[SMM Hydrogen Energy Policy Express] "Action Plan for Metrological Support of the Development of New Quality Productive Forces in the Industry (2025-2030)" of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang

Recently, the People's Government of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture issued the Action Plan for Metrology to Support the Development of New Quality Productive Forces in Industries (2025-2030).

The document points out that, focusing on fields such as solar, wind, nuclear, hydrogen, ocean, biomass, and geothermal energy, and addressing metrological needs in areas such as the independent development of key core technologies and equipment, the construction of energy production, storage, and transportation infrastructure, and the research and industrialisation of energy storage systems and related equipment, key common metrological technology research and application demonstrations will be carried out in areas such as NEV charging and battery swapping, nuclear power plant safe operation, load identification, PV power station component life assessment, virtual power plants, credible evaluation of green electricity, carbon capture thermal consumption measurement, power grid inertia damping measurement, industrial energy and carbon measurement, and carbon emission accounting and analysis. Capacity building for platforms such as new energy intelligent safety evaluation and metrological testing platforms will also be carried out to achieve the diversified and coordinated development of new energy.

The full text is as follows:

Action Plan for Metrology to Support the Development of New Quality Productive Forces in Industries (2025-2030)

Metrology is an activity aimed at achieving the unity of units and the accuracy and reliability of measurements. It serves as an important support for technological innovation, industrial development, national defence construction, and people's livelihood security. As an important foundation for constructing an integrated national strategic system and capability, it is a crucial guarantee for promoting new quality productive forces and sustainable development. To thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on developing new quality productive forces, seize the opportunities of the new round of global technological revolution and industrial transformation, fully leverage the fundamental supporting role of metrology in the development of new quality productive forces in industries, and accelerate the high-quality development of industries, this action plan has been formulated.

I. General Requirements

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and thoroughly implementing the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the second and third plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, with the goal of supporting the development of new quality productive forces in industries, this action plan focuses on key industrial fields such as new-generation information technology, artificial intelligence, aerospace, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, biomedicine, quantum technology, integrated circuits, and instrumentation. A batch of key projects will be formed by sorting out major metrological needs, and collaborative research will be conducted relying on key units to effectively address key metrological issues in industrial development, strengthen technological innovation, optimize resource allocation, accelerate the transformation of achievements, and promote the integrated development of the "traceability chain, innovation chain, and industry chain", making metrology a catalyst and engine for promoting the development of new quality productive forces in industries.

II. Key Areas and Directions

(I) New-generation information technology. Focusing on information fields such as new-generation displays, communications, and chips, and addressing metrological testing needs in areas such as the research and development of future advanced information technology chips, high-precision time-frequency services, and the evaluation of new-generation display products, key metrological technology breakthroughs will be pursued. We will strengthen the construction of a metrological evaluation platform for next-generation information and communication technologies, conduct research on key technologies such as key performance testing of new-type display products, develop a batch of domestically advanced metrological base standards in the information field, enhance metrological testing capabilities and standards in the information technology field, and form demonstration applications in typical fields.

(II) Artificial Intelligence. Focusing on new technologies such as swarm intelligence perception, AI sensing, AI large models, and intelligent manufacturing, we will conduct research on key technologies for metrological testing of AI algorithms, establish systems, and research on key performance and system metrology of autonomous unmanned systems. We will build a cross-domain metrological testing platform for AI, enhance metrological capabilities in areas such as AI algorithm performance evaluation, security testing and evaluation of models and platforms, and testing and evaluation of new-type intelligent equipment. We will promote the establishment of a testing and evaluation system for AI risk levels and improve the basic guarantee system for metrological testing in the AI industry.

(III) Aerospace. Centering on the needs of national strategic emerging industries such as major aerospace projects, commercial space, commercial aircraft, aero engines, and the low-altitude economy, we will conduct research on key common metrological technologies in areas such as spacecraft in-orbit operation, satellite remote sensing and communication, space exploration, intelligent manufacturing of commercial aircraft, and low-altitude aircraft. We will develop prototype machines based on the principles of quantum natural benchmarks for space use and conduct typical experimental validations. We will solve the measurement challenges of long-term in-orbit vacuum leakage and material outgassing rates for space stations, overcome key parameter measurement and calibration technologies for intelligent perception, positioning and navigation, and energy power of low-altitude aircraft, and research intelligent detection and online calibration technologies for comprehensive parameters in the fields of commercial aircraft, commercial remote sensing, and satellite internet. We will form demonstration applications, driving collaborative innovation in aerospace technology.

