Ecology - High Quality Development Report of China's Power Battery Industry".
Currently, the electrification transformation of the global automotive industry is accelerating, and the sales and penetration rate of new energy vehicles are entering a stage of rapid growth. In 2022, the global sales of new energy vehicles reached 10.84 million units, a year-on-year increase of 69.4%; China's new energy vehicle sales reached 6.887 million units, a year-on-year increase of 93.4%, ranking first in the world for eight consecutive years, accounting for 63% of global new energy vehicle sales. China has become the world's largest market for new energy vehicles.
The strong downstream demand drives the rapid growth of power batteries. In 2022, the installed capacity of domestic power batteries reached 294.6GWh, a year-on-year increase of 90.7%. China's power battery industry has formed a global competitive advantage, and the technology level of power batteries has reached the world's advanced level.
Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Sichuan are leading domestically in battery production, installed capacity, and the number of advantageous enterprises, while Hubei, Guangdong, and Sichuan have advantages in renewable energy and battery recycling. Sichuan has great potential in battery production capacity and green manufacturing.
The high-quality development of the power battery industry is expected in the future
With the development of economic globalization, a global industrial division of labor pattern of "you have me, I have you" has been formed. Countries and multinational enterprises around the world actively practice the cooperation concept of openness, integration, mutual benefit, and win-win, and jointly explore a new ecology of green industry cooperation.
At the main forum, Ouyang Minggao, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and academician of the CAS Member, Xiong Meng, executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Federation of Industrial Economics, Torre Seconis, head of the European Battery Alliance, Wang Jun, president of Chongqing Chang'an Automobile Co., Ltd., Yu Weiping, vice president of CRRC, and Benma Zhelang, global vice president of Panasonic Holding Group, developed new technologies, new products Keynote speeches were given on topics such as new ecology, new trends, and new future, expressing wise viewpoints and opinions, showcasing the global attitude of new energy vehicles and power battery enterprises actively exploring innovative development, open cooperation, and win-win situation in the power battery industry.
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