On the afternoon of June 23, 2026, in the scorching summer of Beijing, the discussions in the seventh special group meeting room of the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference were more lively than the high temperature outside the window. At this time, the energy transformation in the 15th Five Year Plan has entered a deep water zone. How to solve the consumption problem of the Shage Wilderness Base and how to clear the approval bottleneck of the green hydrogen industry have become essential questions facing the Standing Committee and members. From wind farms in the northwest Gobi to hydrogen powered heavy-duty trucks along the eastern coast, everyone is presenting the truth, tackling difficulties, and coming up with practical solutions. A brainstorming session about China's energy future is unfolding.

Solution to the pain points of Shage Huang's assimilation

Fan Jiulun, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, took the lead in speaking, focusing on the Shagehuang New Energy Base in the western region. Data shows that in just four years, the installed capacity of wind and solar power in the region has exceeded 150 million kilowatts, but the problems of insufficient planning and coordination, and lagging market-oriented trading mechanisms have become increasingly prominent. He bluntly stated that it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a new type of power system that is compatible with large-scale new energy access, and vigorously promote the pilot of source grid load storage integration. This means that in the future, not only should power stations be built, but also innovative electricity pricing mechanisms and green certificate transactions should be used to connect the two channels of new energy consumption from the source, so that green electricity on the Gobi Desert will no longer abandon wind and solar power.

Green hydrogen methanol breaks through the situation

In response to the current situation of insufficient resource endowment in inland provinces in central and western China, the standing committee members have proposed differentiated layout plans. Zhang Chunlin, Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, shared the local experience of relying on industrial by-product hydrogen to layout the industry, and called for clarifying the hydrogen source path and optimizing the approval process for hydrogen refueling stations. However, Nan Cunhui, Chairman of Chint Group, has turned his attention to the green methanol track, pointing out the contradiction between sufficient production capacity and weak demand at present. He suggested relying on the coordinated layout of scenic and coal rich areas, activating the domestic application market, opening up the CCER carbon trading channel, and allowing green methanol to trial and error in public sectors such as shipping, forming an industrial closed loop.Keywords：Domestic new energy latest news、Infrastructure News

Strategic upgrade anchoring direction

Huang Zhen, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will push the discussion to a strategic level. He emphasized that in the context of intensified global geopolitical competition, energy transformation is already related to national energy independence and security. He proposed to include green fuels in the 15th Five Year Plan and establish a national level science and technology special project to tackle core technologies. Ouyang Minggao, academician of the CAS Member, further added that cost reduction and efficiency increase are the key to technological breakthroughs. By using market-based regulatory tools such as carbon taxes and green certificates to dilute industry costs, we can help the green fuel industry enter the fast lane of development and provide solid support for systemic economic and social changes.Editor/Gao Xue