Changxing Island leverages strengths to forge NE Asia hydrogen hub
China DailyDalian’s Changxing Island is advancing as a pivotal hub for hydrogen-based energy in Northeast Asia, marking a strategic move to diversify its new energy sector, upgrade industries, and foster new quality productive forces. Meanwhile, Changxing Island is actively promoting pioneering international technology demonstrations and industrial applications, such as the "liquid sunshine" and artificial photosynthesis led by Professor Li Can’s group from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, key energy storage materials developed by deputy director Li Xianfeng, and researcher Deng Dehui's breakthroughs in hydrogen production through electrolysis of seawater desalination. Changxing Island is harnessing its national petrochemical industry base to focus on hydrogen-based energy to achieve dual carbon goals, drive green transformation, and upgrade industrial structure. It aims to establish a pioneer demonstration zone for the entire hydrogen-based energy industry chain and a hub for hydrogen-based energy production, storage, transportation, and trade in Northeast Asia, alongside a national methanol base.