Fuel-cell cars set to get more impetus

China will roll out policies to promote the development of fuel-cell cars and detail plans on the construction of hydrogen refueling stations, as the country steps up efforts to cultivate a globally competitive new energy vehicles industry, the top industry regulator said.

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said fuel-cell cars are an important part of new energy vehicles and China aims to achieve simultaneous development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with the international community.

According to him, the ministry will make more efforts to perfect top-level policy design, so as to give the industry a clear guidance and a positive policy environment.