The National Development and Reform Commission recently released the "Catalogue of Encouraged Industries in the Western Region (2020 Edition)". The newly revised catalogue will come into effect on March 1, 2021. Encouraged enterprises in the western region will be levied corporate income tax at a reduced tax rate of 15%.

      The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission stated that the revision focuses on the following four directions:

      The first is to further support technological self-reliance and self-reliance,

      The second is to further promote the orderly transfer of industries to the west.

      The third is to further encourage the western region to make better use of its unique advantages.

      The fourth is to further support the western region to make up for its shortcomings, strengths and weaknesses.

      For example, in some western provinces, industries such as R&D and production of high-end chips, R&D and production of CNC machine tools, and hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing have been added to support the orderly development of strategic emerging industries such as electronic information, equipment manufacturing, and new energy in the western region.

      The scope of application of the encouraged industrial policies in the western region includes Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang (including the Corps), Inner Mongolia, Guangxi and other 12 western provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), covering an area ofthe whole country More than 70% of the land area. At the same time, Yanbian in Jilin, Enshi in Hubei, Xiangxi in Hunan, and Ganzhou in Jiangxi will follow the western region.

      According to the catalog, the relevant content of the energy industry among the newly encouraged industries in the western region is as follows:

      Chongqing

      Construction and operation of green data centers; construction and operation of wind and solar power plants.

      Sichuan Province

      Development and production of high-efficiency solar cell module technology; construction and operation of wind and solar power plants.

      Guizhou Province

      Development and application of underground coal gasification mining technology; manufacturing of complete equipment for underground coal gasification power generation; construction and operation of wind and solar power plants; hydrogen processing and manufacturing, hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, hydrogen pipeline and hydrogen refueling station construction.

      Yunnan Province

      Development and manufacturing of high-efficiency solar cell module technology; construction and operation of wind and solar power plants.

      Tibet Autonomous Region

      Solar photovoltaic power generation system testing, construction and operation; wind power farm construction and operation.

      Shaanxi Province

      Onshore wind turbine equipment manufacturing; construction and operation of energy storage facilities and systems such as oil, natural gas, and electric power; construction and operation of natural gas peak-shaving plants, emergency gas storage peak-shaving facilities; wind power, photovoltaic, hydrogen, geothermal and other new energy sources and related Device manufacturing industry; solar photovoltaic power generation system testing, construction and operation; wind power farm construction and operation; geothermal energy exploration, development and utilization; geothermal energy, hydrogen energy and other new energy industry operation services, coal-bed methane gas power stations, box-type mobile power stations, etc. Development of new energy equipment.

      Gansu province

      Construction and operation of solar power generation systems; construction and operation of wind power plants; construction and operation of energy storage facilities and systems such as oil, natural gas, and electricity.

      Qinghai Province

      Solar power generation system construction and operation; wind power farm construction and operation; new energy vehicle charging station and charging pile construction; oil, natural gas, electric power and other energy storage facilities and systems construction and operation.

      Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps)

      Construction and operation of wind and photovoltaic power plants; manufacturing of solar power systems; wind turbine control systems, new generators for wind turbines, high-speed blades, full-power converters, pitch controllers, speed-increasing gearboxes, main shafts, bearings, etc. Components, R&D and manufacturing of construction machinery for offshore wind power engineering; R&D and manufacturing of high-voltage power transmission and transformation and control equipment, construction and operation of energy storage facilities and systems such as oil, natural gas, and electricity; energy storage battery materials, energy storage batteries, energy storage power supply systems Development and production of its key components and equipment.

      Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

      Construction and operation of solar power generation systems; construction and operation of wind power plants; construction and operation of energy storage facilities and systems such as oil, natural gas, and electricity; development and application of electric energy storage technology; hydrogen processing and manufacturing, hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, and hydrogen transmission pipelines And the construction of hydrogen refueling stations; the construction and operation of wind and solar power plants.