Note: This article was originally published in The China Daily Europe Edition  and The China Daily Africa Edition on 28 September 2018.  ERIA's Energy Economist, Dr Yanfei Li is the author.

Market conditions, gains in technology build momentum for a crucial role for the gas in the future energy landscape.
Hydrogen has long been widely applied by industries such as chemicals, metals, food processing and medicine as a material input. Therefore, it is conventionally available as a byproduct of many industrial processes.
China is one of the world's biggest hydrogen producers and consumers. In 2016, it produced and consumed around 18.5 million metric tons of hydrogen, and this is still growing at about 4 percent per year. (Read the full article by using the link above).