Zero foundation → Leading the world! How can this city with an annual output value of over 270 billion yuan in the lithium battery industry be nurtured and strengthened over the past decade? New Energy | Lithium Battery | Industry
Ningde, Fujian has the world's largest production base for polymer lithium-ion batteries, with an annual output value of over 270 billion yuan in the lithium-ion new energy industry. The industry scale has led the world. How can a city that once had a zero foundation in related industries cultivate and grow in just over a decade? Take a look at the journalist's research.
At the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Ningde City, the reporter saw the latest research report on the development of the new energy industry. From the assessment of potential market risks, to the analysis of land resources in Ningde City, and to the sorting out of key development links in the current industrial chain, all are clearly visible.
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Wei Zhifu, Director of the Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Ningde City, Fujian Province: This is a strategic plan we have made since the beginning of this year, based on a changing trend in the new energy industry, on how to interact with enterprises and avoid risks.
Pre planning according to market changes is Ningde's consistent industrial development path. As early as more than a decade ago, when the country first proposed to encourage the development of new energy vehicles, local enterprises saw the market potential of power batteries, and Ningde Era emerged at this time. However, due to the lack of industrial foundation, there was hardly any main material production enterprise in Ningde that could support it at that time. To this end, the government has started to work with leading enterprises to "identify and fill in gaps" from various aspects of the industrial chain, analyzing how much production capacity is lacking and what supporting facilities need to be introduced.
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Wei Zhifu, Director of the Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Ningde City, Fujian Province: In 2015, we ushered in a small peak of development, and more than 30 chain enterprises were suddenly settled in. Now 60% of us can achieve nearby supporting facilities.
With the explosive growth of China's new energy vehicle industry, the achievements of Ningde's full industry chain layout are evident. In the first five months of this year, the output value of the new energy industry in Ningde City reached 120.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.3%, becoming the only national advanced manufacturing cluster for power batteries in China. However, the huge fluctuations in the market price of raw material lithium carbonate in the past two years, as well as the market concerns brought about by the rapid growth of production capacity, have prompted Ningde to start a new round of layout thinking.
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At the innovation laboratory of CATL, staff are testing the latest developed sodium ion battery materials. These seemingly indistinguishable powders can become a new source of power for new energy vehicle power batteries in the future.
Wei Yimin, Director of the Digital Intelligence Research Center of Ningde Times 21C Innovation Laboratory: The raw materials for sodium ion batteries are very easy to obtain, and it is a good control plan for the risks of resources on the supply chain. We are now committed to improving its energy density, charging and discharging performance, and lifespan.
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Not only did Ningde advance its technological layout to ensure the stability and security of the industrial chain, but it also turned its attention to downstream application markets. In this year's investment projects in Ningde City, many supporting industries related to shipbuilding have emerged. Originally, based on the technological breakthrough of power batteries in ships, the local area began to expand new markets around the electric ship industry chain.
Duan Haoyang, Deputy Director of the Production Management Department of Fujian Funing Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.: Making an electric boat is definitely more economical than our diesel powered boats, with lower noise in all aspects and more environmentally friendly.
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At present, electric ships have begun to be used as tugboats in inland lakes, as well as in some coastal and coastal ports. Not only that, Ningde has also started innovative cultivation in fields such as energy storage and electric aviation, continuously tapping into market potential.
In the research, the reporter saw that Ningde, a city with a weak industrial foundation, has achieved a leap in the lithium battery industry from scratch to leading the world due to its forward-looking vision and determination to innovate and develop. Now, targeting new development potential, Ningde has once again set out to continuously climb towards the high-end of the industrial chain value chain.
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