Provincial, autonomous region, and municipality governments, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, State Grid Corporation of China, and China Southern Power Grid Corporation Limited:

China has built the world's largest number, largest radiation area, and most comprehensive charging infrastructure system for vehicles, providing strong support for the rapid development of new energy vehicles. However, there are still problems in rural areas such as insufficient construction of public charging infrastructure, difficulty in installing and sharing charging facilities in residential communities, and prominent supply-demand contradictions during certain periods, which restrict the release of the consumption potential of new energy vehicles in rural areas. Moderately advancing the construction of charging infrastructure and optimizing the environment for the purchase and use of new energy vehicles are of great significance for promoting new energy vehicles to rural areas, guiding rural residents to travel in a green manner, and promoting comprehensive rural revitalization. To do a good job in related work, with the approval of the State Council, the following implementation opinions are formulated.

1、 Innovate the construction, operation and maintenance mode of charging infrastructure in rural areas

（1） Strengthen the layout and construction of public charging infrastructure. Support local governments to carry out county and township public charging network planning based on actual conditions, and do a good job in connecting with national spatial planning, distribution network planning, etc., to accelerate the realization of "full coverage of counties and townships" for charging stations suitable for the use of new energy vehicles, and "full coverage of townships and townships" for charging piles. Reasonably promote the construction of centralized public charging stations, prioritize the allocation of public charging facilities in county and township enterprises and institutions, commercial buildings, transportation hubs (stations), service areas (stations) along highways, and other places, and extend them to relocation and resettlement areas, key villages for rural tourism, etc. Combined with the development of rural self driving tourism, accelerate the construction of charging piles along highways, gas stations and other places with conditions.

（2） Promote the construction and sharing of community charging infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of charging facilities in existing residential communities in rural areas, and carry out the renovation of charging facilities construction conditions according to local conditions. Residential communities with installation conditions can be equipped with a certain proportion of public charging parking spaces. Implement the requirements for the construction of charging infrastructure in newly built residential communities, promote the construction of charging facilities in fixed parking spaces or reserve installation conditions to meet the needs of direct meter installation and power connection. Implement the management responsibilities of grassroots management institutions such as street offices, increase guidance and supervision of residential community management units, and establish a "one-stop" coordination and complaint resolution mechanism. Residential community management units should actively assist users in installing charging facilities and explore mechanisms for cooperation with charging facility operators. Guide the community to promote sharing models such as "near parking space sharing", "community time-sharing sharing", and "multiple cars, one pile".

（3） Increase support for the construction and operation of charging networks. Encourage localities with conditions to introduce special support policies for the construction and operation of public charging infrastructure in rural areas. Utilize local government special bonds and other tools to support the construction of charging and swapping infrastructure such as highways, ordinary national and provincial trunk highway service areas (stations), public bus and tram stations, and bus passenger stations that meet the conditions. Taking into account the construction of rural level charging networks and the development of transmission and distribution grids, we will increase support for land security, carry out the construction and renovation of supporting power grids, and enhance the support and guarantee capabilities of rural power grids. By 2030, centralized charging and swapping facilities that implement a two-part electricity pricing system will be exempt from demand (capacity) electricity fees, and investment efficiency constraints related to distribution network construction for power grid enterprises will be relaxed, fully included in the recovery of transmission and distribution electricity prices.

（4） Promote new models such as intelligent and orderly charging. Enhance the intelligence level of newly built charging infrastructure, incorporate intelligent and orderly charging into the scope of charging infrastructure and new energy vehicle product functions, encourage new sales of new energy vehicles to be equipped with charging piles with orderly charging functions, and accelerate the formation of industry unified standards. Encourage research on key technologies such as bidirectional interaction between electric vehicles and the power grid (V2G) and coordinated control of photovoltaic energy storage and charging, and explore the construction of integrated charging infrastructure that provides photovoltaic power generation, energy storage, and charging in rural areas with low utilization of charging piles. Implement the peak valley time of use electricity pricing policy and encourage users to charge during off peak periods.

