Nanjing is developing smart grid industry, striving to reach a scale of one trillion yuan by 2030

China News Service, Nanjing, October 16 (Reporter Xu Shanshan) From October 15 to 16, the 2026 National Power Industry Digital Transformation and Smart Grid Industry Ecosystem Release (Nanjing) Conference was held at the Nanjing Jiangning Convention and Exhibition Center. The conference was hosted by the Science and Technology Center of the China Electricity Council and was attended by more than 300 people including heads of 19 central state-owned enterprises in energy and power, as well as key enterprises in the field of smart grids, universities and colleges, and financial institutions.

The conference focused on the development direction of the "15th Five-Year Plan". Eleven central state-owned enterprises in energy and power, including State Grid, China Southern Power Grid, China Huaneng Group, and China National Nuclear Corporation, conducted special exchanges around the "15th Five-Year Plan" digital intelligence development plan, and shared development ideas and practical results in the fields of large-scale application of artificial intelligence in new power systems, development and utilization of data elements, and green and low-carbon transformation.

In major announcements, the China Electricity Council released the "China Electric Power Industry Digital Annual Development Report (2026)", and Nanjing City released the "Nanjing "15th Five-Year Plan" Smart Grid Industry Development Plan", clarifying that the city's smart grid industry will strive to reach 1 trillion yuan in scale by 2030, accelerating the creation of a world-class advanced manufacturing cluster with international competitiveness. Jiangning Development Zone released the "Integrated Development Plan of "Source, Grid, Load and Storage" for the National Carbon Peak Pilot Park, State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (NARI Group) shared "Thoughts on Understanding New Power Systems and Practice of NARI", and Nanjing Venture Capital Group promoted the special fund of funds for the new power industry in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

The conference held the establishment ceremony of the Nanjing Smart Grid Industry Alliance, which was jointly launched by 7 units including the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (Nari Group). The alliance launched an initiative to go overseas as a team, signed an overseas cooperation agreement with the Jiangsu (Nanjing) Foreign Legal Service Center, and signed a co-construction agreement with nine electrical-related colleges of Southeast University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

Smart grid is one of the most distinctive and competitive industrial clusters in Nanjing. It will be selected into the first batch of national advanced manufacturing clusters in 2021. Currently, there are about 1,900 smart grid companies in Nanjing, including 950 companies above designated standards. They have formed national leading advantages in the fields of grid automation, relay protection, UHV DC control and protection, etc., and the domestic market share of provincial dispatch automation systems, high-voltage relay protection equipment and other products exceeds 80%. In 2025, the scale of Nanjing's smart grid industry will exceed 500 billion yuan.

In the next step, Nanjing will take the implementation of the "Nanjing "15th Five-Year Plan" Smart Grid Industry Development Plan" as a guide, give full play to the leading role of chain master enterprises such as the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (Nari Group), continue to deepen the supply and demand docking of the industrial chain, and accelerate the move towards a trillion-level industry scale.