Sparks shot from the fully automated welding workshop, hundreds of industrial robots waved their arms, and the production line roared incessantly... At the Ideal Automobile Production Base in Changzhou, Jiangsu, after processes such as stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly, new energy vehicles were produced one after another. Last year, there were 376000 Ideal cars that went nationwide, an increase of 180.2% year-on-year. The story of "Bole and Qianlima" shared by Changzhou and Ideals has been rumored to be a good story in the industry. Since settling in Changzhou in 2016, Ideal Automobile has grown into a new energy vehicle enterprise worth billions in 8 years. "We take the development of new productive forces as the starting point, cultivate and attract leading enterprises in the industry, use chain thinking to play the leading role of leading enterprises, continuously build the 'power generation, storage, transportation and utilization network' industrial ecosystem, and comprehensively build the 'new energy city'." Yan Dequn, Director of Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, said. In 2015, Changzhou introduced the first power battery enterprise, AVIC Lithium Battery (later renamed Zhongchuangxin Aviation). At that time, this company was in a loss making stage. Changzhou Jintan District invested in government funds to increase capital and help enterprises get through the darkest times. Now, China Innovation Aviation has grown into one of the top five global industry shipping companies and the third largest industry leader in the country. The convergence of chain owners is constantly accelerating. In 2016, Ningde Times, 2018, Honeycomb Energy, and 2019, BYD... as the "chain leader" of the entire vehicle and the leader of the power battery industry, continuously attracted more than 3400 other new energy industry chain enterprises to gather. At present, the completion rate of the power battery industry chain in Changzhou has reached 97%, driving the output value of the new energy vehicle and parts industry to exceed 450 billion yuan. The new energy industry ecosystem of "power generation, storage, transportation, and utilization network" is accelerating its formation, with connected points forming a line and expanding chains into clusters. In the "power generation" sector, the solar photovoltaic industry chain is becoming increasingly complete, and companies such as Trina Solar and Shichuang Energy are actively exploring "zero carbon products"; In the "energy storage" sector, in addition to power batteries, new types of energy storage such as air compression energy storage and hydrogen energy are at the forefront of the country; In the "transmission" stage, the position of ultra-high voltage transmission and transformation equipment, transformer products, and power cable industry manufacturing hub is increasingly prominent; In the "application" phase, in addition to new energy vehicles, Wanbang New Energy's millionth charging station in China has recently been launched, ranking among the unicorns of new energy in Asia; In the "Internet connection" stage, the integrated development of "vehicle, energy, road, and cloud" has laid a solid foundation for cultivating typical application scenarios... "In 2023, more than 60000 new energy vehicles will be promoted and applied locally in Changzhou, which are tens of thousands of" mobile power banks "." Li Min, Director of the Marketing Service Center of State Grid Changzhou Power Supply Company, introduced that they are exploring the construction of a highly autonomous intelligent microgrid in various application scenarios such as charging stations, buildings, parks, and intelligent manufacturing enterprises, leveraging the complementary role of multiple energy sources such as light and energy storage. ". On the basis of deep integration of "power generation, storage, transportation, and utilization networks", Changzhou will focus on "new energy, new life, and new cities" to create a new urban atmosphere. "We need to expand the application of new energy in all scenarios and continuously build a green and low-carbon 'full chain'," said Sheng Lei, the mayor of Changzhou. In 2023, Changzhou's new energy industry integration cluster was selected as one of the first pilot projects for the development of strategic emerging industry integration clusters at the provincial level in Jiangsu. The output value of enterprises above designated size exceeded 768 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%, and their contribution to the growth of local industrial output value reached 98.9%. In the same year, Changzhou became a new city with a GDP of one trillion yuan. A few months ago, Jiangsu Province issued the "Opinions on Supporting the High Quality Development of Changzhou's New Energy Industry", supporting Changzhou's high-quality promotion of innovation and upgrading in the industrial chain of solar photovoltaic, power and energy storage batteries, new power equipment, and new energy vehicles, and creating a city name card as the "New Energy Capital". By 2025, the output value of Changzhou's new energy sector aims to exceed one trillion yuan. "New quality productivity is a strong driving force and support for high-quality development." Chen Jinhu, Secretary of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee, said that the development of new quality productive forces should be tailored to local conditions, tested first, and explored quickly. Changzhou will make every effort to build a new energy industry highland that represents Jiangsu's high-quality development level and has international competitiveness. (Lai Xin She)