Jiangxi expands lithium base in high-quality push

Province completes industrial chain from mining to production to attract top-tier firms

East China's Jiangxi province is actively leveraging its advantages in upstream lithium resources to expand downstream sectors such as battery and electric vehicle manufacturing, with a view to becoming a leading industrial cluster.

The province has already formed three major lithium battery industrial bases in Yichun, Xinyu, and Ganzhou, and various clusters for lithium battery manufacturing in cities such as Nanchang, Shangrao, Pingxiang and Fuzhou.

Last year, the total value of Jiangxi's lithium battery and new energy industry reached 406.51 billion yuan ($57 billion), a 120.3 percent year-on-year growth, according to the provincial government.