Status: Ended.

Event name: I. 13th Energy Storage International Conference and Expo (ESIE 2025)

II. Awards Ceremony of the 9th International Energy Storage Innovation Competition

III. 2025 China Energy Storage Rankings Release

IV. 2025 Energy Storage New Product Launch

V. China Energy Storage Leadership Closed-Door Seminar

When: April 10-12th (Finished) Where: Beijing, China Scale: 200,000+ professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: China Energy Special Forum of China Energy Research Society Annual Conference

When: November, 2025 Where: Beijing, China Scale: 500 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: 2025 5th International Conference on Energy Storage Safety Technology

When: Octorber, 2025 Where: Tianjin, China Scale: 1,000 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: 2025 10th Western China Energy Storage Forum + Sites Visits

When: August 19-20, 2025 Where: Hohhot, Innermongolia Scale: 1,000 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: 2nd China Energy Storage CEO Summit

When: December, 2025 Where: TBD Scale: 1,000 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: 2025 4th Sodium-lon Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

When: September 16-18, 2025 Where: Weihai, Shandong Province Scale: 1,000 attendees

Registration open shortly.

Status: Upcoming

Event name: Energy Storage & Electricity Market Session

When: TBD Where: TBD Scale: 500 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: Flow Battery Special Forum

When: TBD Where: TBD Scale: 500 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: Long-Duration Energy Storage Forum

When: TBD Where: TBD Scale: 500 professional visits

Status: Ended.

Event name: Overseas Energy Storage Market Research & Project Tour

When: June 23-27 Where: Hanoi Vietnam

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Status: Upcoming

Event name: Energy Storage Standards Workship: UL Energy Storage Standards China Working Group Activities & Standards Forum and Revision Discussions

Where: TBD When: TBD Scale: 80 professional visits

Status: Upcoming

Event name: Online Broadcasts

When: Full year 2025 Where: Online Scale: 3,000 professional visits

Status: Ongoing

Event name: General Assembly, Broad of Directors, Standing Council Meeting

When: January/ April/ October, 2025 Where: TBD Scale: 400 professional visits

Status: Ongoing

Event name: 3 Sessions on Key Industry Topics

When: July/October/November, 2025 Where: TBD Scale: 100 professional visits

Status: Ongoing

Event name: Visits to Key Energy Storage Application Regions and Enterprises

When: July & the second half of 2025 Where: TBD

Status: Ongoing

Event name: Support for Energy Storage Events Organized by Grid Operators, Energy Owners, Member Companies, Media and other Partners

When: Full year 2025 Where: TBD

Status: Ongoing

Event name: Energy Storage Training Series+O你Site Visits

When: Full year 2025 Where: TBD

The western region of China is rich in renewable energy resources and bears the dual mission of ensuring energy security and achieving the “dual carbon” goals. Relying on its nationally leading wind and solar land resources, Inner Mongolia has built the world’s largest wind and photovoltaic cluster. Through integrated projects combining generation-grid-load-storage and initiatives such as “desert-gobi-wasteland” bases, it leads multi-energy collaborative innovation. In 2024, the proportion of new energy in Inner Mongolia not yet participating in market trading has fallen below 10%. Its degree of electricity marketization ranks among the highest in the country, reflecting the region’s unique market environment. New energy projects across the region can transition more rapidly to full market-based trading, and a reasonable transition for large-scale existing projects becomes crucial in responding to the volatile market environment. At the same time, it is urgent to address key constraints such as insufficient system flexibility, limited market revenue channels, and restricted cross-regional dispatching.

The issuance of the Notice on Deepening the Market-Oriented Reform of New Energy On-grid Electricity Prices and Promoting the High-Quality Development of New Energy (NDRC Price [2025] No. 136) has accelerated the process of comprehensive market participation of new energy, laying a solid policy foundation for the regulated development and value realization of large-scale energy storage and provide comprehensive guidance for the high-quality development of new energy storage.

