Take more measures and reduce costs to accelerate the development of new energy

In the second quarter, China's GDP grew by 7.6% year-on-year. This not only set the lowest quarterly growth rate in the past three years, but also the economic growth rate for the sixth consecutive quarter since last year. “Stable growth” has once again been placed in the “more important position” of macroeconomic policy. . At the same time, with the rapid economic growth for more than 30 years, problems such as environmental pollution, resource shortage, and rising factor costs have become increasingly severe. The extensive development model that relies on scale expansion has become unsustainable, and it is imperative to accelerate the transformation of development mode.

Both historical experience and theoretical research have shown that a complete economic crisis and a new round of upswing (especially the long cycle of Kondratiev) will ultimately depend on emerging industries. After the Great Crisis in the history of the Great Crisis, the emergence of new technologies and new industries has emerged, and with its unique vitality, it has become a new economic growth point, promoting the formation of new industrial structures and growth models, and becoming the fundamental force driving the long-term stable growth of the economy. Among the seven strategic emerging industries that are currently under development in China, the new energy industry is not only well-founded, large-scale, resource-rich, and initially has international competitive advantages, but also has low carbon, pollution-free, and renewable characteristics. It is of strategic importance to increase the proportion of non-fossil energy and carbon emission reduction “two goals”, promote “steady growth” and “adjust structure”. Among the many factors that currently restrict the expansion of the new energy market, excessive cost is still a key bottleneck constraint. Therefore, in the future, comprehensive measures are needed to further reduce the cost of new energy generation and enhance market competitiveness.