2nd Financial Summit of Energy Storage and Hydrogen Energy Industries -- Investment & Financing and ESG

 

Date:  Friday, 10 October 2025

Room: Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai, Grand Shanghai Ballroom 3

Time:  13:30-18:00

 

As the 14th Five-Year Plan concludes and the 15th Five-Year Plan begins, against the backdrop of an accelerating global energy transition and the deepening advancement of the “dual-carbon” goals, energy storage and hydrogen, as the core pillars of the emerging energy system, are entering an unprecedented period of strategic opportunity. Centered on building a new energy framework, advancing a new-generation power system, and achieving dual-carbon targets, the core logic of investment and financing in 2025 has shifted from “scale expansion” to a threefold validation of technology, cost, and application scenarios. In the coming five years, ESG practices will provide the foundation, driving financial innovation and enabling sustainable growth. Investors must precisely position themselves in terms of technological barriers, closed-loop application scenarios, and internationalization capabilities in order to capture long-term value amid industry differentiation. Within this new context, and in line with the spirit of the Notice on Deepening Market-Oriented Reform of Renewable Energy Grid Tariffs to Promote High-Quality Development of Renewable Energy, this Financial Summit is themed: Breaking Technological Boundaries and Capital Synergy: Building a New Financial Ecosystem for Energy Storage and Hydrogen.

The Summit will focus on technology commercialization, capital collaboration, and global expansion. Through a three-tier approach—policy interpretation, technology showcases, and capital matchmaking—it will foster a sustainable ecosystem of innovation, investment, and application. Leaders from various fields such as government, industry, academia, research, and finance will be invited, alongside the China National Institute of Standardization, domestic and international industry associations, relevant units of State Grid, research and analysis institutions, leading enterprises in energy storage and hydrogen energy industry, and senior analysts from financial and crowdfunding institutions. Together, they will explore new development pathways and investment and financing characteristics for energy storage and hydrogen, grasp industry trends and opportunities, design sound investment strategies, and promote the orderly, sustainable, and high-quality development of the sector.

 

Chairman: Mr. Burkhard Holder, Senator of the German Economic Senate, Director of Trends and Innovation at VDE Group

Chairman: Ms. Jun Wang, Vice President of China Electric Power Construction Association; Secretary General of the International Financial Forum Energy Transition and Development Committee

Executive Director: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

Time

Theme

Invited Panelists:

Theme 1: Trend Insights -- Policy and Market Drivers

Moderator: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

13:15-13:18

Welcome remarks

Introduction of the Forum Theme and Objectives

Ms. Xinyuan Zhu

Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

13:18-13:30

Keynote Speech & Opening remarks

Promoting the Development of Energy Storage and Hydrogen in Accordance with the Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development

Ms. Jun Wang

Vice President of China Electric Power Construction Association; Secretary General of the International Financial Forum Energy Transition and Development Committee

13:30-13:45

Keynote Speech

New Pathways for Emerging Energy Storage and Green Hydrogen under Global Carbon Neutrality

Mr. Yongqiang Zhao

Director of the Renewable Energy Development Center, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission

13:45-14:00

Keynote Speech

Carbon Market under the Background of Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Tariffs: Current Situation and Prospects

Mr. Dewen Mei

Vice Chairman of China Beijing Green Exchange

14:00-14:15

Keynote Speech

Global Energy Storage Landscape

Ms. Jiayan Shi

Associate, Battery Technology & Supply Chain of BloombergNEF

Theme 2: Technology and Capital Dialogue -- Overcoming Industrialization Bottlenecks

Moderator: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

14:15-14:30

Keynote Speech

Sustainable ecosystem of energy storage and hydrogen energy - coupling of technology, industry, and capital

Mr. Hainian Jin

Deputy Secretary-General of Green Finance Committee (GFC),  China Society of Finance and Banking

14:30-14:45

Keynote Speech

Latest Developments in Domestic and International Hydrogen Industry Standard Systems

Mr. Wei Bao

Director, Foshan Institute for Green Development Innovation

14:45-15:00

Keynote Speech

Outlook on Chinas Long-Duration Energy Storage Industry

Ms. Shaqi Ge

Senior Analyst of GF Securities

15:00-15:15

Keynote Speech

Green Power, Green Ammonia, and Green Shipping Technology Development

China Energy Engineering Group

Theme 3: Integrated SolarStorageHydrogen -- Driving Financial Innovation

Moderator: Ms. Jingli Shi, Researcher at Energy Research Institute of China Macro Economic Research Institute

15:15-15:30

Keynote Speech

Promoting Whole-Industry Chain Collaboration and Innovation through Integrated SolarStorageHydrogen

GCL Group

15:30-15:45

Keynote Speech

Empowering the Energy Storage Industry through Financial Leasing

Mr. Xin Zhou

Head of Advanced Equipment Department, CITIC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.

15:45-16:00

Keynote Speech

Analysis of Virtual Power Plant Subsidies and Management

Mr. Yu Liao

Head of Digital Energy and Virtual Power Plants, Trina Solar

Theme 4: Building ESG Foundations to Promote Sustainable Development

Moderator: Ms. Jingli Shi, Researcher at Energy Research Institute of China Macro Economic Research Institute

16:00-16:15

Keynote Speech

Capital Flows and ESG Sustainability Concepts Co-Shaping a New Hydrogen Energy Ecosystem

Ms. Jing Li

Partner and Head of ESG & Sustainability, Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP, Greater China

16:15-16:30

Keynote Speech

Exploring New Models for Green Asset Issuance and Financing

Mr. Kun Zhang

General Manager of New Energy, China Business Development, Ant Group & Head of RWA Asset Center

16:30-16:45

Keynote Speech

Constructing a Development Fund + Holding Fund + Innovative Securitization Fund Matrix to Provide Full-Lifecycle Capital Support for High-Quality Energy Storage Projects

HyperStrong

16:45-17:00

Keynote Speech

Green Bond Innovations, Including ESG Bonds, to Expand Financing Channels

Cinda Securities, Guotai Junan Securities (Inviting)

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Mr. Jie Zhang, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General, Energy Investment Professional Committee, China Investment Association

17:00-18:00

·Key characteristics of the 2025 energy storage and hydrogen investment and financing market

·Positioning of the energy storage and hydrogen industries under global energy transition

·Transition of energy storage and hydrogen industries from policy-driven to market-driven, moving from scale expansion to high-quality development

·How investors can precisely position themselves with respect to technology barriers, closed-loop scenarios, and international capabilities to capture long-term value

·Impact of Chinas 14th Five-Year Plan for energy storage and EU carbon tariffs on the industrial chain

·Strategies to build a new financial ecosystem for energy storage and hydrogen

How to connect with industry investment funds

·Views on tiered investment hotspots in energy storage: large-scale power storage (especially PV-coupled storage), commercial & industrial storage, and residential storage

·Capital interest in hydrogen technologies such as electrolyzers, fuel cell systems, and hydrogen storage & transportation equipment

·The role of carbon trading and green finance in promoting the development of the energy storage and hydrogen industry

Panelists:

Ms. Jingli Shi, Researcher at Energy Research Institute of China Macro Economic Research Institute

GCL Group

Chint Group

Envision

LONGi

HyperStrong

Sunshine Hydrogen

CITIC Financial Leasing

Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

Co-Organizers:

Supporting Partners:

Ernst & Young