The energy sector is the lifeblood of China's economy, and how to innovate the field or path of energy development and realize the promotion and application of intelligent energy can be said to be supported by the national strategy.

On february24,2016, the National Energy Administration officially issued the guidance on promoting the development of "Internet +" smart energy. The opinions put forward that in 2016-2018, efforts should be made to promote the pilot demonstration of energy Internet: a number of pilot demonstration projects of different types and scales should be completed. Overcome a number of major key technologies and core equipment, and the energy Internet technology has reached the international advanced level.

Smart energy is a relatively new concept rising in recent years. A new round of energy revolution centered on electricity and characterized by cleanliness and intelligence is rising all over the world, promoting the breeding and development of the third industrial revolution. In China, with the introduction of the outline of the 13th five year plan, the energy Internet based on smart grid and distributed energy will become an important means to realize China's energy production, consumption, technology and institutional revolution, and the Internet smart energy roadmap emerges.

According to the data of the smart energy industry development prospect forecast and investment analysis report released by the forward looking Industry Research Institute, China's smart energy industry is developing rapidly. The demand scale was 39.25 billion yuan in 2011 and 70.88 billion yuan in 2015. Under the new economic situation, China is facing the dual pressure of energy environment and economic development. The revolutionary demand of energy production and consumption is very urgent. Smart energy will become an important crystallization of the combination of Internet and traditional energy. China's smart energy reform will start an energy market with huge market development.
 

At present, more than 300 cities in China have launched the planning and construction of smart cities, providing a comprehensive platform and policy support for the development of the energy interconnection wide area network. The construction of the "the Belt and Road" also provides a broad development space and international market for the development of the energy interconnection backbone network. Therefore, from the perspective of development and prospects in the field of smart energy, it is relatively broad.

The supplier of smart energy industry is the electronic information industry, mainly including chips, sensors, gateways, memories, servers and application software. At present, the electronic information industry is relatively mature, with a wide variety of products, which can replace the strong industry, and there is a large space for the selectivity of smart energy enterprises. Therefore, the bargaining power of suppliers in the smart energy industry is limited.