Since its founding nine years ago, the Western China Energy Storage Forum has played an important role in promoting the healthy development of energy storage and the innovation of market mechanisms in western regions with a high proportion of renewable energy.

10th Western China Energy Storage Forum

The 10th Western China Energy Storage Forum will be hosted by the China Energy Research Society and the China Energy Storage Alliance. With the theme “Market-Driven, Ecologically Empowered: Energy Storage Driving the Construction of a Green Energy System in Western China,” it will focus on the pain points of energy transition in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Shaanxi:

1. Assisting in the construction of a new power system with higher security, flexibility, and intelligence;

2. Guiding transaction-based energy storage innovation to open up revenue channels involving electricity pricing mechanisms, trading rule differences, and accounting methods;

3. Promoting multi-energy collaborative development such as “wind-solar-storage-hydrogen” to enhance green electricity supply capacity;

4. Supporting power market reform to improve green electricity trading and cross-provincial consumption mechanisms.

The forum will assist Inner Mongolia in building a national-level energy trading hub, providing a “Western model” for constructing China’s new energy system, and contributing Chinese solutions for green energy development in global desertification areas.

I. Forum Information
Theme
Market-Driven, Ecologically Empowered: Energy Storage Driving the Construction of a Green Energy System in Western China
Date
August 19–21, 2025
Location
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

II. Organizing Units
Organizer
China Energy Research Society
China Energy Storage Alliance

Host
Hohhot Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Center

Inner Mongolia Energy Storage Promotion Association

III. Concurrent Activities
CNESA DataLink 2025 First Half Energy Storage Data Release
High-End Energy Storage Closed-Door Seminar
4th General Assembly, 3rd Session – China Energy Storage Alliance
Energy Storage Thematic Seminar
Energy Storage Project Roadshow and Demand Matchmaking Session
Field Visit to Key Energy Storage Parks in Inner Mongolia

IV. Forum Highlights

1. Top Resources Converge to Build a Collaborative Ecosystem for the Energy Storage Industry Chain
   Government leaders, authoritative experts, senior executives from grid companies/power generation groups, and leading enterprises across the industry chain are invited. Taking into account regional resource endowment, grid structure, electricity market mechanisms, and technological maturity, the forum will jointly explore the construction of a coordinated system—centered on energy storage—featuring "technology adaptation + scenario integration + commercial sustainability" to drive high-quality large-scale energy storage development in the western region.

2. Focus on Frontiers and the Market to Accelerate Power System and Business Model Innovation
   With model scenarios such as Inner Mongolia’s “generation-grid-load-storage” bases, wind-solar-storage-hydrogen projects, and UHV outbound transmission channels, and centered on “power system innovation + market revenue drivers,” the forum will address key topics such as East/West Inner Mongolia market differences, green electricity trading, grid-forming energy storage, and virtual power plants, aiming to build a full-scenario energy ecosystem covering generation, storage, usage, and dispatch.

3. Precise Matchmaking to Activate Multi-Dimensional Resource Aggregation and Coordination
   Through a combination of closed-door seminars, demand-matchmaking sessions, and project visits, the forum will bring together grid and generation groups, local governments and enterprises, and green electricity buyers and sellers. With typical application scenarios like integrated generation-grid-load-storage, “desert-gobi-wasteland” bases, and zero-carbon parks, it will leverage demonstration projects to explore new directions in enterprise energy use and promote enterprise collaboration and localization in Inner Mongolia.

V. Intended Participants
Government Departments
National Energy Administration
Local Governments and Energy Authorities

Industry Units/Enterprises
Research Institutes, Universities
Power Generation Groups
Provincial Grid Companies in Western China
Leading Enterprises and Related Companies in the Energy Storage Industry Chain
Leading Enterprises in Hydrogen Energy and Long-Duration Energy Storage
Project Owners and Implementers of “Desert-Gobi-Wasteland,” Zero-Carbon Parks, Integrated PV+Storage+Charging Projects
Investors and Financial Institutions

VI. Forum Agenda

Agenda updates in progress...

