After the 2008 financial crisis，the global economic growth began to slow down，energy and environmental issues have become increasingly prominent，sustainable development is facing enormous challenges. At the same time，China’s economic development has shifted from the epitaxial growth that focuses solely on the speed to steady growth that relies on innovation-driven，structural upgrading，energy conservation，environmental protection. In the background of “New Normal”，developing new energy industry is not only inner requirement of transforming the mode of development，but it will also accomplish a great deal in the new phase of growth as an industry with broad prospects. From the world perspective，various countries have attached great importance to the development of new energy industry and accelerated the energy revolution in recent years. China is also actively adjusting and optimizing the energy structure，making great efforts to cultivate the new energy industry，and proposed the target with upraising the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption to more than 15% in 2020. Though China’s new energy industry has made considerable progress，quite a gap still exists by comparing it with foreign countries. Gap means potential，and strategic vision is essential in the development of new energy industry.