[Chongqing: By 2027, a leading industrial base for the recycling and utilization of NEV power batteries in western China will be initially established] The Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology issued the "Work Plan for Cultivating the Recycling and Utilization Industry of NEV Power Batteries in Chongqing (2025-2027)". The Plan mentions that by 2027, the industrial system for the recycling and utilization of power batteries in the city will be basically sound, the industrial ecosystem will continue to be optimized, and a leading industrial base for the recycling and utilization of NEV power batteries in western China will be initially established. The coverage rate of the recycling network for NEV power batteries in districts and counties will reach 90%; a number of recycling and utilization enterprises that meet the "Industrial Specification Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Scrap NEV Power Batteries" will be cultivated, and more than two industrial bases for recycling and utilization with clustered development will be built; the recycling and utilization rates of metal resources such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese will continue to increase, technologies such as the refined extraction of component materials and valuable metals from scrap NEV power batteries will continue to make breakthroughs, and key common technologies such as intelligent and refined disassembly of power batteries and wet-process full-component resourcefu