New energy vehicles to embrace breakthroughs

China has pledged to boost high-quality development of new energy vehicles, according to a plan for the growth of the sector from 2021 to 2035, published on Nov 2.

The plan, issued by the General Office of the State Council, said development of such vehicles is a strategic move to tackle climate change and promote green development.

To boost development of new energy vehicles in China, the plan emphasizes the need for efforts to make breakthroughs in core key technologies, improve the sector's basic capabilities, improve infrastructure systems and optimize the environment for industrial development.

By 2025, the country's new energy vehicle sector should have made groundbreaking achievements in key technologies such as batteries, motors and vehicle operating systems to significantly improve market competitiveness, according to the plan.

By that time, new sales of such vehicles should equal 20 percent of the country's total car sales, it added.

The plan also called for greater international cooperation and active participation in international competition, resulting in China's new vehicle industry becoming deeply integrated with global industrial and value chains.