VII. Forum Registration
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To advance China’s dual-carbon goals and accelerate the energy transition, the 2023 Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Other Five Departments on Promoting the Development of the Energy Electronics Industry (No. 181 [2022] of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), called for intensified efforts in industrializing new energy storage battery technologies, scaling up advanced energy storage products, and accelerating the development of emerging technologies such as sodium-ion batteries—along with corresponding standardization efforts.

To further strengthen new growth engines through integration of next-generation information technology and new energy and deepen supply-side structural reform of new energy storage, eight government departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the National Development and Reform Commission released the Action Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of the New-type Energy Storage Manufacturing Industry (No. 7 [2025] of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) in February 2025. The plan outlines efforts to optimize the industrial system, cultivate 3–5 ecosystem-leading enterprises, enhance product performance, expand application fields, and guide the industry toward high-end, intelligent, and green development. Sodium-ion batteries are a key focus area under the “New-Type Energy Storage Products and Technology” category of the action plan, highlighting the development of anode materials including high-performance hard carbon, and sieved carbon, and high-capacity cathode materials, as well as breakthroughs in system integration and application technologies for large-scale sodium battery energy storage systems.

The 4th Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

In recent years, sodium-ion batteries have gained momentum due to their abundant raw materials, low cost, strong temperature adaptability, and high safety profile. More than 200 companies have already entered the sodium-ion battery industrial chain.

To accelerate industrialization and promote standards development, the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) and the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) will jointly host the 4th Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum in September 16-18, 2025 in Weihai, Shandong Province. The forum will focus on sodium-ion battery standards, technology R&D, and industry trends. Key leaders from the Department of Standards Technology Regulation of State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), MIIT, and senior experts and academicians are expected to attend.

At the forum, the sixth batch of certified sodium-ion battery units, the second batch of batteries that have passed 1000-cycle life testing, the first batch of low-temperature performance evaluation participants (tentative) will be released. CESI Laboratory is responsible for the testing, conducted in accordance with the T/CNESA 1006—2025: General Specification for Sodium-Ion Batteries, a CNESA group standard.

Over 50 companies and 70 battery models have participated, including:

HiNa Battery, Huana New Energy, Phylion Battery Co., Ltd., Huayu New Energy, Transimage Sodium-ion Battery, Huzhou Horizontal Na Energy, Jiasheng New Energy, DESAY Battery, ZTE Pylontech, Li-fun Technology, Hanxing Tech, DICP CAS, Highstar, FinDreams Battery, Great Power, Higee Energy, Paragonage, Cospower, SVOLT, Veken Tech, Guona Energy, COSMX, Jana Energy, Topband, CHAM New Energy, Hona New Energy, NTEL, Rongke Energy, Jianeng Na Energy, Jufeng New Energy, Huana New Energy, Zoolnasm, Zonergy, CSIT, Puna Times New Energy, Huayu Sodium Energy, Chaona New Energy, Yongkang Jiasheng New Energy, Weifang Energy, Windey Energy, Tech Sodium, Sacred Sun, Greenway, and Puna Energy.

This forum will feature the following highlights: interpretation and dissemination of latest standards, policy analysis and regulatory trends, keynote presentations, authoritative certification, parallel forums on the supply chain and application sectors, product showcases

I.        Organizers

China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI)

China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA)

II.      Date

September 16-18, 2025

III.    Location

Weihai, Shandong Province, China

IV.    Scale

500 attendees (tentative)

V.      Invited Stakeholders (tentative)

Government authorities:

State Administration for Market Regulation

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Local governments

Local industry and information technology departments

Industry players:

