The POLICY CLUB / Borderless Renewables participated in high-level global discussions on building new ecosystems for decarbonised electrification at the World Power Battery Conference 2025 (WPBC2025), held from 12–13 November 2025 in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, China. The conference, hosted by the People’s Government of Sichuan Province and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is the first national-level professional event dedicated to the power-battery sector. It convened government leaders, world-renowned experts, entrepreneurs, and industry elite to discuss key industry topics, analyse market trends, explore technological breakthroughs, and shape a shared roadmap for future industrial development.
The opening ceremony was attended by Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and President of the China Association for Science and Technology, who delivered the keynote speech. Additional remarks were given by Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, and Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The ceremony was chaired by Shu Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Sichuan Province, with Shu Wei, Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, also in attendance.
In his speech, Wan Gang noted that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee has set a clear direction for cultivating new productive forces over the next five years. The power-battery industry—an essential cornerstone for the integration of emerging sectors such as new energy and new materials—has become a representative driver of these new productive forces. Over the past two decades, China’s power-battery sector has steadily strengthened its independent innovation capacity, advanced its industrial and supply-chain systems, and followed a development path powered by science and technology.
China’s installed battery capacity increased from 63.6 GWh in 2020 to 548.8 GWh in 2024, with 493.9 GWh recorded in the first three quarters of 2025. Mass-produced battery cells have achieved around a 10% increase in energy density, while fast-charging technologies above 4C have reduced electric-vehicle charging times by more than 20 minutes. Battery cycle life now exceeds 2,000 cycles, supporting one-million-kilometre lifespans and enabling battery-swapping models and vehicle-to-grid interaction.
Ionna Trofimova Elliot, Chair of The POLICY CLUB / Borderless Renewables (英国无国界可再生能源机构董事 伊奥娜·特罗菲莫娃·艾略特), delivered a keynote address on new ecosystems for decarbonised electrification. She outlined the EU’s policy framework for systematic transitions and presented decarbonisation scenarios developed by The POLICY CLUB, including the following Economic Value Transfer Modelling:
• Energy infrastructure transition;
• Autonomous aerial and ground systems;
• Quantum computing;
• AI-driven optimisation, and other emerging technological pathways.
Image. Ionna Trofimova Elliot, Chair of The POLICY CLUB / Borderless Renewables
Ionna explained that decarbonised electrification, while compatible with existing monopolistic market structures, increasingly enables decentralised market models. These models redistribute power within the economic cycle—empowering not only suppliers, but also consumers who are becoming value creators within the supply chain.
China’s EV penetration rate has grown from 5.4% in 2020 to 45.28% in 2024, with an average of 48.78% in the first three quarters of 2025. Electrification applications are expanding into electric shipping, low-altitude aviation, robotics, and other new domains.
Image. Ms Li Xiaolin, Honourary Chairwoman and Founder of SERES Group Co., Ltd.
This trend was further illustrated by Liu Jincheng, Chairman of EVE Energy Co., Ltd., who emphasised that next-generation electric devices—especially new forms of e-mobility—enable consumers to generate income directly from their own assets.
Ms Li Xiaolin, Honourary Chairwoman and Founder of SERES Group Co., Ltd., underlined the importance of embracing the new lifestyles that will emerge from the next wave of innovation.
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