Liu Deshun, National Energy Administration: Major global economies are actively deploying hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion, and must strengthen original and disruptive innovation with greater intensity.

In a message from the National Energy Administration's official WeChat account, Liu Deshun, chief engineer of the National Energy Administration and director of the Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment Department, stated that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China's energy technology innovation is facing a complex situation of both opportunities and challenges, with intensifying competition. From a global perspective, it can be seen that: firstly, green and low-carbon energy is the main direction of energy technology innovation. Supporting the development and improvement of new energy through technological innovation is crucial, with a key focus on solving the challenges of intermittent and fluctuating new energy integration into the power system for safety and stability. Secondly, the momentum of innovation in frontier technologies for future energy is continuously increasing. Major economies around the world are actively deploying in areas such as hydrogen energy and controlled nuclear fusion, with technological innovation accelerating iteration and continuously driving the emergence of new energy industries, new business models, and new patterns. Thirdly, explosive growth in artificial intelligence has become a new variable reshaping the global energy competition landscape. Artificial intelligence and the energy industry are mutually empowering, with integrated innovation accelerating and driving transformation in the entire chain of energy production, transmission, and consumption. In the new situation, we must strengthen original and disruptive innovation with greater effort, accelerate breakthroughs in key areas and core technologies, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, in order to firmly grasp the initiative of energy technology development in our own hands, and win strategic initiative in international competition amidst the interweaving of technological revolutions and great power games.