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“2026 is the starting year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and it is also a crucial year for Shanxi Province to achieve high-quality development. The ‘15th Five-Year Plan’ recommendations put forward by the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee clearly state that it is necessary to ‘accelerate the transformation of energy production methods’, ‘vigorously develop new and clean energy sources’, and ‘promote the development of hydrogen energy’. As a clean and efficient secondary energy source, hydrogen is an important means for building a new energy system and promoting a green and low-carbon transition. ”In 2026, during the **** event in Shanxi, the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association proposed to establish a **hydrogen energy demonstration zone in order to accelerate the energy transition in Shanxi Province. The Shanxi Provincial Committee of the China Democratic Progressive Party stated that Shanxi boasts unique advantages such as abundant wind and solar resources, great potential for hydrogen production from industrial by-products, a wide range of industrial applications, and strong regional influence, and has achieved initial progress in developing the entire hydrogen industry chain. According to statistics, the comprehensive index for the development of the hydrogen energy industry is 365.76, which is significantly higher than the national average; it ranks third among the main regions in China where hydrogen energy is developed. However, the large-scale development of the hydrogen energy industry still faces bottlenecks such as insufficient economic viability of green hydrogen, low level of self-sufficiency in key technologies, limited application scenarios, and inadequate policy coordination. In response to this, the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the China Democratic Progressive Party has put forward the following suggestions: First, strengthen policy guidance and mechanism innovation to systematically promote the development of the hydrogen energy industry. Efforts should be made to include Shanxi’s hydrogen energy development within the **energy strategy framework; support should be provided for the creation of “**hydrogen energy ecosystem demonstration zones”. Shanxi should be designated as a “hydrogen energy supply base for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region”, and pilot projects should be carried out in areas such as hydrogen energy management, market trading, and safety supervision. Promote the establishment of a direct power supply model for \"new energy power generation – hydrogen production,\" support enterprises in building their own associated new energy projects, and reduce additional costs such as cross-subsidies and system standby fees, thereby effectively lowering the production costs of green hydrogen. Establish green hydrogen production bases with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts in northern and central Shanxi to enhance the supply capacity of green hydrogen. Innovate green financial instruments and explore the issuance of \"special local government bonds for hydrogen energy\" to provide support for the construction of hydrogen pipelines and hydrogen refueling stations; at the same time, encourage private capital to participate in the development of hydrogen energy infrastructure through models such as PPP. II. Support the development of key core technologies and establish an innovation hub for the **hydrogen energy industry chain. By leveraging institutions such as local universities and the Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with research institutions like Tsinghua University, a \"**Hydrogen Energy Science Laboratory (Shanxi)\\" will be set up to make breakthroughs in key technologies that pose challenges, such as low-cost water electrolysis for hydrogen production, solid-state hydrogen storage materials, and hydrogen-based metallurgy ； Efforts should be made to include Shanxi’s hydrogen energy equipment in the “Catalogue for the Promotion and Application of First-of-Kind Major Technical Equipment,” so as to provide price subsidies to purchasers. Support leading enterprises within the province in establishing \"**hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing bases\", giving them priority in being included in the supply chain systems of central state-owned enterprises. Include hydrogen production from renewable energy in the management of energy products, and permit Shanxi’s green hydrogen projects to participate in the national carbon market. III. Establish a market mechanism for hydrogen utilization, create cross-regional hydrogen trade centers to promote the replacement of green hydrogen in the industrial sector, and support coking enterprises in Shanxi in carrying out \"hydrogen-coking co-production technology upgrades\" by providing investment subsidies. Support is provided for demonstrations of hydrogen-based steelmaking and the use of green hydrogen as a substitute in ammonia synthesis, with subsidies granted to industrial enterprises that use green hydrogen based on the amount of emissions reduced. Efforts should be made to include more cities in Shanxi Province within the \"Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration City Cluster,\" with priority given to supporting the construction of the hydrogen-powered heavy truck route between Taiyuan and Datong, as well as the hydrogen logistics corridor between Lüliang and Rizhao Port. Push for the inclusion of the hydrogen transport pipelines in the Shaanxi-Mongolia–Shanxi–Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region within the **energy infrastructure development plan, and support the construction of regional hydrogen transport corridors such as those between Datong–** and Changzhi–Zhengzhou. Include hydrogen refueling stations in the urban gas management system to simplify the approval process. Formulate \"Construction Standards for Integrated Oil-Hydrogen-Electric Energy Stations\" to promote the development of such stations and improve the layout of hydrogen energy infrastructure.