Superconductivity has been known to the world since 1911. At present, China's research and development on superconductivity technology have been on track, and into industrialized operation, now commonly operated in the electric power industry, communication field, military field and medical field.
In China's R & D on superconductivity, superconducting materials operation has experienced a low-temperature to high-temperature research and development, the first generation of materials has matured, the second generation of materials due to its low cost is more suitable for industrial operation and the market is optimistic about; superconducting product categories gradually increased, and is now industrialized operation of superconducting cables, superconducting current limiters, superconducting filters, superconducting energy storage and so on. Although there is still a gap with the international, but some areas of research and development has been in the international advanced level.
Since superconducting technology is believed to determine the competitiveness of a country's smart grid to a certain extent, for the superconducting industry, during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the comprehensive construction of China's smart grid will provide a good opportunity for the development of the industry.
Superconductivity industry or will usher in "ten years ten times" rapid growth, the next ten years China's superconductivity market size of about 130-160 billion yuan, is expected to 2020, the output value will reach 75 billion U.S. dollars.
Because of the high technical barriers to superconductivity, although various types of superconducting materials and wire and cable manufacturers have entered the superconductivity industry market, but only a few research institutions around the world to master the relevant technology, and there are no enterprises to achieve large-scale commercial production, the market presents a monopoly pattern, so the market's first entrant will be due to a wealth of experience in the operation of the obvious advantage of the status of the leader of the market.