On April 12, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice on Carrying out Pilot Work to Fill Up Shortcomings in County-wide Charging and Swapping Facilities" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice").
The "Notice" proposes that from 2024 to 2026, in accordance with the principles of "planning first, scene-driven, scientific and orderly, and adapting to local conditions", a pilot project of "hundred counties, thousands of stations and thousands of piles" will be carried out to strengthen the planning and construction of new energy vehicle charging and swapping facilities in key villages and towns. The central government will arrange incentive funds to support pilot counties to carry out pilot work. The provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, hereinafter collectively referred to as provinces) level must give full play to its overall coordination role and implement specific work in detail. Relevant local departments at all levels should actively introduce relevant policies in terms of land, electricity prices, service fees, etc., to form a synergy of policies, effectively make up for the shortcomings of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas, and strive to achieve "full rural coverage" of charging and swapping infrastructure.

The "Notice" proposes that the central government will provide financial incentive support to pilot counties that have been approved by the three departments and have completed their mission goals. The demonstration period for each pilot county is three years. The reward standards are set based on the power utilization rate of charging and swapping facilities in the pilot counties each year and are divided into three levels. During the demonstration period, pilot counties that reach the highest target each year can receive up to 45 million yuan.



Relevant finance departments (bureaus), industry and information technology departments, and transportation departments (bureaus, committees) of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government:

In order to implement the relevant decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, in accordance with the "Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" In accordance with the "Opinions of the State Council on Learning and Applying the Experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project to Effectively and Effectively Promote Comprehensive Rural Revitalization", we will accelerate the completion of the shortcomings of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas and further release the consumption potential of new energy vehicles. In accordance with the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further According to the relevant requirements of the "Guiding Opinions on Stepping Up the Construction of a High-quality Charging Infrastructure System" (Guobanfa [2023] No. 19), from 2024 to 2026, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport (hereinafter referred to as the three departments) will carry out pilot projects to make up for the shortcomings of charging and swapping facilities in counties. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

1. Overall requirements

From 2024 to 2026, in accordance with the principles of “planning first, scene-driven, scientific and orderly, and adapting to local conditions”, we will carry out the “Hundred Counties, Thousand Stations and Thousands of Stations” pilot project to strengthen the planning and construction of new energy vehicle charging and swapping facilities in key villages and towns. The central government will arrange incentive funds to support pilot counties to carry out pilot work. The provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, hereinafter collectively referred to as provinces) level must give full play to its overall coordination role and implement specific work in detail. Relevant local departments at all levels should actively introduce relevant policies in terms of land, electricity prices, service fees, etc., to form a synergy of policies, effectively make up for the shortcomings of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas, and strive to achieve "full rural coverage" of charging and swapping infrastructure.



2. Pilot content and objectives

(1) Improve the service support capabilities of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas. According to the needs of new energy vehicles in the region and across borders, the construction of public charging and swapping infrastructure should be increased in rural areas suitable for the use of new energy vehicles. New charging and swapping infrastructure in pilot counties should be open to the whole society, have an availability rate of not less than 99%, and a rated power of more than 120 kilowatts (including 120 kilowatts), and vigorously promote smart fast charging public charging and swapping infrastructure. Key villages and towns in the pilot counties and surrounding areas should build rural public charging and swapping infrastructure construction and operation demonstration pilot areas with "reasonable layout, rich scenarios, advanced technology, and excellent experience". Encourage leading enterprises in charging and swapping construction and operation in various regions to join forces with local power grids, postal services, logistics and other large enterprise groups to accelerate the construction of fast-charging public charging and swapping infrastructure that is fully open to the public in rural areas that are suitable for the use of new energy vehicles but lack social willingness to invest in public charging and swapping infrastructure. We strive to gradually establish a market-oriented operation model for public charging and swapping facilities in rural areas and continuously improve the public charging and swapping service guarantee capabilities of "weak links" in rural areas.

