The Hurun Research Institute released the Hurun China New Energy Cities 2024, a list of the Top 50 cities in China with the highest concentration of new energy companies. This is the third year of the list.
HURUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE RELEASES HURUN CHINA NEW ENERGY CITIES 2024
SHANGHAI, SHENZHEN, CHANGZHOU, SUZHOU AND GUANGZHOU MAKE UP TOP 5 CITIES WITH HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF NEW ENERGY INDUSTRY IN CHINA
BEIJING, WUXI, CHENGDU, HANGZHOU AND WUHAN ROUND OUT TOP 10
EAST CHINA HAS MOST CITIES ON LIST, WITH 25, ACCOUNTING FOR HALF OF HURUN NEW ENERGY TOP 50
JIANGSU, WITH 10 CITIES, IS PROVINCE WITH HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF CHINA’S NEW ENERGY INDUSTRY, LED BY THE CITIES OF CHANGZHOU AND SUZHOU.
(26 September 2024, Changzhou) The Hurun Research Institute released the Hurun China New Energy Cities 2024, a list of the Top 50 cities in China with the highest concentration of new energy companies. This is the third year of the list.
Hurun Research ranked the cities based on a combination of four factors: the number of ‘Large New Energy Companies’, defined as listed China-based billion-dollar new energy companies and their subsidiaries; the number of small and medium-sized new energy companies; the announcements of significant new energy initiatives and investments; and the number of new energy talent.
This is a brief translation from the original Chinese-language press release, which can be found on www.hurun.net.
Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher, said:
“The new energy industry is a strong driving force for urban development, which is not only a catalyst for economic transformation and sustainable development, but also an important indicator to measure the city's innovation, talent and industrial attractiveness. China's major cities are exploring their own new energy-related value, which is critical to the overall development of China's new energy industry chain. We created this list to recognize cities that have made significant achievements in the field of new energy, while encouraging more cities to play a part in building a sustainable green future.”
“In the latest Hurun Global 500, Tesla led a group of only five new energy companies that made the list. 3 were from China, CATL, BYD and Li Auto, whilst two were froim the US, led by Tesla and Florida-based Nextera Energy.
“In the latest Hurun China Top 500, new energy has risen to fifth place, with 36 companies making the cut. This was significantly up on just five years ago, when there were a mere 14 new energy companies, making the industry not even a Top 10.”
“In the Global Unicorn Index 2024, there were 58 new energy-related companies, of which 41 were in China and in the latest edition of the Hurun Future Unicorns (including Hurun Global Gazelle Index and Hurun Global Cheetah Index), there were 23 new energy-related companies.”
“China's new energy story can also be inspired by the stories of entrepreneurs on our Hurun China Rich List. The first wave of new energy entrepreneurs was represented by Shi Zhengrong of Wuxi Suntech in 2006, the second wave was Li Hejun of Hanergy in 2014, and the third wave was Robin Zeng Yuqun of CATL in 2021. All of them made the Top 5 of the Hurun China Rich List. This is now the fourth wave, and while none of them have made it into the Top 5, there are far more of them than before.”
“China's energy transition investment was significant last year, reaching US$676bn. By comparison, the total energy transition investments of the EU, US and UK combined came to US$718bn. China topped the world in many segments of new energy, and it is interesting that these advantages are scattered across many cities in China, with different cities exploring their own advantages. Some areas have geographical advantages, such as high altitude and thin air in the Northwest, which has a small weakening effect on solar radiation, while the Northwest has little rainfall and rich light resources, which is suitable for the development of photovoltaic industry. Some regions have advantages in natural resources, such as Jiangxi, which has rich lithium reserves. Some cities have industrial base advantages, for example, in the 1960s, Sichuan began to study polysilicon. Some cities, such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, have a complete technology ecosystem that is more conducive to the development of system-level products.”
"Going global has become a very important trend for China’s new energy industry. Many of China’s leading new energy companies now have almost half of their sales from overseas markets, mainly Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia."
“Many new energy vehicles and photovoltaic companies in China are now in the forefront of the world. Competition between cities and companies is likely to cause companies to lose money in the short to medium term, with the share prices of many leading companies down by up to 80% from their peak in 2021.”
“Eastern China has a prominent advantage in the field of new energy, and 25 cities on the list are from Eastern China, accounting for half of the cities from our list. Jiangsu has been the province with the highest concentration of new energy for three consecutive years, with a total of 10 cities on the list, one province accounting for one-fifth of the entire list, and with the cities of Changzhou and Suzhou both making the Hurun New Energy Top 5.”
Hurun China New Energy Cities 2024 Top 10
Distribution by Region
Eastern China has far and away the most cities, accounting for 50% of the Hurun list; Northern China followed, accounting for 18%; Southern China accounted for 14%; Central China accounted for 6% each. The southwest of China, the northwest of China and the northeast of China accounted for 4% each.
Distribution by Province
Jiangsu, Guangdong and Zhejiang made up the top three. Jiangsu has the most cities on the list with 10, accounting for one-fifth of the list, followed by Guangdong with 6 cities and Zhejiang with 5 cities.
Hurun China New Energy Cities 2024
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