China's National Development and Reform Commission and Energy Bureau jointly issue important opinion (I)

An excerpt is translated as follows：

Implementation Opinions of National Development and Reform Commission National Energy Administration on Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure and Better Supporting New Energy Vehicles to the Countryside and Rural Revitalization

The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, State Grid Corporation and China Southern Power Grid Company Limited:

    China has built the world's largest number of charging infrastructure systems, with the largest radiation area and the most complete service vehicles, providing a strong guarantee 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 contradictions between supply and demand at certain times, which restrict the release of the consumption potential of new energy vehicles in rural areas. The construction of charging infrastructure in an appropriate manner and the optimization of the environment for the purchase and use of new energy vehicles are of great significance in promoting new energy vehicles to the countryside, guiding residents in rural areas to travel green and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. In order to do the relevant work, the State Council agreed to formulate the following implementation opinions.

I. Innovative mode of construction, operation and maintenance of charging infrastructure in rural areas

(i) Strengthen the layout and construction of public charging infrastructure. Support local governments to carry out planning for public charging networks in counties and rural areas in accordance with the actual situation, and do a good job of connecting with territorial and spatial planning and distribution network planning, so as to speed up the realization of "full county coverage" of charging stations and "full rural coverage" of charging piles in areas suitable for the use of new energy vehicles. Reasonably promote the construction of centralized public charging stations, giving priority to the allocation of public charging facilities in county and rural enterprises and institutions, commercial buildings, transportation hubs (field stations), service areas (stations) along highways and other places, and extending them to centralized resettlement areas for easy relocation and key villages for rural tourism, as well as speeding up the construction of charging piles along highways and at qualified gas stations and other places in conjunction with the development of rural self-driving tours.

(2) Promote the construction of shared community charging infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of charging facilities in existing residential communities in rural areas, and carry out renovation of the construction conditions of charging facilities according to local conditions; residential communities with installation conditions may allocate a certain proportion of public charging spaces. Implement the requirements for the construction of charging infrastructure in new residential communities, and promote the construction of charging facilities in fixed parking spaces or set aside installation conditions to meet the need for direct metered connection. Implement the management responsibilities of street offices and other grassroots management agencies, increase guidance and supervision of residential community management units, and establish a "one-stop" coordination and complaint resolution mechanism. Management units of residential communities should actively assist users in installing charging facilities, and mechanisms for cooperation with charging facility operators can be explored. Communities should be guided to promote sharing models such as "proximity parking space sharing", "community time-sharing" and "multiple vehicles with one pile".

(iii) Increase support for the construction and operation of charging networks. Encourage places with conditions to introduce special support policies for the construction and operation of public charging infrastructure in rural areas. Use local government special bonds and other tools to support the construction of charging infrastructure in eligible service areas (stations) on highways and ordinary national and provincial trunk highways, public bus and tram yards and bus passenger stations. The construction of charging networks at the rural level and the development of transmission and distribution networks will be considered in an integrated manner, with increased support such as land security, and the construction and renovation of supporting power grids will be carried out to enhance the support and guarantee capacity of rural power grids. By 2030, the electricity consumption of centralised charging and swapping facilities with a two-part tariff will be exempted from the demand (capacity) tariff, and the efficiency constraints on investment in the construction of relevant distribution grids by grid enterprises will be relaxed and fully incorporated into the recovery of transmission and distribution tariffs.

(iv) Promote new modes such as intelligent and orderly charging. Enhance the intelligence level of new charging infrastructure, incorporate intelligent and orderly charging into the functional scope of charging infrastructure and new energy vehicle products, encourage new energy vehicles sold with charging piles to have orderly charging functions, and accelerate the formation of unified industry standards. Encourage research on key technologies such as two-way interaction between electric vehicles and the power grid (V2G) and cooperative control of light storage and charging, and explore the construction of charging infrastructure that provides integrated photovoltaic power generation, energy storage and charging in rural areas where the utilization rate of charging piles is low. Implement the peak and valley time-sharing tariff policy to encourage users to charge during low valley hours.

(v) Improve the experience of operation and maintenance services of charging infrastructure. Combining the environment of charging facilities in rural areas, basic conditions of power grids and operation and maintenance requirements, etc., carry out the revision of charging facility construction standards and typical designs. Improve the operation and maintenance system of charging facilities, enhance the availability rate and fault handling capability of facilities, and promote the interconnection of platforms of public charging and switching network operators. Encourage car parks and charging facility operators to innovate technical and management measures to guide the zoning of fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles for parking and maintain good charging order. Use technical means to conduct advance research and judgment on the time periods and lots where charging demand is concentrated, and provide good service protection.