As one of clean fuels, hydrogen energy has many advantages such as zero emission, high calorific value, and can be fully and effectively utilized in fuel cells. The green hydrogen produced in a sustainable manner is able to overcome the short comings of solar energy and wind power as their energy supply is unstable and fluctuating. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle enjoys the advantages of high endurance and short refuelling time. However, there are two major bottlenecks that limits the broader utilization of hydrogen energy, i. e. technology and capital costs. With policy supports, government promotion, economy of scale approach by enterprises in countries around the world, together with technological advances driving down capital costs, the utilization of hydrogen energy will have broader prospect for future development. China’s hydrogen energy usage is still in its infancy stage, government authorities at all levels have successively introduced development plans, and provided supportive policies and incentive plans. Among them, Shanghai, Suzhou, Foshan and other cities have taken the lead. Enterprises are also taking timely actions, for example, corporations including PetroChina and Sinopec have launched business sectors in hydrogen production, hydrogen filling stations, fuel cells, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and master planning for the future. To this end, this paper suggested that a sound mechanism should be developed at state level for the development of hydrogen energy; speeding up the set-up of an integrated “hydrogen industry” in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors; local governments should pay equal attention to the active development and prudent demonstration of hydrogen energy; enterprises should pro-actively carry out its transformation and take the lead in the development of hydrogen energy.