Research on the Strategic Conception and Realization Path of the Construction of ' Western Hydrogen Energy Financial Trading Center ' in Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone
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https://doi.org/10.62177/apemr.v3i3.1326Keywords:
Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, Hydrogen Energy Industry, Financial Trading Center, Futures Market, Regional Synergy, Dual Carbon GoalsAbstract
Against the dual backdrop of the deepening global energy transition and the rigid constraints of the "Dual Carbon" goals, hydrogen energy, as a clean, efficient, storable, and transportable secondary energy source, has become a core strategic pivot for ensuring national energy security and driving industrial upgrading. The Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, leveraging its solid foundation for regional coordination, leading hydrogen energy industry layout, and policy dividends from building a Western Financial Center, possesses unique endowments and realistic conditions for jointly establishing a Western Hydrogen Energy Financial Trading Center. Based on theories of regional economic synergy, financial center formation, futures market functions, and electricity-hydrogen synergy, this paper systematically deconstructs the internal logic of deep integration between the hydrogen energy industry and financial markets, and comprehensively demonstrates the strategic value and feasibility of building such a center in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone. Research indicates that establishing a Western Hydrogen Energy Financial Trading Center can effectively address the developmental constraint of lacking a financial hub in the Chengdu-Chongqing region. By adopting a futures exchange model to build a trinity trading system encompassing "spot-forward-futures," it can foster a virtuous cycle of financial capital aggregation and hydrogen energy industry upgrading, truly realizing the core essence of finance serving the real economy. Furthermore, this paper proposes practical and forward-looking construction pathways from four dimensions: innovative trading product design, establishment of a multi-tiered market structure, construction of cross-regional coordination mechanisms, and improvement of a full-chain financial ecosystem. It aims to provide solid theoretical support and systematic practical guidance for the Chengdu-Chongqing region to become a national highland for hydrogen energy financial innovation and contribute to the new pattern of Western Development.
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Published: 2026-05-01