(2) Stimulate the consumption potential of new energy vehicles in pilot counties and surrounding areas. Focus on cultivating charging and swapping application scenarios that are in line with the development characteristics of new energy vehicles in local and surrounding areas, improve and improve the service support capabilities of county-level postal express outlets, rural logistics nodes, rural passenger and freight stations (including township transportation service stations, rural passenger and freight mail stations, etc.), 3A and below tourist attractions, rural highways, comprehensive transportation service stations and other suitable new energy vehicle charging scenarios, and make a good connection between holiday charging peak periods and charging in highway service areas. Pilot counties should work in the same direction as local new energy vehicle consumption promotion policies to form a stimulating effect on new energy vehicle consumption and promote the willingness to use new energy vehicles in local and surrounding areas. Qualified pilot counties should form linkages with surrounding areas, lay out charging and swapping infrastructure around tourist highways, "Four Good Rural Roads" and other plans, promote "full coverage of cross-county scenarios" for charging and swapping infrastructure, and increase the consumption potential of new energy vehicles in pilot counties and surrounding areas.



(3) Actively cultivate the promotion and application of new technologies and new models in rural areas. Fully combine the application conditions of local scenarios and actively explore the application of new technologies and new models such as vehicle-to-grid interaction (V2G), fast charging and swapping, liquid-cooled high-power charging, intelligent orderly charging, and wireless charging. Rural areas with good distributed photovoltaic coverage can build charging infrastructure integrating photovoltaic power generation, energy storage, and charging and swapping based on actual conditions.


(4) Optimize and improve the support management policy system for charging and swapping facilities. Encourage all localities to introduce support policies for the construction of public charging and swapping infrastructure based on the actual conditions of the region, ensure the demand for land for the construction of charging and swapping infrastructure and supporting power grids, speed up the approval process for charging and swapping infrastructure and supporting power grid construction, and expand financing channels for enterprises investing in and operating charging and swapping infrastructure. Encourage charging infrastructure stations to be leased for 10 years or more to reduce land use risks for operating companies and guide companies to continue operating in the long term. Encourage local governments to introduce financial support policies such as construction and operation subsidies, land rent reductions and exemptions, and electricity price concessions based on local conditions. Strengthen charging and swapping infrastructure construction and installation quality and safety management, establish an accident liability review system, and form a complete charging and swapping infrastructure support and management policy system.



3. Selection of pilot counties

(1) Declaring subject. Subjects applying for pilot projects should be counties (excluding municipal districts) with rich promotion and application scenarios for new energy vehicles, relatively weak public charging and swapping infrastructure, high enthusiasm for local promotion and application, and weak willingness to invest in social capital. Focus on exploring application scenarios and prepare a pilot application implementation plan (see Appendix 1 for the preparation outline).

(2) Application conditions.

1. The market development of charging and swapping infrastructure is low. The degree of marketization in the development of charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas under the jurisdiction of the pilot counties should be low, the operating income of the existing charging and swapping infrastructure is poor, and the enthusiasm for social capital investment is weak.



2. Have a relatively complete planning and layout plan. The provincial and municipal levels where the pilot counties are located have formulated public charging and swapping infrastructure development plans. Pilot counties should formulate a complete and reasonable charging and swapping infrastructure planning plan, clarify the regional line layout, construction quantity, annual plan, work ideas, safeguard measures and division of responsibilities of public charging and swapping facilities, and make close connections with land space planning, power grid planning, rural construction and revitalization planning, transportation planning, energy planning, etc.


3. There are scenarios suitable for the consumption and use of new energy vehicles. Pilot counties should have a rich demand for new energy vehicle charging and swapping scenarios, and comprehensively cover public charging and swapping usage scenarios such as county-level postal express outlets, rural logistics nodes, rural passenger and freight stations (including township transportation service stations, rural passenger and freight mail stations, etc.), 3A and below tourist attractions, along the "Four Good Rural Roads", comprehensive transportation service stations, etc. according to local conditions. The number of cars in the pilot county-level cities should be no less than 200,000 in 2023, and they should have good new energy vehicle consumption potential.

