Source: CNESA

Date: November 5, 2025, 14:30-17:30

Venue: Room D1, Hall 4.2, National Exhibition and Convention Center

(Shanghai)

Hosts: National Energy Administration

Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

Organizers: Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of

Sciences

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of

Sciences

The Paper

China Energy Storage Alliance

Introduction:

The parallel session on "High-quality Development of New Types of Energy Storage Accelerates Global Energy Transition" will bring together distinguished representatives from government, industry, academia, research institutions, and finance to build a global high-end energy storage ecosystem. Participants will explore major topics such as technological breakthroughs, innovative business models, policy incentive mechanisms, and domestic and international industrial cooperation, sharing experience and contributing collective wisdom to the world.

Program:

Honored Guests:

**Meng Qingqiang**
Chief Engineer, State Grid Corporation of China

Chief Engineer of State Grid Corporation of China, Chairman and Party Committee Secretary of SG Electric Power Research Institute. Born in July 1966 in Tianjin, of Han ethnicity, he holds a bachelor's degree and is a professor-level senior engineer. As a member of the Communist Party of China, he began working in July 1987. His previous roles include General Manager of Tianjin Binhai Company, Deputy General Manager and Party Committee Member of Tianjin Electric Power Company, Deputy General Manager and Party Committee Member of Jiangsu Electric Power Company, General Manager and Deputy Party Committee Secretary of Chongqing Electric Power Company, Director of the SG AC Construction Department, and Chairman and Party Committee Secretary of State Grid Hunan Electric Power Company. He previously served as Chief Engineer of State Grid Corporation of China and assumed his current position in March 2023.

**Wang Shaowu**
Party Leadership Group Member & Vice President， China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd.

Dr. WANG Shaowu, Vice President of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd., has long been engaged in research on high-voltage insulation, advanced UHV/EHV transmission, localization and development of power equipment, and management of innovative large-scale complex engineering systems. He is well-versed in the design, construction and operation of large power grids and has made systematic contributions to China's international leading position in UHVAC, UHVDC, and VSC-DC transmission technologies.

He has received National Award for Science and Technology Progress (Special Prize), China Electric Power Science and Technology Award (First Prize), and China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Progress Award (Special Prize), among others.

**Wang Shaomin**
Party Leadership Group Member & Vice President, State Power Investment Corporation Limited

Wang Shaomin, male, born in 1972, holds a master's degree with a Master of Engineering. He is a senior engineer (professorial level).

His previous roles include President of China Huaneng Group's Clean Energy Technology Research Institute, General Manager of Huaneng Fujian Branch, Party Committee Secretary and General Manager of Huaneng Xiong'an Branch, Executive Director and Party Committee Secretary of Huaneng Xiong'an Branch, Executive Director and General Manager of Huaneng (Xiong'an) Urban Integrated Energy Services Co., Ltd., and Executive Director and Party Committee Secretary of Huaneng Hebei Branch. He has long been engaged in management work in the power and energy sector. In December 2024, he was appointed as Vice President and Party Leadership Group Member of the State Power Investment Corporation Limited.

**Xia Qing**
Professor, Tsinghua University

Qing Xia received the B.E. and M.E. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, in 1982 and 1986, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University, in 1989, all in electrical engineering. He is now a Professor and Chair of the Academic Degree Committee in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University.

He has extensive academic and industrial experiences in electricity market and power system economic operations. His research team has designed and implemented load forecasting, generation scheduling, security assessment and market trading software for over ten provincial power grid companies in China. He has also been directing electricity market mechanism design and implementation towards China's electricity deregulation. Moreover, he has served as a consulting expert for both the State Grid Corporation and China Southern Power Grid Corporation for many years.

His research interests include power economics and electricity market, power system load forecasting, power system economic operation, generation & transmission expansion planning, optimization application in power systems, low-carbon electricity smart grid, etc.

He is a senior member of IEEE and a senior member of CSEE (Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering). He was awarded the title of national excellent science and technology workers.

**Pan Jiaofeng**
President of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD)

Pan Jiaofeng, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. He is a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress. He is currently President of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD), Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Director of China Innovation Strategy and Policy Research Center funded by Research Office of the State Council and CAS, and Chairman of the Chinese Association of Development Strategy Studies. He is also a member of the governing board of the International Research and Training Center for Science and Technology Strategy (CISTRAT), UNESCO. His research focuses on S&T strategies, innovation policies, and think-tank science and engineering. He has presided over more than 60 national major and key decision-making consultation, policy research and strategic research projects, and has achieved a number of influential results in decision-making consultation and theoretical research. He has innovated think-tank theories and methods, and published series of academic monographs including DIIS Theory and Methodology in Think Tanks, Double Helix Methodology in Think Tanks and Introduction of Think Tank Science and Engineering.

**Yu Zhenhua**
Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA)
Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Energy Storage Expert Committee under China Energy Research Society

Yu Zhenhua, Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), and Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Energy Storage Expert Committee under China Energy Research Society. In 2011, Mr. Yu led the establishment of CNESA, China's first and only social organization dedicated to the energy storage field. It is committed to promoting the development of the energy storage industry by influencing the formulation of government policies and the promotion of energy storage applications. In the same period, he founded Beijing ReneSola Century Technology Co., Ltd. and serves as Chairman, focusing on promoting the development and application of energy storage in the power application field and constructing China's first commercial power station project where energy storage participates in power auxiliary services. Leading the alliance team, Yu Zhenhua undertook 3 national key R&D programs. He has won awards including the Third Prize of Excellent Achievements in Energy Soft Science Research by the National Energy Administration in 2016 and the Second Prize of Energy Innovation Award by China Energy Research Society in 2022.

**Jianhui Zhang**
Chairman & CEO, BEIJING HYPERSTRONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Dr. Jianhui Zhang is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Beijing HyperStrong Technology Co., Ltd. He is a professor-level senior engineer and has extensive experience in the product development and technical management of power electronics and large-scale integration. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a M.S. degree and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Dr. Zhang spent 10 years studying and working in the United States, during which he obtained more than 20 technology invention patents and published more than 10 academic papers. Prior to founding HyperStrong, he served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Smart Grid Group of Siemens China Co., Ltd., where he presided over the R&D and technical management of smart grid products.

**Steven Chen**
SVP of EVE Energy, CEO of EVE Energy Storage

Mr. Steven Chen, a master's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, is currently the senior vice president of EVE Energy Co., Ltd. and the president of EVE Energy Storage Co., Ltd.. He has more than 20 years of working experience in the eld of network energy and energy storage. Mr. Steven Chen joined Emerson Network Power Co., Ltd. in 2004 as the Director of Business Development for Asia Pacﬁc; Since March 2016, he has worked for EVE Energy Co., Ltd. as vice president, and has concurrently served as president of EVE Energy Storage Co., Ltd. since May 2018.

Mr. Steven Chen is good at integrating computer information processing, network energy applications and energy storage systems based on lithium battery technology for system application design.Have a deeper understanding of the development of the energy storage industry, integrate marketing, management and market analysis capabilities, go deep into the front line, and continue to operate the production, marketing and research of the electrochemical energy storage business in corporate operations.

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