(IV) New Energy. Focusing on fields such as solar, wind, nuclear, hydrogen, ocean, biomass, and geothermal energy, and centering on metrological demands in directions such as the independent development of key core technologies and equipment, the construction of energy production, storage, and transportation infrastructure, the research and industrialisation of energy storage systems and related equipment, we will conduct research on key common metrological technologies and demonstration applications in areas such as charging and battery swapping for NEVs, safe operation of nuclear power, load identification, life assessment of PV power station components, virtual power plants, credible evaluation of green electricity, measurement of thermal consumption in carbon capture, measurement of power grid inertia and damping, energy and carbon measurement in the industrial field, and carbon emission accounting and analysis. We will carry out capacity building for platforms such as intelligent safety evaluation and metrological testing platforms for new energy, achieving diversified and coordinated development of new energy.

(V) New Materials. Focusing on fields such as major projects, national defense security, emerging industries, and people's livelihood security, and centering on metrological testing demands in areas such as performance and composition control, production, processing, and application of advanced steel, non-ferrous metals, inorganic non-metals, high-temperature alloys, high-performance ferromagnetic materials, high-performance fibers and composite materials, rare earth functional materials, ultra-high purity rare metal materials, advanced semiconductor materials, and new-type display materials, we will develop specialized metrological testing equipment and methods, build a public metrological service platform and alliance for quality and technology infrastructure, promote the effective connection between metrology and product standards and testing technologies, improve the metrological testing and quality evaluation system for new materials, strengthen the management and application of metrological data, improve the quality stability and service life of new materials, reduce production costs, and promote the enhancement of the basic capabilities of the new materials industry.

(VI) High-end Equipment. Focusing on areas such as next-generation intelligent transportation equipment, power equipment, industrial mother machines, intelligent connected vehicles, shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment, and atomic-level manufacturing, and centered around the development needs of intelligent, green, and localised equipment, research will be conducted in fields such as kinematic parameter value traceability, measurement of new-generation high-speed railway transportation equipment, and advanced equipment inspection and testing. Core technologies such as environmental perception, intelligent decision-making, collaborative control, and atomic-scale metrology will be tackled. Platforms such as the intelligent sensor metrology and testing application demonstration for transportation equipment, comprehensive parameter metrology and testing application demonstration and metrology and testing evaluation, and the atomic-level manufacturing and measurement technology concept verification center will be established. This will address the technological shortcomings of high-end equipment that heavily rely on imports and have insufficient localisation, promoting the high-quality development of industries such as smart power grids, intelligent IoT, smart industry, and atomic-level manufacturing.

(VII) Biomedicine. Focusing on key areas of people's lives and health such as biotechnology, diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, and drug development, and centered around directions such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, wearable equipment, precision medicine, and inspection and testing, research will be conducted on key technologies for metrology, testing, and quality evaluation in major prevention and control, chemical innovative drugs, biological macromolecular drugs, high-throughput gene sequencing, cell therapy, biological testing, in vitro diagnostic products, synthetic biotechnology products, organoid products, and medical robots. The multidisciplinary integration of pharmacology, physiology, and synthetic biology will be promoted, driving applications in areas such as new drug development, disease treatment, substance synthesis, and foods for special medical purposes, accelerating the transformation and clinical application of related technological products.

(VIII) Quantum Technology. Focusing on the rapid development needs of quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum precision measurement, research will be conducted on key technologies for quantum sensing, quantum effects, and quantum control. Centered around physical quantities such as time-frequency, temperature, magnetic field, electric field, and mechanics, key technologies for quantum precision measurement such as the quantumisation of the new-generation metrological benchmark, the miniaturisation of metrological standards, and the hierarchy flattening of value transfer will be tackled. Core components for quantum metrological benchmarks and standards will be developed, enhancing precision measurement capabilities under extreme conditions and complex environments such as deep cryogenic temperatures, strong magnetic fields, and ultra-high pressures. Demonstration applications will be carried out in typical fields.

