[power battery loading is expected to increase by nearly 40% this year. Lithium carbonate price will turn a corner in the second quarter.] April 27, the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance Conference held from April 26 to 27 predicted that China's power battery loading demand will reach 409.9GWh in 2023, an increase of 39.3% over the same period last year. According to the statistics of the Innovation Alliance, China's ternary battery 110.4GWh in 2022 accounted for 37.5% of the total installed capacity, an increase of 48.55% over the same period last year, while lithium iron phosphate battery 183.8GWh accounted for 62.4% of the total installed capacity, an increase of 130.16% over the same period last year, accounting for 99.9%. Yang Hongxin, chairman of Honeycomb Energy, said that the decline in the price of lithium carbonate has begun to slow in the past week, and it is expected that the price of lithium carbonate may reach an inflection point by May and June this year, along with the reduction of upstream production, terminal consumption, inventory reduction and other factors. (Shanghai Securities News)