"The central enterprises should better play a leading role, cooperate with all kinds of enterprises, attract and drive a number of high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises such as specialized and special new small giants and single champions in manufacturing, actively integrate into the industrial chain and supply chain, and constantly improve the efficiency of industrial chain cooperation and the smooth ability of supply chain." Yao LAN, deputy director of the Planning and Development Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said at the recent CGN Strategic Emerging Industry Development Conference that in the future, it will make greater efforts to encourage and support the development of central enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, make efforts in enterprise collaboration and industrial synergy, and carry out all-round multi-field and deep-level pragmatic cooperation with all kinds of large and medium-sized enterprises in the industrial chain. Strive to make greater achievements and achieve greater breakthroughs in the development of strategic emerging industries.

Since last year, the central enterprises have vigorously promoted the industrial renewal action and the future industry sailing action. Data show that in 2023, central enterprises completed investment in strategic emerging industries of 2.18 trillion yuan, an increase of 32.1%. Relying on the central enterprise industrial chain integration and development of the common chain action, 13 industrial chain supply and demand docking activities were carried out, and more than 1,000 industrial chain supply and demand lists were issued, driving more than 5,000 various types of industrial chain entities.

As a central energy and power enterprise, China General Nuclear Power Group Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "CGN") has undertaken important tasks in the industrial rejuvenation of central enterprises in the fields of new energy and industrial software. Li Yilun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of CGN, said in an interview with a reporter from Economic Information Daily that according to statistics, the revenue of strategic emerging industries of CGN currently accounts for more than 75%, and has cumulatively driven the common high-quality development of more than 12,000 enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

In order to accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries, CGN has formulated seven industrial development plans for nuclear energy leadership, nuclear fuel safety guarantee, doubling of new energy, digital leap, nuclear technology breakthrough, strong scientific and environmental protection foundation, and future industrial navigation. Among them, in terms of new energy, we strive to maintain an annual new operation capacity of more than 10 million kilowatts, maintain an annual investment scale of about 60 billion yuan in the new energy industry, and jointly promote the total social output growth of about 180 billion yuan with upstream and downstream enterprises.

At the conference site, CGN units completed a total of 35 cooperation contracts with a contract value of 10 billion yuan. In addition, CGN has also initiated the establishment of a number of scientific and technological innovation funds focusing on nuclear energy, solar thermal, nuclear technology, hydrogen energy and other strategic emerging industries, giving play to the advantages of capital ties and the role of fund industry empowerment.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council will support the development of central enterprises such as CGN in scientific and technological innovation, and promote a more secure and stable industrial chain and supply chain. We will support central enterprises in combining upper, middle and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, intensify scientific and technological innovation, accelerate research on key core technologies, and enhance the ability of industrial chain supply chain autonomy and control. At the same time, efforts should be made in industrial coordination to promote more interconnected industrial chains and supply chains. Give full play to the leading role and spillover effect of CGN's power industry, provide broad application scenarios and market space for the development of strategic emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, industrial software, new materials, and new generation information technology, strengthen the deep collaboration between nuclear power and other industrial chains such as new energy, hydrogen energy, new energy storage, pumped storage, and new power systems, and realize multi-chain coordinated development.

Source: SASAC of The State Council