50 000 CO2 heat pumps in China in 2020 ?

In the next decade, the market share of CO2 heat pump could reach 5% and there could be 50 000 CO2 heat pumps installed in China in 2020.
R744.com recently interviewed Li Gang, the Chief Engineer of Shandong Melinda, a key Chinese domestic CO2 heat pump manufacturer, who described the latest CO2 heat pump market trends in China.
According to Li Gang, in the next decade, the market share of CO2 heat pump could reach 5% and there could be 50 000 CO2 heat pumps installed in China in 2020. Melinda focuses above all on 18 kW CO2 heat pumps for commercial use.
A lot of research on CO2 heat pumps is being conducted in Chinese universities and research institutes, especially Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University, Tianjin University, and Zhejiang University, and certain laboratories have developed prototypes.