Shanghai's new-energy provisions
Shanghai's municipal government has announced the "Provisions on promoting new energy industry development in Shanghai" to implement the Renewable Energy Law by state government, the "Provisions on promoting science and technology innovation, speeding up the industrialization of new and high technology" made by Shanghai Committee of the Communist Party of China and Shanghai municipality, and the "Implementation provisions on quickening the industrialization of new and high technology in Shanghai" to make the development environment of the new-energy industry in Shanghai more favorable and speed up the development of new energy as a key area.
The Information Office of Shanghai Municipality held a press conference on the provisions today.
The provisions set the key areas and target of support as the enterprises and institutions, with industry, commerce and tax registration, in the research and development, manufacturing and implementation of nuclear power, wind power, solar power, IGCC and intelligent power networks.
The provisions set the principles of "long-term, overall planning, high-end manufacturing, and differentiation in competition" according to the resources, industry, technology, and cost in Shanghai in terms of new-energy industry development and equipment manufacturing. In the development and application of new energy, the principle of "showing leadership and high level, upgrading manufacturing and gradually expanding" should be insisted.
The provisions actively support the development of new-energy equipment manufacturing, strengthening the effort of new-energy applications and put forward several policies:
Nine measures to support new energy equipment manufacturing:
1. Support
qualified companies to apply for state government for funding and subsidy for
the first wind power, nuclear power, IGCC and intelligent power network
equipments.
2. Set up a special fund to support major projects.
3.
Encourage technology innovations with intellectual property rights by providing
special funds.
4. Provide preferential tax policies.
5. Attract high-end
professionals.
6. Provide more financial support and channel more funds into
the new-energy sector.
7. Attract multi-national new-energy enterprises to
set up headquarters in Shanghai.
8. Construct industry bases in districts
and counties.
9. Strengthen international exchange and cooperation.
Five policies and measures are introduced in new-energy development and
application:
1. Organize the making of development plans.
2. Support
application project construction.
3. Promote the purchase of "green power."
4. Actively apply for national and municipal finance support.
5. Support
the application of new technologies and products.
The provisions point out that the overall target is developing hybrid cars and electric cars, aiming for breakthroughs in battery, electronic engine and control systems, reducing costs and raising the performance of fuel-battery cars at the same time, in order to form an industry system and groups with international competitiveness.
There are seven measures to support technology development and
industrialization:
1. Allocate funds from government to support the
research and development of new-energy cars.
2. Encourage new-energy car
companies to apply for special funds from state and municipal government.
3.
Municipal government to allocate special funds for the development and
technology breakthrough.
4. Provide financial support for enterprises,
research and development institutions with intellectual property rights.
5. Support finance high-tech projects with intellectual property rights.
6. Support high-tech new-energy car enterprises to apply for national
qualification.
7. Municipal state-asset management department will
regard its investment in new-energy cars as profit during auditing.
Four measures are applied in promoting and application of new-energy cars:
1. Strengthen the purchasing power of government on new-energy cars.
2.
Encourage and support state-owned enterprises and individuals on
purchasing and using new-energy cars.
3. Strengthen the planning and
construction of new-energy car charging stations.
4. Provide interest
subsidy of no more than three years on battery rent business of new-energy cars.
Three measures on industry base and checking service:
1. Speed up
the construction of new-energy car bases in Jiading and other districts.
2.
Strengthen the checking and service capability construction on new-energy cars.
3. Support and encourage those companies with intellectual property rights
to transfer their technology into area and state standard.
There are three main measures to support finance and talents:
1.
Support and channel the new-energy car industry to set up special investment
funds.
2. Encourage financial institutions to support the development and
application of the new-energy car industry.
3. Attract leading people and
teams in the new-energy car industry from home and abroad.