Hydrogen energy is an ideal medium for promoting the clean and efficient utilization of traditional fossil fuels and supporting the large-scale development of renewable energy. It is also an important lever for achieving the goals of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”. At present, among all the hydrogen energy application scenarios such as the chemical industry, transportation, and electricity, the chemical utilization relying on ammonia synthesis, methanol synthesis, and the petrochemical industry is dominant. Therefore, making good use of and promoting the application of hydrogen energy in the chemical industry, namely the hydrogen chemical industry, are the keys to promoting the development of the hydrogen energy industry. Therefore, this article summarized the current status and the key issues in the development of the hydrogen chemical industry. In addition, suggestions were proposed in terms of accelerating the substitution of grey hydrogen by green hydrogen, strengthening the construction of infrastructure such as the hydrogen pipeline network, promoting core technology research and development, developing a hydrogen energy standard system, and exploring rapid iteration mechanism of standards.