[SMM Hydrogen Energy Policy Update] Yunnan Jinshan High-tech Zone Plans Green Hydrogen Layout

Recently, the Lijiang Municipal People's Government released a report on the development of industrial parks across the city.

The report points out that in terms of hydrogen energy, Jinshan High-tech Zone focuses on hydrogen energy, low-altitude economy, and digital economy, aiming to create a "demonstration zone for the entire hydrogen R&D and application industry chain in the province," with plans for green hydrogen production, storage and transportation, new-type building materials, and equipment manufacturing projects.

Jinshan High-tech Zone invested 25 million yuan to complete the construction of 398 mu of "standard land" in the Dongshan area, and 156.64 mu of "standard land" will be sold in 2024; it is also actively revitalizing 983 mu of inefficient land previously owned by Yunnan Aluminum for the construction of a hydrogen equipment industrial park.

Fully leveraging the cooperation mechanism between Shanghai and Yunnan, the "top leader investment promotion + business-to-business investment attraction" model is being promoted. City-level leaders led delegations to the Yangtze River Delta and Chengdu-Chongqing region to attract hydrogen enterprises. Jinshan High-tech Zone is collaborating with Tongji University and the Shanghai Hydrogen Exchange to promote hydrogen technology cooperation and carbon trading pilots, planning to attract 200 million yuan in investment from Shanghai companies.

Focusing on the entire hydrogen industry chain, Jinshan High-tech Zone is introducing projects such as green hydrogen power transmission lines and hydrogen equipment manufacturing. In 2025, there are 16 ongoing or planned projects with a total planned investment exceeding 5 billion yuan. Jinshan High-tech Zone is intensifying its layout in the hydrogen industry, attracting leading enterprises to build a hydrogen industrial park.

The challenges and issues faced include weaker capabilities in scientific and technological innovation, R&D, and commercialization of research outcomes in Jinshan High-tech Zone. There are few high-tech enterprises, and emerging industries represented by the hydrogen industry are still in the nurturing stage, making it difficult to provide substantial support in the short term. The gap between the current development status and the development goals is significant.

Moving forward, the plan is to optimize the industrial layout, strengthen leading industries, and vigorously cultivate advantageous industrial clusters, fully promoting the development of green hydrogen and low-altitude economy in Jinshan Park. A joint special fund for scientific and technological innovation will be established to support the advancement of hydrogen industry technology and platform construction. Efforts will be made to promote collaboration among industry, academia, and research, and to enhance the cultivation of innovative talents. Active efforts will be made to secure provincial support for the construction of a demonstration zone for the promotion and application of new business forms, facilitating the development of the hydrogen industry and digital economy.

The full text is as follows:

Report on the Development of Industrial Parks Across the City by the Lijiang Municipal People's Government

—Presented at the 23rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth Lijiang Municipal People's Congress on June 26, 2025

Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission Yunlong He

Mr. Chairman, Vice Chairmen, Secretary General, and Members:

On behalf of the Municipal People's Government, I hereby present the report on the development of industrial parks across the city.

I. Main Work Progress

The municipal government has conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the provincial Party committee, the provincial government, and the requirements of the municipal Party committee, adhering to problem-oriented, goal-oriented, and result-oriented approaches. Focusing on the Three-Year Action Plan for the Revitalization of Development Zones in Yunnan Province, with the "seven special actions" as the handle, we have further improved policy guarantees, strengthened factor support, and enhanced service efficiency, solidly promoting the economic development of industrial parks and comprehensively advancing the high-quality development of development zones. Currently, the city has four provincial-level development zones: Yunnan Huaping Industrial Park, Lijiang Jinshan High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Yunnan Yongsheng Industrial Park, and Yunnan Yulong Industrial Park. From January to May, the total industrial output value, industrial added value, and the number of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 2.7%, 18.8%, and 56% YoY, respectively.

