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YIBIN and CHENGDU, China, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The 2022 World EV & ES Battery Conference, sponsored by the Sichuan Provincial

People's Government and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,

will be held from July 21 to 23 in Yibin city in Southwest China's Sichuan

province.

The event is said to be the world's first world-class power battery industry

event held in China. It will comprehensively showcases the latest achievements

in cutting-edge power battery technology and green and low-carbon travel.

The event will include an opening ceremony, a main forum, an inspection tour,

an entrepreneur's night, an investment promotion conference, sub-forums, an

exhibition and an innovation and entrepreneurship contest.

More than 800 guests will gather in Yibin, including foreign guests from

leading countries or regions in the power battery industry, heads of

international organizations, leaders of relevant ministries and commissions,

heads of well-known domestic and foreign industry organizations, academicians

of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, and

executives of leading new energy vehicle companies and power battery companies.

The conference will mainly discuss the policies, regulations and industrial

standard systems related to the power battery industry and explore new trends

of power battery technology. Experts in power battery-related fields will hold

discussions on frontier issues in the industry.

An exhibition will also be held to display the latest achievements in

cutting-edge battery technology and green and low-carbon travel, including

power batteries and materials, new energy vehicles and parts, power battery

application products, charging and swapping.

The organizers will invite guests to visit the power battery industry town,

power battery industry innovation center, and university town in Yibin.

Sichuan is a key location for the development of China's power battery industry

and has formed a pattern of coordinated development among several cities in the

province, with Yibin playing the leading role.

Yibin is currently home to six major battery cell projects with a total

investment of 64 billion yuan ($9.58 billion), said Liao Wenbin, mayor of

Yibin. The annual output value of these projects is estimated at more than 171

billion yuan when operating at full capacity.

The city has also attracted 56 power battery supporting projects with a total

investment of 66.8 billion yuan to meet the needs of power battery companies.

Source: Sichuan Provincial People's Government

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