Research institutes and universities

Leading sodium-ion battery manufacturers

Industrial chain companies

Electric bicycle and low-speed vehicle manufacturers

Automotive OEMs

Energy storage solution providers

VI.    Agenda

4th Sodium-ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

September 16-18, 2025, Weihai, Shandong

About Wendeng District, Weihai City, Shandong Province

Wendeng District, located in Weihai City, derives its name from the phrase “summoning scholars to ascend the mountain,” a reference to Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s eastward expedition. Covering a total area of 1,616 square kilometers, the district is home to a population of 548,000. Strategically positioned at the eastern tip of the Shandong Peninsula, Wendeng borders the Yellow Sea to the south and sits at the heart of the Qingdao–Yantai–Weihai economic triangle. Facing Korea and Japan across the sea, it serves as a core area of China’s national development strategy for the Shandong Peninsula Oceanic Economic Zone and the China–ROK Free Trade Zone Local Economic Cooperation Demonstration Area. Wendeng boasts a comprehensive multimodal transport network across land, sea, and air. Major highways such as the Weiqing Expressway, Wenrong Expressway, Wenlai Expressway, and National Highway 206 run through the district. It is also served by the Wendeng East Station on the Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway, Wendeng Station on the Jinan–Weihai railway, Wendeng South Station on the Laixi–Rongcheng high-speed railway, and Weihai Nanhai Station. Within a two-hour drive are five national Class I open ports and three international airports. Weihai International Airport, located in Dashuipo Town within the district, is a dual-use military and civilian airport operating over 590 flights weekly, with more than 20 domestic and international routes. A flight to South Korea takes just 45 minutes. Wendeng offers a first-class business environment. All administrative approvals can be processed through a single service window. Its innovative “Four Lists” service mechanism for supporting high-quality enterprise development has been recognized and promoted by the State Council’s inter-ministerial office for easing enterprise burdens. The district’s initiatives in business registration reform and enhanced regulatory oversight have also received commendation from State Council supervision efforts. The district has a solid industrial foundation, anchored by four key sectors: automotive and electromechanical equipment, new energy and new materials, pharmaceuticals and health foods, and electronic information. It is home to 250 industrial enterprises above the designated size and 143 enterprises that have been recognized at the provincial or national level as “Specialized, Refined, Differential, and Innovative” (SRDI), single-product champions, or high-growth “gazelle” companies.

The new energy and new materials sector focuses on niche areas such as battery electrolytes and electrode materials, photovoltaic power generation and equipment manufacturing, and pumped-storage hydropower. Wendeng has launched a diversified energy storage industrial base. The Wendeng Pumped Storage Power Station, the largest of its kind in the province by installed capacity, is now in operation. Wendeng is also Shandong’s only national pilot county for rural energy transformation. The automotive and electromechanical industry emphasizes critical components for commercial vehicles, new energy vehicles, special-purpose vehicles, and RVs. Its commercial vehicle parts cluster has been recognized as a national-level distinctive industrial cluster for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Its pharmaceutical and health food industry targets the development of medical materials, aesthetic medicine, modern Chinese medicine, innovative pharmaceuticals, and green, nutritious, and functional food products. The electronic information sector focuses on fiber optic cables and electronic components. The Nanhai New Area is a model eco-industrial zone that has won the UN-Habitat Award for Excellence in China. It has also been designated as a provincial-level eco-industrial park and a near-zero carbon zone.

Wendeng’s leading new energy and new materials sector is clustered around a one-square-kilometer industrial park, which has attracted more than ten major projects including Hanxing sodium-ion batteries, Nanhai New Energy anode materials, and Hengsheng lithium batteries. The district is building a multi-energy complementary system integrating wind, solar, energy storage and hydrogen production, alongside a source-grid-load-storage industrial ecosystem. In particular, a complete sodium-ion battery industry chain has been established, supported by supporting projects such as the Sinotrans Chemical Logistics Park, aiming to create an industry cluster with an output value exceeding RMB 10 billion. The Nanhai Port is planned to support a 300,000-ton main channel, with two 10,000-ton berths already completed. In the near term, the district will promote the construction of 50,000-ton general-purpose berths and port-rail links, providing efficient logistics support for raw material transport and product export in the sodium-ion battery sector.

