Under the dual themes of “Promoting High-Quality Development of the Heat Pump Industry” and “Assisting in the Green Transformation of Economy and Society” the 2025 China Heat Pump Forum (CHPF) underscored the central role of heat pumps. The forum also reinforced policy priorities such as the “Action Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of the Heat Pump Industry.” It also hosted a joint hybrid IEA workshop on “The importance of heat pump data for policy-making and innovation”.
This activity-filled, vibrant, and interactive event gathered over 1500 heat pump experts representing member companies of the China Heat Pump Alliance (CHPA) as well as researchers and other stakeholders in the heat pump industry from around the world.
Professor Peixue Jiang, Vice President of Tsinghua University took the centre stage for the keynote speech. He pointed out that promoting the high-quality development of the heat pump industry is conducive to advancing energy conservation and carbon reduction in key areas, as well as fostering new growth points in green and low-carbon industries. Moreover, when addressing the Heat Pump Professional Committee of China Heat Pump Alliance (CHPA) he shared the following hopes:
- Promote collaborative innovation among industry, academia, research, and application
- Strengthen product promotion and technology popularization
- Carry out vocational skills training
- Deepen international cooperation
Joint workshop with the IEA TCP Coordination Group on Heat Pumps
Technological advances, heat-pump applications and market developments were shared over the course of two days within seventeen sub-forums and exchange meetings, providing in-depth coverage of a broad scope of topics – including a joint workshop with the International Energy Agency (IEA) on “The importance of heat pump data for policy-making and innovation”.
The hybrid workshop was part of a broader effort from the IEA to develop a common heat pump taxonomy across the globe and was a follow-up on a previous workshop on the same theme in the beginning of the year – see The Importance of Heat Pump Data for Policy Making and Innovation – Main Take Aways from IEA Workshop. It focused on reviewing a preliminary proposal developed by the IEA in collaboration with various stakeholders. It addressed the specific characteristics of selected heat pump markets and explored how these can be incorporated into the common taxonomy to better inform policy development and support the deployment of heat pumps. The discussions tackled data collection best practices to understand how to work toward a consensus on interoperability principles.
Interactive Forums
Other topics covered in the interactive forums included:
- High-Quality De
velopment Forum of the Heat Pump Industry, - The Chief Engineer Forum on Heat Pump Technology Application,
- The Forum on Heat Pumps Assisting in the Construction of Zero-Carbon Factories and Parks,
- The Development Forum of Heat Pump Comfort Systems,
- The Forum on Heat Pumps Promoting Low-Carbon Development of District Heating,
- The Forum on Clean Heating and Channel Growth of Heat Pumps,
- The International Policy and Market Development Forum of Heat Pumps,
- The Technical Innovation Forum for Improving Heat Pump Energy Efficiency,
- The Technical Innovation and Development Forum of High-Temperature Heat Pumps,
- The Multi-Energy Complementary Technology Forum of Heat Pumps,
- The Industrial Application Development Forum of Heat Pumps.
Additionally, professional research reports released during the conference included the following:
- dustrial Heat Pump Development White Paper (2025)
- Global Heat Pump Industry Development Report (2025)
- 2025 China Heat Pump Industry Development Report
- White Paper on Market and Technology Development of Heat Pumps for air-conditioning and floor heating systems (2025)
- Zero-Carbon Industry
- Air-Source Heat Pump Heating Technology
About CHPA
Established in 2008, CHPA is the most influential organization in the heat pump industry in China. Its mission is to promote the use of heat pump technologies for sustainable development. CHPA is a secondary professional committee under the China Energy Conservation Association (CECA). It has more than 500 enterprise members, representing more than 80 percent of China’s heat pump product R&D, production, and manufacturing capacity. CHPA has a close relationship with all parties in the heat pump industry, especially heat pump manufacturers, research institutions, and government agencies, and it acts as a bridge between policymakers and manufacturers in terms of policy and standard formulation.
For additional information please contact the China Heat Pump Alliance at chpa@chpa.org.cn or via WeChat: chpa007.