Construction has recently started for the Toyota project of fuel cell R&D and production in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA). This is the first overseas hydrogen fuel cell project of Toyota Motor Corporation and one of the largest foreign-invested projects in Beijing's hydrogen energy industry.

After the completion of construction, the project will facilitate the promotion of fuel cell vehicles and drive the development of industrial chains related to hydrogen energy in BDA. More importantly, it will contribute to Beijing's development into an influential city in the international hydrogen energy industry.

As a hub for high-end, precision and sophisticated industries in Beijing, BDA has fostered four industrial clusters valuing CNY 100 billion each. It has gathered leading innovative resources and acquired industrial agglomeration strengths in the industry of intelligent connected and new-energy vehicles, strongly supporting the high-quality development of the automotive industry. Beijing Municipality has supported the accelerated development of the hydrogen energy industry by promoting the building of pilot demonstration city clusters for fuel cell vehicles and releasing special supportive policies for the hydrogen energy industry. Taking the hydrogen energy industry as a key focus in future industrial development, BDA has recently issued Measures on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry to provide strong support for the agglomeration and development of hydrogen energy enterprises by building an innovation ecosystem and industrial clusters and promoting the application of hydrogen energy as demonstration.

(Source: Kaifang Beijing)