At the 4th Asia-Pacific Gas Auto Association International Conference held on the 18th, Deputy Director of the 863 Energy Conservation and New Energy Automobile Major Project Office of the Ministry of Science and Technology said that the current annual output value of China's natural gas vehicles has exceeded 15 billion yuan, and preliminary industrialization has been realized; If the bottleneck of gas stations is further eased, the industry is expected to accelerate its development. Leading companies such as Ankai Bus, Yutong Bus, and Jinlong Automobile are expected to benefit.

Yan Zijian also reminded that natural gas vehicles are not expected to receive a subsidy for cars because of factors such as mature technology, ease of promotion, and low fuel prices.

The “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” paid full attention to natural gas vehicles as a clean fuel vehicle. The technology has matured and its safety and reliability are good. It has become one of the most important ways for energy conservation and emission reduction in the transportation sector. Yan Zijian stated that after the “Clean Car Campaign” during the “Ninth Five-Year Plan” and “Tenth Five-Year Plan” and the “863” Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the country has invested about 250 million in succession for the demonstration and promotion of natural gas vehicles. Yuan special funds support the technical research and demonstration assessment of substitute fuel vehicles represented by natural gas vehicles, and achieved major breakthroughs in key technologies, providing a strong driving force for the development of natural gas vehicles.

In the future, natural gas vehicles will still receive "full attention." Yan Zijian stated that the Ministry of Science and Technology will continue to vigorously support the development of various types of energy-saving and new energy vehicles, including alternative fuel vehicles, in the layout of the 12th Five-Year Plan. In the newly launched research projects and demonstration projects, full attention has been given to alternative fuel vehicle powertrains, all kinds of alternative fuel hybrid vehicles, and alternative fuel-extended electric vehicles, striving to establish diversified, healthy and sustainable development. The green standard system and the corresponding product system.

China’s natural gas industry has already established a good foundation for development. Zhang Jianwei, deputy director of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center, said that the current number of natural gas vehicles in China is about 1 million, ranking seventh in the world, and about 1,700 gas stations are still in operation. Growing. Zhai Zijian said that in the next 20-30 years, vehicle energy will develop towards diversification and low carbonization. At present, natural gas vehicle technology is relatively mature and has already formed a certain industrial base. In particular, with China’s continuous development of natural gas resources development and rapid advancement of infrastructure construction, natural gas vehicles have a huge market potential in China and have a promising development prospect. .

However, the purchase of natural gas vehicles will not be subsidized. Yan Zijian said that not all state support products should have subsidies. For products such as electric cars whose products are not mature enough to promote, and whose prices are much higher than ordinary fuel vehicles, government subsidies should be appropriate. The technology of natural gas vehicles is relatively mature, and the price of natural gas is lower than the price of fuel. The economic leverage will automatically instigate its development. At present, the promotion of natural gas vehicles has covered more than 30 provinces and autonomous regions across the country, and does not require the acquisition of cars like electric cars. subsidy.

A number of experts at the conference stated that at present, the major bottleneck in the development of natural gas vehicles in China is the relative lag in infrastructure construction such as gas stations. In addition, Yan Zijian believes that the continuity of the state's support policy for natural gas vehicles has greatly promoted the development of natural gas vehicles, but the national level has not yet established clear natural gas vehicle development goals and plans, and has not yet introduced clear product incentive policies and deal with fuel price fluctuations. The measures are the problems facing the development of natural gas vehicles.

With an annual output value of over 15 billion yuan, after more than ten years of development, the demonstration operation of natural gas vehicles has achieved significant results, and has strongly stimulated economic growth. Yan Zijian said that at present, China has formed a relatively complete natural gas automobile industry chain, and gradually formed a number of natural gas automobile industrialization bases such as Sichuan and Chongqing. The annual output value of the demonstration and promotion of urban natural gas automobile industry has exceeded 15 billion yuan. More than 800.

The pull of natural gas vehicles and related industries on the economy began to show. Yan Zijian said that under the dual promotion of the market and the government, China has formed a relatively complete natural gas auto industrial chain, and the industrial development has been transformed from the government to the market-led. Up to now, a total of 450 gas vehicle models and chassis have entered the National Motor Vehicle Product Bulletin. The number of natural gas vehicle manufacturers exceeds 60, and the total vehicle output exceeds 80,000; the gas station equipment is fully domestically realized, and the domestic equipment market The share is above 90%, and some products reach 100%.

The demonstration and promotion of natural gas vehicles have achieved remarkable social and economic benefits, and more and more cities have begun to promote. In the demonstration cities, the annual fuel replacement amount has exceeded 3 million tons, and natural gas vehicles with less than 1% of vehicle ownership have achieved more than 3% of fuel substitution effect, saving nearly 10 billion yuan in fuel costs each year. According to incomplete statistics, China currently has nearly 100 cities in more than 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, as well as two special administrative regions in Hong Kong and Macao, which are promoting natural gas vehicles.