(I) Emphasizing both organizational support and mechanism optimization to enhance management efficiency and effectiveness. Firstly, maintaining high-level promotion. The park economy is regarded as the "engine" of economic growth, and the three-year action plan for the revitalization of development zones (2023-2025) is being steadily implemented. Multiple on-site conferences on the high-quality development of parks have been held to address difficulties and problems in park development at a high level. Secondly, optimizing the management system. An implementation plan for optimizing and enhancing the system and mechanism of Jinshan High-tech Zone has been issued, promoting the "municipal office-district management" and "entrusted on-site management" models, and implementing cross-appointments between the leadership of the development zone and the Gucheng District, forming a collaborative management force between the municipal and district levels. Huaping Park adopts a "management committee + public institutions + companies" operational mechanism, where the management committee acts as the "general manager" to oversee the overall situation, the service center and approval center are responsible for approvals and services, the park investment company handles investment, financing, and construction, and the power distribution company undertakes power transmission and distribution businesses. Thirdly, improving the working mechanism. A working mechanism for municipal leaders to oversee development zones has been established, focusing on eight aspects including enhancing the quality of party building in parks, institutional and mechanism innovation, upgrading leading industries, infrastructure improvement, innovation capacity enhancement, cooperation and co-construction promotion, and factor guarantee improvement. Annual lists of key tasks have been determined, with detailed tasks, quantified goals, and listed measures. Regular progress reviews of key tasks have been conducted. The 36 key tasks identified in 2023 and the 27 key tasks identified in 2024 have all been fully implemented, and the 28 key tasks identified for 2025 are progressing smoothly.

(II) Adhering to both planning guidance and spatial layout synchronization to fully promote industrial clustering. Firstly, optimizing the spatial layout. Seizing the policy window, two provincial-level industrial parks, Yongsheng Industrial Park and Yulong Industrial Park, have been successfully approved, and Ninglang Industrial Park has been merged into Huaping Industrial Park, forming a park development pattern of "3 provincial-level industrial parks + 1 provincial-level high-tech zone". Secondly, clarifying leading industries. In line with the requirements of "differentiated positioning and coordinated development", Jinshan High-tech Zone focuses on hydrogen energy, low-altitude economy, and digital economy, aiming to build a "demonstration zone for the entire industry chain of hydrogen energy R&D and application in the province", and arranges projects for green hydrogen production, storage, and transportation, as well as new building materials and equipment manufacturing. Huaping Park consolidates its position as a "clean energy-carrying industrial base", with a focus on developing silicon PV and carbon material industries. Yulong Park plans a "one-park, multiple-energy" development model, centered around the Xionggu area, and arranges biomedical and big health industries. The Yongsheng Park focuses on deep processing of plateau green agricultural products by leveraging resources such as Chenghai spirulina and edible fungi. Third, industrial clustering has been strengthened. In 2024, the total industrial output value of designated size enterprises reached 18.842 billion yuan, contributing 64.59% of the city's industrial output with less than 1% of its area. By May 2025, the city's four parks housed 39 designated size industrial enterprises, accounting for 54.93% of the city's total.

(3) Adhering to simultaneous reforms, innovation, and factor support to effectively stimulate endogenous momentum. First, delegated authority has been implemented. The city's parks have cumulatively undertaken 23 main and 42 sub-items of delegated authority at provincial, municipal, and county levels. Among these, Huaping Park undertook 12 main and 20 sub-items, while Jinshan Development Zone undertook 11 main and 22 sub-items. Second, a government-enterprise collaboration mechanism was established. The "leadership linkage + task force service" model was adopted, with each municipal leader assigned to a key park to coordinate solutions for issues such as land use indicators for LONGi's Phase II in Huaping and environmental impact assessments for hydrogen energy projects in Jinshan High-Tech Zone. Huaping Park implemented the "enterprise whistle, department response" mechanism, setting up an enterprise service center to assist companies like Five Star Graphite and quartz crucible manufacturers with labor and logistics challenges. Third, a talent cultivation mechanism was innovated. Huaping Park established a municipal industry-education consortium for clean energy-intensive industries, integrating resources from 24 vocational schools and enterprises, and hiring over 10 senior engineers as "industrial mentors" to foster talent through industry-education integration. Fourth, land factor support was strengthened. Jinshan High-Tech Zone invested 25 million yuan to complete 398 mu of "standard land" construction in the Dongshan area, with 156.64 mu of "standard land" transferred in 2024. Inefficient land use of 983 mu formerly occupied by Yunnan Aluminum was revitalized for the hydrogen energy equipment industrial park. Yulong Park adjusted its planning in conjunction with resettlement, incorporating approximately 6,300 mu of suitable construction area from Xionggu Group 1 north to the reservoir submergence line into the park, alongside supporting resettlement sites and commercial logistics and tourism service facilities. Yongsheng Park balanced agricultural and industrial land use, planning over 1,000 mu for the development of its leading industries.