VII.     Registration & Contact

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Past Forum Highlights

The 1st Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

The inaugural Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum, jointly organized by the China Electronics Standardization Institute and the China Energy Storage Alliance, was successfully held online from November 28 to 29, 2022, with active participation from enterprises and institutions across the sodium-ion battery industry chain. The forum consisted of two sections: the Sodium-Ion Battery Standards Seminar and the Industry Chain Summit Forum. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was conducted virtually. It was livestreamed by media outlets including chongdiantou.com, Yicai, and CNESA, attracting tens of thousands of online viewers.

The 2nd Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

The second forum convened on July 14, 2023, in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, drawing nearly 1,000 in-person attendees and attracting close to 300,000 online viewers during the live-streamed opening ceremony. Discussions focused on the development of sodium-ion battery standards, technological innovation, and industry landscape. The forum also featured the official release of the 2023 Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Research Report and the announcement of the first batch of nationally certified sodium-ion battery evaluation list.

The opening ceremony was chaired by Mr. Gu Wenhao, District Mayor of Xishan, Wuxi. Distinguished government attendees included: Mr. Jin Lei, Director of Electronic Information Department, MIIT; Mr. Liu Dashan, Director of Standards Technical Management Department, SAMR; Mr. Tai Feng, Director of Civil Aviation Dangerous Goods Transport Management Center; Mr. Zhang Jinguo, Second-level Inspector, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology; Mr. Jiang Min, Member of the Standing Committee of the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor; Mr. Fang Li, Secretary of Xishan District Party Committee. Prominent scholars in attendance included: Academician Li Jinghong, Professor at Tsinghua University and CPPCC National Committee Member; Professor Yang Quanhong, Tianjin University and CPPCC National Committee Member; Dr. Hu Yongsheng, Researcher, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Key organizers and supporting leaders included: Mr. Liu Xiangang, Deputy Director of China Electronics Standardization Institute; Mr. Yu Zhenhua, Executive Vice Chairman, CNESA.

Also present were industry executives such as: Mr. Yin Xiaoqiang, General Manager, BYD Energy Storage and Advanced Battery Division; Mr. Li Shujun, General Manager, HiNa Battery; Mr. Bu Yanfeng, Party Committee Member and Deputy GM, Huayang New Material Technology Group. Government officials from over 15 cities and districts—Shenzhen, Changsha, Yangzhou, Nantong, Yangquan, Zhuzhou, Weihai, Quzhou, Fuyang, Suining, Binzhou, Xuzhou, Haining, Yiwu, Yixing, and Wangcheng District of Changsha—attended the forum, along with local departments and key enterprises in Xishan District. The event also received extensive media coverage from Xinhua News Agency, China News Service, Huanqiu.com, China Electronics News, and dozens of other mainstream outlets.

The 3rd Sodium-Ion Battery Industry Chain and Standards Development Forum

On June 13, 2024, the third edition of the forum was held in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, co-hosted by the China Electronics Standardization Institute and the China Energy Storage Alliance, with support from Shanxi Huayang Group New Energy Co., Ltd. More than 1,000 participants attended, including representatives from government agencies, research institutions, academic communities, and enterprises across the battery industry chain.

The forum featured a diverse program, including: Opening ceremony, sodium-ion battery industry chain sub-forum, application-focused sub-forum, sodium-ion standards seminar, new energy storage station development & operation seminar, site visits to sodium-ion battery production lines and storage projects. The 2024 Annual Meeting of the MIIT Working Group on Lithium-Ion and Similar Products Standards was also held a day prior to the forum, focusing on the development of national and industry standards for sodium-ion batteries.