On the morning of December 16, the 2024 Shenyang New Energy Conference themed "Hydrogen Powering the City of Shenyang, Building the Energy Storage Capital" was held. Over 400 experts, scholars, industry leaders, representatives of leading companies, and businesses from upstream and downstream of the industrial chain in the new energy sector participated, collectively planning and discussing the development of the new energy industry. Lyu Zhicheng, the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended the event and unveiled the plaque for the Academician Workstation. Attendees included Prof. Xuan Yimin, Academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Prof. Li Peigen, Academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Prof. Pan Yishan from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Secretary of the Party Committee at Liaoning University; and Qiu Defu, Chairman of the Singapore Sustainable Energy Association.

Academician Pan Yishan was invited to deliver a speech at the conference. Under the theme "Developing New Energy to Boost the Revitalization of Northeast China", Pan Yishan provided recommendations and insights for driving comprehensive transformation in the Northeast through the new energy industry, focusing on three aspects: the current status of the new energy industry, existing challenges, and future directions. He emphasized that, in the future, the Northeast region should focus on four key areas to advance the new energy sector: enhancing technological innovation capabilities in development and utilization, extending, supplementing, solidifying, and strengthening industrial chains, fostering micro-market entities within the industry, and improving the high-quality development level of the industry. These efforts aim to promote diversified, distinctive, and large-scale development of the new energy industry. Additionally, he introduced Liaoning University’s vision and plans for serving the new energy industry, guided by the educational philosophy of "stepping out of the campus, engaging with society, and staying at the forefront", while maintaining a problem-oriented approach.

The attending leaders and guests also visited the Tiexi New Energy Industry Achievement Exhibition, where they engaged in on-site exchanges with exhibitors including Hydrogen Era, Shenyang Blower Works Group, TBEA, Envision Group, Huade High-tech Electric, Yuanda Compressor, EVE Energy, BMW Brilliance, Weikong Energy, and QGQC Beverages.