(4) Combining fiscal support with market-oriented operations to continuously strengthen funding. First, independent fiscal accounting was explored. Jinshan High-Tech Zone established a fiscal sub-bureau to pilot independent accounting and closed-loop fund management. A 5-year (2024–2029) fiscal cultivation and development period was set, during which the municipal and district retained portions of enterprise taxes were fully returned to the park. A 20-million-yuan investment was made at a 1:1 municipal-district ratio to establish Lijiang High-Tech Park Operation and Management Co., Ltd., promoting market-based construction, management, and investment. Huaping Park clarified debts and credits, with county finances covering social expenditure while the management committee concentrated on economic governance. Second, we will increase financial incentives and subsidies. The city has provided a cumulative total of 3.76 billion yuan in incentives and subsidies to enterprises in the parks, including 2.34 billion yuan from the municipal level, 820 million yuan from the Gucheng District, and 600 million yuan from Huaping County. In 2025, the municipal finance will allocate 5 million yuan each in special funds for Jinshan High-tech Zone and Huaping County Park, to be used comprehensively for investment attraction and project construction. Third, we will strive to secure support from higher authorities. We will actively seek special bonds and budgetary funds to address infrastructure gaps in the parks. Since 2023, a cumulative total of 2.615 billion yuan in funds has been secured to support infrastructure construction in development zones, further enhancing the supporting infrastructure and service levels of the development zones and continuously strengthening the carrying capacity of the parks. Since 2025, 3 million yuan in provincial budgetary funds has been supported for Jinshan High-tech Zone to apply for, and 230 million yuan in local government special bonds has been supported for three projects in Jinshan High-tech Zone and Yongsheng Park to apply for, which have currently been submitted to the provincial Development and Reform Commission for review. Fourth, we will establish specialized companies. Huaping Park has established the Wanlianda Power Distribution and Sales Company, responsible for power transmission, distribution, sales, and distribution network construction within the park, attracting high energy-consuming enterprises such as LONGi and Wuxing Graphite to settle in. Fifth, we will vigorously enhance financing convenience. Financial institutions are supported to dispatch two financial commissioners to settle in the parks, providing customized financing services for enterprises.

(5) We will persist in building platforms alongside cultivating entities to continuously enhance innovation momentum. First, we will establish operational companies. Jinshan High-tech Zone has established an operational management company as the main body for park development and construction, responsible for investment, financing, and operation of standardized factories and infrastructure construction. In 2024, it completed an investment of 419 million yuan, with a growth rate of 35.2%, including 258 million yuan in industrial fixed asset investment. Huaping Park relies on its investment and development company to undertake investment, financing, and state-owned asset management for park construction projects. In 2024, it completed an investment of 2.2 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 96%, including 1.591 billion yuan in industrial fixed asset investment. Second, we will innovate investment attraction models. We will fully leverage the role of the Shanghai-Yunnan cooperation mechanism, promoting "leadership-led investment attraction + investment attraction through existing enterprises". Municipal leaders will lead teams to the Yangtze River Delta and Chengdu-Chongqing regions to attract hydrogen energy enterprises. Jinshan High-tech Zone will engage with Tongji University and the Shanghai Hydrogen Exchange to promote hydrogen energy technology cooperation and carbon credit trading pilots, planning to introduce 200 million yuan in investment from Shanghai-based enterprises. Huaping Park will introduce silicon material suppliers through recommendations from LONGi. Third, we will strengthen industry chain-based investment attraction. Huaping Park has introduced projects such as LONGi Phase III, Wuxing Graphite Phase II, and Quartz Crucible Phase III around the silicon-carbon industry chain, extending to introduce foam packaging boxes and traditional Chinese medicine processing projects to improve the silicon-carbon industry supply chain. Jinshan High-tech Zone has introduced projects such as green hydrogen power transmission lines and hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing around the entire hydrogen energy industry chain. In 2025, there are 16 ongoing and planned projects with a total planned investment exceeding 5 billion yuan. Relying on the resettlement policy for immigrants, Yulong Industrial Park has attracted enterprises such as Lijiang Xinmiao New Energy to negotiate projects integrating cultural tourism and medical wellness. Fourth, we will focus on cultivating market entities. There are a total of 502 business entities in the industrial parks across the city, including 14 high-tech enterprises, 4 enterprises with import and export rights, 3 "specialized, refined, unique, and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises, and 6 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises. Additionally, 6 provincial and municipal academician (expert) workstations have been established. Fourth, we will strengthen key enterprises. The output value of LONGi's monocrystalline silicon and Wuxing Graphite in Huaping accounts for over 80% of the total output value of the industrial park. Jinshan High-tech Zone is intensifying its hydrogen energy industry layout, attracting leading enterprises in the hydrogen energy sector to build a hydrogen energy industrial park.

