On battery recycling, Wan called for faster implementation and improvement of a digital identification system for power batteries, using digital technologies to strengthen oversight across production, sales, use and recycling. He said that the system should help connect data across different stages and prevent retired batteries from entering unregulated recycling channels.

　　On overseas expansion, Wan said that companies should carefully plan the pace and approach of their international development, while improving their overseas compliance systems for green and low-carbon businesses and strengthening after-sales service networks. Also, Chinese companies should deepen joint ventures and cooperation with overseas automakers and battery manufacturers, he said.

　　China"s battery industry holds a dominant global position. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in August that China accounts for more than 70 percent of global output of new-energy vehicles, power batteries and key materials. Earlier ministry data showed the country supplied about 70 percent of the world"s battery materials and 60 percent of batteries.

　　All-solid-state batteries have also been identified as a priority for the next stage of NEV development.

　　At a ministerial meeting in January, MIIT called for faster breakthroughs in all-solid-state batteries and high-level autonomous driving technologies as part of efforts to strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of industrial and supply chains. China has also issued a technical specification for solid electrolytes used in solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, further advancing the development of related standards.