MIIT Unveils 15th Five-Year Plan: Boost Safety, Performance in Consumer, NEV, and ESS Batteries

Published: Sep 28, 2026 18:32 (GMT+8)

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and six other departments jointly issued the New-type Battery Industry Development 15th Five-Year Plan. The plan proposes to improve energy density, power density, and cycle life through process optimization, material upgrades, and structural innovation. It calls for developing high-safety consumer electronics lithium batteries, improving the safety, fast-charging performance, low-temperature adaptability, lightweight design, and energy density of power batteries for NEVs and electric vessels, and developing high-safety, large-capacity, grid-forming, ultra-long cycle life ESS batteries.

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