(6) Adhere to the simultaneous implementation of ecological supervision and safety prevention and control to solidify the bottom line of safe development. First, strengthen the recycling of sewage. Huaping Industrial Park adopts a differentiated treatment model. Two cement enterprises in Xingquan Building Materials Industrial Park have achieved zero discharge of production wastewater and domestic sewage, with all wastewater being reused in the production process through a recycling system. After pre-treatment to meet standards, the sewage from enterprises in Shilongba Clean Energy-Carrying Industrial Park and Rongjiang Biological Industrial Park is connected to the industrial park's sewage treatment plant (with a daily treatment capacity of 20,000 m³) and Huaping County's sewage treatment plant, with the effluent quality meeting the Class I A standard of the "Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants". The sewage from Yulong Industrial Park enters the treatment plant through a collection pipeline network. After meeting the standards, part of it is used for landscaping in the industrial park, and the other part is discharged into the Zengbiluo Reservoir for forest irrigation. The tailwater is discharged into the Jinsha River via the Lengshuigou. Second, standardize the disposal of solid waste. General solid wastes such as quartz slag, waste graphite parts, and silicon mud generated by enterprises in Huaping Industrial Park are recycled (for example, silicon mud is reused in building material production). Hazardous wastes such as waste engine oil and waste oil drums are entrusted to qualified third parties for disposal. Yulong Industrial Park promotes cleaner production audits to reduce the generation of solid waste from the source and establishes specialized management institutions to supervise the disposal process. Third, strengthen the implementation of safety responsibilities. All industrial parks in the city have established safety production management institutions, equipped with full-time safety officers, improved and strictly implemented various safety production rules and regulations, conducted regular safety assessments, and promptly rectified safety hazards. Fourth, focus on preventing safety risks. The Shilongba area of Huaping Industrial Park is subject to key supervision, implementing a "one equipment, one file" management system for pressure vessels, lifting machinery, etc. within the industrial park, and focusing on rectifying safety risks such as dust explosions and confined space operations. Fifth, enhance emergency response capabilities. All industrial parks have formulated and improved comprehensive emergency plans, regularly organizing emergency drills for fire rescue, mountain flood disasters, earthquake disasters, etc. Fourth, strengthen environmental impact assessments. Strictly implement the linkage review mechanism for planning environmental impact assessments and project environmental impact assessments for new projects entering the industrial parks. Accelerate the revision of the overall planning environmental impact assessments for Jinshan High-tech Zone and Huaping Industrial Park, and continuously promote the revision of the overall plans for Yongsheng and Yulong Industrial Parks.

II. Issues and Challenges

1. The industrial structure of the parks is monotonous, with short industry chains and weak risk resistance. Most industries in the city's parks have their upstream and downstream "ends outside," not yet forming a complete chain. In 2024, affected by the decline in monocrystalline silicon prices, the park's revenue growth was -42%, ranking 16th in the province. Although Huaping Park has introduced projects such as LONGi monocrystalline silicon and quartz crucibles, it lacks downstream links like PV modules, ESS batteries, and PV system integration. Its output value relies on monocrystalline silicon production, making it directly impacted by price fluctuations of a single product. Jingshan High-tech Zone is weaker in scientific and technological innovation, R&D, and commercialization of research results. There are few high-tech enterprises, and emerging industries represented by hydrogen energy are still in the incubation stage, unable to provide support in the short term, with a significant gap between the current development status and goals. Yongsheng Park focuses on the processing of spirulina, edible fungi, and specialty fruits, but mainly at the primary processing level, with weaker capabilities in developing and producing functional foods and deep-processed products. Yulong Park, relying on the Longpan Hydropower Station, is laying out clean energy industries, but is still in the resettlement phase for immigrants, without extending to downstream industries; there are few biopharmaceutical companies in the park, and they have a weak driving effect on the Chinese herbal medicine planting industry.