(IX) Integrated Circuits. Focusing on the development needs of the integrated circuit industry and centered around the support of core metrological technologies for integrated circuits, technical challenges such as the hierarchy flattening of value transfer will be primarily tackled. Breakthroughs will be made in bottlenecks such as the metrological testing of wafer-level defect particles, the standardisation of integrated circuit parameter chips, the development of advanced packaging standard substances such as 3D, and the development of 12-inch wafer-level standard substances. Innovations in new atomic-scale metrological devices, standards, and methods will be laid out. Breakthroughs will be made in integrated circuit metrological technologies surrounding key parameters such as geometry, optics, thermodynamics, and electricity, including wafer temperature, vacuum, gas detection, and micro-vibration. Online metrological methods for key process parameters of integrated circuits will be studied, metrological testing and evaluation will be carried out, and a metrological system serving integrated circuits will be formed.

(10) Instrumentation. Focusing on cutting-edge technological innovation in instrumentation and major application scenario requirements, with the goal of addressing shortcomings and achieving import substitution, research will be conducted on key common metrology technologies for high-end measurement instruments such as millimeter-wave and terahertz electronic instruments, online intelligent mass spectrometers, high-precision atomic gravimeters, and ultra-high-force measurement devices. This aims to address metrology and testing needs for mid-to-high-end products, including fundamental processes, core algorithms, critical parts, and core technical specifications of complete machines, thereby enhancing the engineering and industrialisation capabilities of typical mid-to-high-end instrumentation products. Efforts will be made to strengthen metrology testing and evaluation capabilities for instrumentation, supporting technological innovation in typical products through improved metrology techniques, and advancing the localisation of instrumentation.

III. Implementation

(1) Soliciting Project Proposals. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will publicly solicit project proposals nationwide in key areas and directions where metrology supports the development of new quality productive forces in industries. Central state-owned enterprises, provincial market regulation and industry and information technology authorities, industry associations, and academic societies are to organise relevant entities in their regions or sectors to actively submit project applications to the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

(2) Establishing a Project Database. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will set up expert panels in key industrial sectors to review and oversee projects, providing necessary consultation and recommendations. Projects approved by experts will be included in the project database for metrology supporting the development of new quality productive forces in industries, established by the two authorities.

(3) Selecting Key Projects. Aligning with national strategic needs, industrial development priorities, and annual work plans, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will annually select around 10 projects from the database as key annual projects for metrology supporting the development of new quality productive forces in industries, designating lead and participating units for each project.

(4) Promoting Project Implementation. Lead units of each project are responsible for formulating detailed implementation plans, clarifying project executors and pathways, appointing specific personnel, refining task allocations, enhancing collaboration with participating units, leveraging advisory experts, and establishing necessary coordination and regular progress review mechanisms. Project implementation will follow relevant departmental regulations, with the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology providing necessary guidance, coordination, and support to ensure successful execution.

(5) Strengthening Project Management. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will establish a comprehensive management system covering demand analysis, project application, selection, implementation, and supervision, with enhanced oversight and inspection of projects. In principle, supervision will be conducted quarterly, and a comprehensive summary and evaluation of the projects will be carried out at the end of each year. The application of evaluation results will be strengthened. Projects that are progressing smoothly and achieving remarkable results will be given priority in subsequent resource allocation. For projects that are lagging behind, in-depth analysis of the reasons will be conducted, and rectification will be urged.

(6) Promoting the transformation and application of achievements. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will establish a mechanism for the transformation and application of project achievements. They will focus on promoting and publicizing these achievements through on-site promotion meetings, achievement display meetings, and other forms. They will promptly release typical cases and excellent achievements of project transformation and application to the public, build necessary environments and platforms for transformation and application, and promote the rapid conversion of project achievements into actual productive forces.

IV. Safeguard Measures

All central state-owned enterprises and provincial market regulation, industry, and information technology authorities should fully recognize and widely publicize the important role of metrology in supporting the development of new quality productive forces in industries. They should organize relevant units to actively apply for projects based on industrial characteristics and development needs, and provide necessary support for the key projects selected. Localities can also establish provincial project libraries in accordance with the requirements of this action plan and combine them with local actual needs to promote the implementation of provincial projects. Central state-owned enterprises and provincial market regulation, industry, and information technology authorities are encouraged to establish supporting project support and incentive policies.