HUANGPU SHANGHAI

China successfully conducts its first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China on June 25, 2023. [Photo/seexinjiang.com]

China's successful operation of its first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test heralds a new age of technical support for future large-scale, low-cost and long-distance pure hydrogen transportation in the country.

The country successfully carried out its first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline test at a testing ground in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in northwestern China, on June 25.

China's construction of pure hydrogen transportation facilities began late compared with developed countries, but the successful test provides technical support for the future construction of hydrogen pipelines in China.

Once in operation, the supply from Inner Mongolia will replace the current hydrogen production from fossil fuels in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, play a pioneering role in trans-regional hydrogen transmission and help promote the country's energy upgrades.