2. The hierarchical barriers in the institutional mechanisms lead to insufficient vitality in park development. Due to the integration and optimization, some project approval matters in the Ninglang area of Huaping Park require cross-county coordination, passively prolonging the approval cycle. Yongsheng Park and Yulong Park have not yet established management institutions, leading to poor operation in investment attraction, administrative approvals, and project implementation.

3. There are issues of resource constraints and lagging supporting facilities in element guarantees. The total planned area of Huaping Park is 290.25 hectares, with only 117.41 hectares available for supply, and due to the mountainous terrain, the cost of land development is relatively high. Yulong Park, located in the core area of the ecological safety barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, has part of its suitable construction areas restricted by ecological red lines, temporarily preventing development and utilization. The "standard land" reform is advancing slowly; in the Dongshan area of Jingshan High-tech Zone, only 156.64 acres out of 398 acres of "standard land" have been sold, with the remaining land unable to be sold due to incomplete road and pipeline facilities.

4. The business environment needs continuous improvement. First, the municipal and county (district) empowerment departments provide inadequate guidance to the parks, and the work of taking over empowerment matters has not been fully implemented. Some empowerment matters lack responsible agencies, and the project approval process needs to be optimized. Second, there is a shortage of professional talent. The park management institutions lack managers with expertise or relevant experience in industrial development, planning and construction, investment attraction, foreign trade, financial investment, and legal consultation, resulting in weak service capabilities for enterprises.

III. Next Steps

(1) Deepening reforms to stimulate new vitality in institutional mechanisms. The "management committee + company" model will continue to be implemented, optimizing the management systems of Jinshan High-Tech Zone and Huaping Park, while accelerating the establishment of management agencies for Yongsheng and Yulong Parks. Efforts will be made to further streamline fiscal and personnel management systems, granting greater autonomy to the parks. Guidance on delegated authority will be strengthened, approval processes optimized, and project approval timelines significantly reduced.

(2) Optimizing planning to build a new industrial development system. In accordance with the industrial development directions approved by the provincial government, park plans will be scientifically revised (or formulated), promoting the inclusion of the "3+1" park layout in the national directory. The preparation of master plans and environmental impact assessments will be expedited. Industrial layouts will be optimized to expand and strengthen leading industries, vigorously cultivating competitive industrial clusters. Jinshan Park will focus on green hydrogen and the low-altitude economy, Huaping Park on silicon PV and carbon materials, Yulong Park on healthcare and plateau food, and Yongsheng Park on plateau agricultural product processing. Guidance on park infrastructure construction will be enhanced, ensuring a steady pace of development and promoting phased implementation based on comprehensive planning.

(3) Strengthening safeguards to solidify the foundation for park development. Investment will be increased, with active efforts to secure project funding and accelerate infrastructure construction, including water, electricity, roads, gas, networks, and standardized factories. Reforms on "standard land" transfers will be expedited to improve land use efficiency. Financial support will be reinforced, fully utilizing industrial development funds. Environmental protection will be prioritized, speeding up environmental impact assessments and infrastructure acceptance procedures.

(4) Innovation-driven development to cultivate new momentum. A joint special fund for technological innovation will be established to support industries like hydrogen energy in advancing technological innovation and platform development. Industry-university-research collaboration will be promoted, along with the cultivation of innovative talent. Provincial support will be actively sought for the construction of demonstration zones for new business models, fostering the development of hydrogen energy, digital economy, and other industries.

(5) Optimizing services to create a favorable development environment. Economic operation analysis and scheduling within parks will be strengthened, with targeted efforts to ensure stable growth in key economic indicators. Enterprises will receive tailored support under the "one enterprise, one policy" approach, with enhanced service guarantees for enterprise-related elements to promote sustainable and healthy development. Guided by the principle of "projects as the priority," efforts will focus on project implementation, providing guidance and assistance for ongoing projects, and accelerating park project construction. Professional operation teams will be established to enhance park operation and service capabilities. Market-oriented operations under Party committee leadership and government guidance will be implemented, adopting an enterprise-driven model where companies handle development, construction, investment, operation, investment promotion, and professional services.

The above report is submitted for your consideration.