Notice on the release of the "Guidelines for Dongguan's New Energy Storage Battery Product Export Certification Subsidy in 2024" and the "Guidelines for Dongguan's New Energy Storage Demonstration Application Subsidy in 2024"

Economic Development Bureaus (Coordination Development Bureaus, Development and Reform Bureaus) of all towns, sub-districts (parks), and all relevant units:

In order to further strengthen and standardize the management of special funds for the high-quality development of Dongguan's new energy storage industry, the Dongguan Development and Reform Bureau issued the "Management Measures for Special Funds for the High-quality Development of Dongguan's New Energy Storage Industry" and related work guidelines (Dongfa Gai [2023] No. 187) in October 2023. In order to support the cultivation and application promotion of new energy storage industries, conform to market development trends, and respond to industry development demands, in 2024, the Dongguan Development and Reform Bureau organized the revision of relevant work guidelines, compiled the "2024 Dongguan New Energy Storage Battery Product Export Certification Subsidy Work Guidelines" and the "2024 Dongguan New Energy Storage Demonstration Application Subsidy Work Guidelines", which are now issued to you. Please implement them conscientiously.

The newly revised work guidelines involved in this notice will be implemented from April 19, 2024. The original work guidelines will be implemented from October 10, 2023 to April 18, 2024. That is, the application for the special fund for the high-quality development of the new energy storage industry in 2024 (expected to be carried out in May-June) will be implemented in accordance with the original work guidelines.

Attachment: 1. Guidelines for Dongguan’s New Energy Storage Battery Product Export Certification Subsidy in 2024

2. Guidelines for the 2024 Dongguan New Energy Storage Demonstration Application Funding

Dongguan Municipal Development and Reform Bureau
April 19, 2024

Annex 1

Guidelines for Dongguan's new energy storage battery product export certification subsidy work in 2024

This work guideline is formulated in accordance with Article 9 of the third point of the "Several Measures for Accelerating the High-Quality Development of New Energy Storage Industry in Dongguan" (Dongfagai [2023] No. 95).

1. Applicants

It is registered in Dongguan City, has independent legal personality, implements separate accounting, and its tax collection and management and statistical relations are all within the scope of Dongguan City. It is an enterprise specializing in R&D, production and services in the field of new energy storage related industries.

II. Application conditions

(I) For the first time, the export certification of battery products (only battery packs and cell-level products) used in the new energy storage field is obtained for international markets such as the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea, and meets the support direction requirements in the appendix.

(II) If an applicant declares multiple products, they can declare the multiple products as one project.

(III) The products corresponding to the project are sold in the corresponding international markets.

(IV) The time when the product corresponding to the project obtained relevant certification materials shall be within one year before the date of submission of the application. The certification materials include approval and certification by foreign battery product regulatory authorities, etc.

(V) The project has not received the same type of municipal financial support. The applicant unit does not have any situation where special financial funds are not supported. The applicant unit has not violated the national, provincial and municipal joint punishment policies and regulations, and has not been listed as a joint punishment target for dishonesty.

III. Funding Methods and Standards

(I) For new battery products that are used in new energy storage, have obtained a sea transport certificate, have successfully passed overseas market battery product (only refers to battery packs and cell-level products) certification and have been sold, a subsidy of 50% of the assessed certification fee will be provided, with a maximum of RMB 1 million.

(II) The amount of project funding will be independently determined according to the type of product.

(III) The final funding ratio and amount will be determined based on the budget size and the number of project applications, and the funding will be disbursed once all the funds are used up.

IV. Application Materials

1. Application Form for Export Certification Subsidy for New Energy Storage Battery Products;

(2) Project funding application report;

(3) Qualification materials of the applicant;

(IV) Export certification report documents obtained for the project products (including enterprise certification application materials, signed contracts, payment materials, certification body acceptance materials, valid certification certificates, certificate inquiry channels, etc.);

(V) Relevant materials for the sale of project products in the international market (including sales contracts, certificates, customs declarations and bills of lading, etc.);

(VI) Commitment that the expenses reported for the project do not include related-party transactions;

(VII) Letter of commitment on the authenticity of the relevant information.

V. Application Process

(I) Organize the application. The application is organized once every May to June through the online platform. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau releases the application documents. The applicant logs on to "Dongguan Financial Aid" (http://zwfw.dg.gov.cn/gcfz/#/home) and finds the corresponding column to apply online.

(II) Formal Review. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau will conduct a formal review of the application materials submitted online by the applicant. After the online formal review is passed, the applicant will print the application form online, bind it together with other application materials into a book (in duplicate, with a cover stamp and a saddle stamp) and submit it to the Municipal Development and Reform Bureau.

(III) Organize the review. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau will review the application materials and simultaneously seek the opinions of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, Municipal Commerce Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau and other relevant departments. If necessary, it may entrust experts or third parties to conduct verification and form a comprehensive opinion.

(IV) Public announcement. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau will make the project funding plan public for 5 days. Projects that are controversial will be further verified with relevant units, and projects that are found to be unqualified will not be supported.

(V) Report to the Municipal Government. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau will report the funding plan to the Municipal Government after the public announcement without objection or after the objection has been eliminated.

(VI) Funding disbursement: After the municipal government approves the funding plan, the Municipal Development and Reform Bureau will disburse funds in accordance with the work process.

VI. Supervision and Inspection

(I) The funding applicant must be responsible for the authenticity of the relevant information provided. The funding applicant must issue a letter of commitment, promising that the information provided is true. If false information is provided, the funding applicant will be responsible for all consequences. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau conducts random inspections of the application projects from time to time. If it is found that there are illegal or irregular behaviors, it will be handled in accordance with the "Regulations on Punishment and Sanctions for Financial Violations" and relevant documents on municipal financial special funds.

(II) The supervision and management, performance evaluation, information disclosure and accountability of special funds shall be implemented in accordance with the municipal government's regulations on the management of municipal special funds, financial management methods, performance evaluation, accountability, etc. The Municipal Development and Reform Bureau implements the supervision and inspection of funding projects, follows up on the operation of the applicant units and the implementation of the funded projects, and optimizes the use of funds.

(III) The applicants who have obtained special funds shall effectively strengthen the management of the use of special funds, consciously accept the supervision and inspection of the Municipal Development and Reform Bureau, the Finance, Audit and Supervision Departments, and strictly implement the financial rules and regulations and accounting methods. If the applicants engage in fraud, misappropriation, or use of special funds not in accordance with regulations, the special funds will be withdrawn and the applicants will be held accountable in accordance with relevant regulations.

Appendix: Support Directions for Export Certification of Battery Products

appendix

Battery product export certification support direction

Battery product export certification supports the following directions in the field of new energy storage:

1. Application areas of battery product exports: household energy storage, industrial and commercial energy storage, portable energy storage;

2. Certification projects: EU (IEC/EN62619, IEC/EN62133, IEC/EN63056, IEC/EN62368, EN61000-6-1/3, EN61000-6-2/4), North America (UL1973, UL9540A, UL2743, FCCPart15B), Japan (JISC8715-2, J62133), South Korea (KC62619, KC62133), international UN38.3, etc.

Annex 2

Guidelines for the 2024 Dongguan New Energy Storage Demonstration Application Funding

This work guideline is formulated in accordance with Article 4 (11) of the "Several Measures for Dongguan City to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of New Energy Storage Industry" (Dongfa Gai [2023] No. 95).