China News Service, Chongqing, November 9 (Zhang Xu) Zeng Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Tongnan District Committee of the Communist Party of China and executive deputy director of the district government, introduced at a press conference held by the Information Office of the Chongqing Municipal Government on the 9th that the district strives to promote the establishment of 50 power battery recycling-related enterprises by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan", with an annual output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, and creating an "urban lithium mine" in western China.
According to reports, intelligent connected new energy vehicles are a trillion-level leading industry in Chongqing’s “33618” modern manufacturing cluster system. Power battery recycling is an important part of the closed loop of the industrial chain.
Zeng Wei said that at present, Chongqing Tongnan has formed an annual recycling capacity of 100,000 tons, gathering related enterprises such as Chenzhi Anqi and State Power Investment Yuanda Environmental Protection, with a complete recycling, dismantling and regeneration chain. In order to build an “urban lithium mine” in western China, Tongnan will focus on three things.
One is to collect retired batteries. Tongnan will rely on Chenzhi Anqi to connect the recycling channels of vehicle companies; it will lay out recycling outlets across the country and build regional transfer centers to promote the daily recycling volume of scrapped vehicles to more than 1,000 vehicles; it will also take the lead in establishing the "Sichuan-Chongqing Power Battery Recycling Alliance" to promote targeted supply and nearby utilization. In addition, the local area will rely on the "Car Nest" platform to build an industrial big data center so that the source of each battery can be checked, its destination can be traced, and its value can be calculated.
The second is to bring forward valuable resources. Zeng Wei introduced that the Yuanda environmental protection pilot demonstration line of State Power Investment Corporation has been put into use in Tongnan, and the self-developed production line has been selected into the list of the first major technical equipment (set) in Chongqing. Chenzhi'anqi has completed a project to process 20,000 tons of lithium battery powder per year.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Tongnan will base on the existing industrial base, support State Power Investment Yuanda's environmental protection construction pilot base, accelerate the on-site conversion of Changan's battery production capacity, and guide enterprises to tackle the fine extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese, so that batteries can "retire without losing value and waste materials can be turned into raw materials."
The third is to bring together high-quality enterprises. Tongnan has the largest comprehensive chemical park in western Chongqing, and has built the city's automotive digital intelligent operation and maintenance and recycling industry innovation complex, gathering nearly 30 related companies.
Zeng Wei said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the local area will rely on parks and complexes, with power batteries as the traction, and around the "recycling-dismantling-regeneration-materials" industrial closed loop to accurately attract related enterprises. Tongnan will also deepen cooperation with central and state-owned enterprises to promote the transformation of the automotive aftermarket from "scattered distribution" to "cluster development".
