China Energy Group’s Feng Laifa: Hydrogen at critical commercialization stage

Feng's remarks matter less as a hydrogen outlook than as a signal from a state energy giant that the sector's bottlenecks are economic and infrastructural, not technological. The named gaps — equipment costs, storage and transport, standards, and business models — are the same ones that have kept hydrogen pilot-heavy across markets, so the framing aligns China's official position with the global commercialization debate. The emphasis on global cooperation is notable given cross-border friction over clean-tech supply chains. Whether that cooperation language translates into concrete standards or certification work is the open question.