（5） Improve the experience of charging infrastructure operation and maintenance services. Based on the environment of charging facilities in rural areas, the basic conditions of the power grid, and the requirements for operation and maintenance, carry out the revision and typical design of charging facility construction standards. Improve the operation and maintenance system of charging facilities, enhance facility availability and fault handling capabilities, and promote interconnectivity among public charging and swapping network operator platforms. Encourage parking lot and charging facility operators to innovate technology and management measures, guide the separate parking of fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles, and maintain good charging order. Utilize technological means to predict in advance the time periods and locations where charging demand is concentrated, and provide good service guarantees.

2、 Support the purchase and use of new energy vehicles in rural areas

（6） Enrich the supply of new energy vehicles. Encourage new energy vehicle companies to optimize configuration through differentiation strategies based on the characteristics of rural consumers, and develop more economical and practical vehicle models, especially new energy cargo microvans, microcars, light trucks and other products. Establish a sound evaluation system for used new energy vehicles, strengthen inspections and repairs of used new energy vehicles, and encourage enterprises to provide high-quality used new energy vehicles to the rural market.

（7） Accelerate the promotion of public domain applications. Accelerate the promotion and application of new energy vehicles in county and township party and government agencies, schools, hospitals, and other units, and increase the proportion of new energy vehicles used in official vehicles according to local conditions, playing a leading and demonstrative role. Encourage places with conditions to increase support for the application of new energy vehicles in areas such as public transportation, road passenger transport, taxis, law enforcement, environmental sanitation, logistics and distribution.

（8） Provide diversified purchasing support policies. Where conditions permit, encourage rural residents with registered residence to purchase new energy vehicles in the county where registered residence is located, and provide support such as consumption vouchers. Encourage automobile companies and places with conditions to provide trade in incentives for phasing out low-speed electric vehicles and purchasing new energy vehicles. Encourage local governments to strengthen government enterprise cooperation and carry out activities such as giving away charging coupons for car purchases. Increase support for automobile consumption credit in rural areas, and encourage financial institutions to reasonably determine the down payment ratio, loan interest rate, and repayment period under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks.

3、 Strengthen the management of publicity services for new energy vehicles in rural areas

（9） Intensify publicity and guidance efforts. Actively publicize through news reports, expert comments, new Internet media and other means, support local governments and industry institutions to organize new energy vehicle manufacturers to carry out brand joint exhibitions, test drives and other activities, encourage new energy vehicle enterprises to cooperate with upstream battery enterprises in the industrial chain to carry out free "battery physical examination" activities within three years of purchasing vehicles in rural areas, and improve consumers' acceptance of new energy vehicles.

（10） Strengthen the sales and service network. Encourage new energy vehicle companies to expand their sales networks, guide automakers and third-party service companies to accelerate the construction of joint business outlets, establish supporting after-sales service systems, regularly carry out maintenance and after-sales service activities in rural areas, provide emergency rescue and other services, and alleviate concerns about purchase and use. Encourage vocational colleges to train new energy vehicle maintenance technicians for rural areas, provide vocational education related to vehicle maintenance, charging station maintenance, etc., which will promote the effective connection between local employment and support for new energy vehicle consumption.

（11） Strengthen safety supervision. Establish a sound safety supervision system for new energy vehicles, utilize various means according to local conditions, improve the quality and safety level of new energy vehicles and batteries, strictly manage charging facilities in rural areas, guide charging facility operators to access government charging facility supervision platforms, strictly support the safety conditions of power supply and centralized charging sites, ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, national standards or industry standards, strengthen safety business training for management personnel, and regularly conduct hidden danger inspections on existing charging piles. Guide rural residents to install and use independent charging stations, and reasonably equip them with leakage protectors and grounding equipment to improve the level of electrical safety.

All regions and relevant departments should effectively strengthen organizational leadership, clarify division of responsibilities, take proactive actions, promote the implementation and effectiveness of relevant policies and measures as soon as possible, improve purchase and use policies, further improve the charging infrastructure network, ensure that "there are people building, managing, and sustaining", create a good environment for the promotion and use of new energy vehicles in rural areas, and better meet the production and living needs of the masses.

National Development and Reform Commission

National Energy Administration

May 14, 2023