On July 18th, the HHMAX-901 Host Completion & Plasma Initiation Ceremony was successfully held. The event attracted nearly 200 guests on-site and close to 2,400 online viewers via livestream. It received in-depth coverage from nearly 40 media outlets across national, provincial, municipal, and district levels, including finance, technology, and energy sectors. Key outlets included: Xinhua News Agency, Sichuan Television, Chengdu Daily, Red Star News, Chengdu Hi-Tech, Longquanyi Release, National Business Daily, CLS, 36Kr, and “Controlled Fusion.” This sparked widespread public discussion, collectively focusing on the successful plasma initiation of China’s first commercial linear field-reversed configuration (FRC) fusion device!
On the day of the event, Xinhua News Agency published a headline story titled “Chinese Commercial Fusion Company Achieves Plasma Initiation in Linear Field-Reversed Configuration Fusion Device.” Using HHMAX Chairman Xiang Jiang’s technical introduction of the HHMAX-901 device at the ceremony as background, the report emphasized the unique advantages of the linear FRC technology and its commercialization roadmap. This report quickly garnered high societal attention, exceeding 600,000 views within 48 hours.
Earlier this month, Sichuan Province issued the “Implementation Plan for Developing and Expanding Emerging Industries and Accelerating the Cultivation of Future Industries (2025-2027).” For the first time, it explicitly included “Controlled Nuclear Fusion” as a key future industry for cultivation in a dedicated section, outlining a series of significant plans.
As a Chinese commercial fusion R&D enterprise nurtured in Sichuan (“Land of Abundance”), HHMAX’s development has also received focused attention from official media across the province. Sichuan Television featured a report titled “‘Artificial Sun’ Becomes Reality! Domestic First Commercial Linear Fusion Device HHMAX-901 Achieves Plasma Initiation,” systematically introducing HHMAX’s R&D path and development. Chengdu Daily featured the headline “China’s First, Lit in Chengdu” on its front page. While announcing the successful initiation of the HHMAX-901 host, it highlighted HHMAX’s industrial advantages rooted in Sichuan and its future commercialization plans. Furthermore, outlets like Chengdu Hi-Tech and Longquanyi Release provided in-depth coverage of the initiation ceremony, offering strong affirmation from the perspective of local industrial cultivation and scientific innovation, recognizing HHMAX’s active exploration in commercializing controlled fusion.
Additionally, the event was widely disseminated through video livestreams, photo galleries, and short videos on platforms like WeChat Video Channel, Douyin (TikTok), Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book), accumulating over 27,000 views. It also sparked organic sharing by numerous independent content creators, further enhancing HHMAX’s social value and brand influence.
The widespread attention and rapid dissemination of this event fully demonstrate society’s eager anticipation for the early breakthrough of China’s controlled fusion technology. Through this “immersive technological feast” blending online and offline engagement, HHMAX sent a clear message to the world: The light of the initiated plasma has pierced through the perception that “fusion is always 50 years away”! HHMAX is committed to its mission. Drawing on today’s achievement as the starting point and aiming for the energy of the future, we will fully dedicate ourselves to overcoming fusion technology R&D and core component breakthroughs, accelerating the effort to bring the “artificial sun” into reality!