Taking new-energy industry as the breakthrough to drive the development of emerging industries and accelerate the upgrade of industrial structure, Zhongshan firstly proposes to establish a new-energy industrial base in Guangdong. After inspecting the construction of key projects in Zhongshan, Li Miaojuan, director of Guangdong Development and Reform Commission, says that the commission is formulating certification procedures for new-energy industrial base and supports the proposal of Zhongshan establishing the first new-energy industrial base in Guangdong in principle.

As a strategic industry in the new-round development of Zhognshan, the new energy industry has laid its foundation in various areas, including manufacturing of wind and power equipments, development and application of LED technology, the power and control system for new-energy automobiles, manufacturing of solar energy and biomass energy equipments, and the new energy industrial clusters has shaped preliminarily with average growth of more than 30% in recent years. In 2009, the new energy base attracted 120 enterprises and realized industrial output value of 30 billion yuan.

In order to speed up the development of new energy industry, Zhongshan has formulated and made the first drafts of Plans for the Development of New Energy Industries in Zhongshan, Certain Policies Concerning Speeding up Development of New Energy Industries in Zhonghsan, and Guidelines for Encouraging Development of New Energy Industries in Zhongshan. In the beginning of 2010, the government decided to establish a special fund with total money of 100 million yuan for new energy industrial development in the following 3 years to support leading enterprises and SMEs with growth potential.