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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission have issued a document in principle approving five city clusters—Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Greater Bay Area, Northeast China (including eastern Inner Mongolia)-Yangtze River Delta, Xinjiang-Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, and the Yellow River Ji-shaped Bend-Central Plains—to carry out comprehensive hydrogen energy application pilot work. The pilot period is 4 years. The full text is as follows:
Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission on Approving Five City Clusters Including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to Carry Out Comprehensive Hydrogen Energy Application Pilot Work
To the competent departments of industry and information technology, finance departments (bureaus), and development and reform commissions of Beijing Municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Shanghai Municipality, Henan Province, Guangdong Province, Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region:
In accordance with the requirements of the "Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission on Carrying Out Comprehensive Hydrogen Energy Application Pilot Work" (MIIT Joint Conservation [2026] No. 59, hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), after formal review, expert evaluation, on-site defense, and other procedures, the pilot work plans of five city clusters—Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Greater Bay Area, Northeast China (including eastern Inner Mongolia)-Yangtze River Delta, Xinjiang-Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, and the Yellow River Ji-shaped Bend-Central Plains—are in principle approved to carry out comprehensive hydrogen energy application pilot work, with a pilot period of 4 years.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission (hereinafter collectively referred to as the three departments) will track and guide the pilot work and conduct assessment and evaluation. The evaluation results will serve as the basis for the central government's arrangement of reward funds for the pilot city clusters.
Your unit shall, in accordance with the submitted comprehensive hydrogen energy application pilot work plan, strengthen overall coordination, accelerate organization and implementation, actively introduce supporting policies, strictly implement local reward funds, and form actual workload as soon as possible.
Each city participating in the pilot work must strictly follow the requirements of the "Notice" and the responsibilities and tasks specified in the city cluster pilot work plan, perform its own duties, collaborate efficiently, and jointly complete all pilot tasks. After the end of each pilot year, a self-assessment report shall be prepared in a timely manner and submitted to the three departments according to procedures.
It is necessary to promptly advance the implementation of four lists: hydrogen energy technology and equipment research, industrial sector hydrogen energy projects, fuel cell vehicle promotion, and hydrogen refueling station construction, so as to form replicable and promotable experience for hydrogen energy industry development.
It is necessary to establish a complete industrial chain and supply chain, smooth the domestic grand circulation, and prevent and overcome local protectionism; rationally plan and construct key projects, highlight the characteristics and linkages of city clusters, and prevent "small but complete" approaches, rushing headlong into action, and low-level repetitive construction; establish and improve safety management systems, clarify specific responsible departments, and strictly implement them; do a good job in performance management and timely assess the economic, social, and ecological benefits of the pilot work.
It is necessary to ensure that central government reward funds are allocated in a timely manner as required, give full play to the effectiveness of reward funds, effectively reduce the cost of hydrogen use, and effectively transmit this to the terminal product consumption link.
For city clusters where progress falls short of expectations or where local reward funds are not allocated in a timely manner, the three departments will, in accordance with the requirements of the "Notice," take measures such as deducting or suspending central government reward funds as appropriate. Reward funds shall be coordinated by local authorities for supporting comprehensive hydrogen energy applications and shall not be used for balancing budgets, repaying government debts, or clearing overdue enterprise accounts, or for other purposes.
If there are any relevant issues or suggestions during the pilot work, please report them to the three departments in a timely manner.
Special notice hereby given.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Ministry of Finance
National Development and Reform Commission
August 15, 2026
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