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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
GUANGZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — China's clean hydrogen production capacity will reach 120,000 tons by the end of 2024, accounting for nearly 50 percent of the global total, Zhang Xiaoqiang, a specially invited expert with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said at the opening of the 2025 China Hydrogen Energy Conference in Nanhai District, Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday.
Zhang Xiaoqiang noted that China places great importance on the high-quality development of hydrogen energy. In 2022, the country published a medium- and long-term development plan for this industry for 2021-2035. China currently leads the world in the number of patent applications filed in the field of hydrogen energy, and ranks among the top in the production of "green" hydrogen and the number of hydrogen refueling stations. By the end of 2024, 540 hydrogen refueling stations had been built in the country, accounting for 40 percent of the global total.
"China also occupies a global leadership position in terms of electrolyzer hydrogen production technology," said Zhang Xiaoqiang, adding that domestic electrolyzer supply reached 1.1 GW in 2024, accounting for over 60 percent of the global total. In 2024, the unit price of alkaline electrolyzers in China fell by 38 percent year-on-year, reaching only 50-60 percent of the cost of similar products in Europe and the US.
According to Zhang Xiaoqiang, green hydrogen production in China is expected to exceed 3 million tons by 2030, creating a large market worth over 1 trillion yuan.
At the opening of the aforementioned conference, Wang Yiming, Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, stated that China's capacity for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources is increasing year on year, and that green hydrogen production in the country has entered the large-scale development stage. China is becoming a global leader in hydrogen production from renewable energy sources.
Wang Yiming reported that China is actively collaborating with many countries in the field of hydrogen energy. For example, China is jointly researching technologies to ensure the safety of transoceanic transport of liquid hydrogen with France, and is collaborating with Germany on developing electricity generation technology based on hydrogen internal combustion engines.
"The fight against climate change, as well as the green and low-carbon transition, are inseparable from global cooperation. Hydrogen energy is becoming an important area of international energy cooperation for China," Wang Yiming emphasized.
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