[China (West) Hydrogen energy Conference 48 enterprises concentrated signing] From September 14 to 15, the China (West) Hydrogen Energy Conference was held in Yulin, Shaanxi province. At the opening ceremony of the conference, Yulin City government and Xi 'an Jiaotong University signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and then held a centralized signing ceremony, and 48 projects in the hydrogen energy industry chain signed important cooperation results on site, with a total investment of 33.28 billion yuan. Among them, as one of the earliest investment institutions in the new energy field, XICO Holding and a number of hydrogen-related investment enterprises debuted this signing. As an important part of the conference, the signing ceremony of the conference has attracted the attention of the industry inside and outside, it is reported that the conference signed a total of 48 projects, Introduced by Shaanxi provincial and municipal governments and provincial enterprises, including Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Sixth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Communications Group, Guodian Investment Group (Shaanxi Company), Vision Group, petrochina (Shaanxi Company), Sike Holdings, Zhongke Fuhai, Lean Chemical, Hedrisen and other universities and institutions, industrial groups, industrial funds, hydrogen innovation enterprises and well-known consulting and planning companies in the field of hydrogen energy. The scope of cooperation includes hydrogen core technology research, hydrogen equipment manufacturing, hydrogen energy application demonstration, etc., covering the whole chain of hydrogen energy industrialization development such as hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, hydrogenation, hydrogen transport, and hydrogen use, and promoting the development of China's hydrogen energy industry with western power. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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