Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released data, the first half of this year, China's lithium-ion battery industry to achieve high growth in the main indicators, production of more than 280 GWh, an increase of 150% year-on-year, the industry's revenue exceeded 480 billion yuan. Based on the industry, last year the national lithium-ion battery production reached 324 GWh, an increase of 106%, the first half of this year's data is based on a high base of high growth; looking at the world, China's lithium battery production capacity has accounted for more than half of the total global production capacity, highlighting the leading edge of China's lithium battery industry.

From point to point, as the upstream link of the industry chain of new energy vehicles, the lithium battery industry maintains a good momentum of development, fully reflecting the strong market demand for new energy vehicles. Drawing out the growth rate of lithium battery and new energy vehicle production, it is not difficult to find that the two have maintained almost synchronous growth. In the first half of the year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 2,661,000 units and 2,600,000 units respectively, an increase of 1.2 times year-on-year, and the scale of production and sales reached a new high. The automotive industry chain is long, wide coverage, strong drive, is an important pillar industry of the national economy. The steady growth of lithium battery industry makes the auto industry can more strongly support China's manufacturing from big to strong. In the long run, with the rapid penetration of lithium-ion batteries in energy storage power plants, 5G base stations and other fields, the lithium storage industry will usher in explosive growth. It is expected that by 2025, the cumulative new installed capacity of lithium-ion energy storage in China will reach 50 GW, with a market space of about 200 billion yuan. Play the role of the penetration and diffusion of science and technology, can provide more source supply, scientific and technological support and new growth space for high-quality development.

From line to line, lithium batteries, new energy vehicles, energy storage and other emerging industries are growing rapidly, not only in the economic operation to show a strong development of resilience, but also become an important engine for the transformation of industrial structure, to help the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. This year, despite the complex and severe external environment, but China's economic innovation to lead the continued enhancement, upgrade the development of the trend has not changed. In the first half of the year, the value added of high-tech manufacturing industries above the scale grew by 9.6% year-on-year, and investment in high-tech industries grew by 20.2%; in the second quarter, the value added of lithium-ion batteries, electronic components, integrated circuits and other small categories of industries grew by more than 20%. New kinetic energy faster growth, leading role continues to appear, to ease the downward pressure on the economy, promote the stability of the job market, and promote the stable and healthy development of the economy to provide important support.

Continuously stimulate the vitality of new industries, should continue to maintain strategic determination, and strive to achieve more breakthroughs in technological innovation. In the first half of this year, despite the impact of the epidemic, some raw material prices and other factors, but thanks to technological innovation to bring down the cost of batteries and improve performance, power battery products supply higher quality, industrial competitiveness is also stronger, a strong impetus to achieve stable and rapid development of the new energy vehicle industry. Grasping innovation is grasping development, and seeking innovation is seeking the future. Continuously improve the support for the development of new industries, strengthen service protection, will help enterprises to focus on improving the ability of scientific and technological innovation, and cultivate more new momentum for development.

China's economy has shifted from the stage of high-speed growth to the stage of high-quality development, and is in the critical period of transforming the development mode, optimizing the economic structure and changing the growth momentum, which urgently needs major innovation to add salary and renew power. Nowadays, the record of the number of new market entities in China is constantly being set, and innovative leading enterprises with international competitiveness are emerging at an accelerated pace. Strengthen basic research, improve the integrated layout of application development and technological innovation, and further strengthen the position of enterprises as the main body of innovation, in order to shape more innovation-driven and more leading development with first-mover advantages.

　With the in-depth promotion of relevant research, lithium batteries, which are already widely used, will usher in a broader development prospect. Seize the new opportunity of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, respond to the trend of upgrading the quality of consumption, and provide a good development environment for the growth and expansion of more strategic emerging industries, we will definitely be able to continuously improve the modernization of the industrial chain supply chain, create new advantages for future development and write a new chapter of high-quality development. (Han Xin)

(Source: People's Daily)