4. Have sufficient power supply capability. Pilot counties should have good basic conditions for rural power grids and have sufficient power support capabilities for the construction and operation of charging and swapping infrastructure.

(3) Allocation of quotas. From 2024 to 2026, the three departments will allocate provincial pilot county quotas based on the current local development status and future potential of new energy vehicles and public charging and swapping infrastructure, geographical area, the number of counties (county-level cities) in the province, and current financial conditions (see Appendix 2).



(4) Selection process. The pilot implementation plan is mainly prepared by counties and submitted to the province level by level. Relevant provincial departments determine the list of pilot counties in the province through competitive review based on factors such as the promotion potential of new energy vehicles in each county and the demand for charging and swapping. Encourage appropriate preference for counties in remote areas of the province that have potential for the promotion and application of new energy vehicles and the "Four Good Rural Roads" national demonstration counties. The list of pilot counties in each province and the pilot implementation plan shall be reported to the three departments for filing according to procedures, and the electronic version of the relevant materials must be uploaded to the third-party "New Energy Vehicle Public Charging and Swapping Infrastructure Incentive Fund Clearing Platform" (hereinafter referred to as the clearing platform). The deadline for centralized acceptance of pilot materials in 2024 is May 17, 2024.


The three departments will conduct necessary reviews of the charging and swapping infrastructure technical indicators, policy objectives, safeguards and application scenarios in the plans submitted by each province. If the plans do not meet the filing conditions, the plans will be returned to the relevant provinces. The relevant provinces should modify the pilot counties and application plans based on the review opinions of the three departments, and report them to the three departments according to the procedures within 5 working days. If the registration conditions are still not met, the number of pilot places in this batch will be reduced accordingly.

4. Reward Standards

The central government will provide incentive financial support to pilot counties that have been approved by the three departments and have completed their mission goals. The demonstration period for each pilot county is three years. The reward standards are set based on the power utilization rate of charging and swapping facilities in the pilot counties each year and are divided into three levels. During the demonstration period, pilot counties that reach the highest target every year can receive up to 45 million yuan (see Appendix 3 for specific annual assessment indicators and reward standards).

The incentive funds are mainly used for related expenditures such as the construction and operation of charging and swapping infrastructure in pilot counties. They may not be used to balance local financial resources, and may not be used for new energy vehicle purchase subsidies and new energy vehicle operating subsidies. After the pilot is over, the three departments will award 10% of the reward standard to counties that have exceeded the target and have obvious demonstration effects on surrounding areas.

5. Fund review and allocation

According to the method of "pre-allocation first, liquidation later", the three departments will publicize the pilot counties that agree to register. After the public announcement period, the central government will first allocate no less than 70% of the incentive funds to support the pilot counties in launching the pilot project of county-level power charging and swapping facilities to make up for shortcomings. Subsequent liquidation of reward funds will be carried out based on the annual target assessment results of the pilot counties.

Before the end of February each year, the provincial leading department should work with relevant departments to organize and complete the review of the demonstration status of each pilot county in the previous year, including the construction of charging and swapping infrastructure, power utilization, the application of new technologies and new models, as well as the accessibility of county rural roads and charging and swapping sites, and upload the review results to the clearing platform.

The three departments entrusted third-party agencies to organize experts to supervise and inspect the review work and results of relevant provinces according to a certain proportion through material review, on-site inspections, etc., and used the clearing platform to review the completion of the goals of the pilot counties in each province in a goal-led and result-oriented manner, and issue supervision and inspection reports. The three departments determine the final audit results based on the supervision and inspection reports and provincial audit results. The Ministry of Finance will allocate funds according to procedures based on the final review results.

6. Organization and implementation

Each province must identify the leading department and actively play the role of overall supervision. Relevant departments must increase policy support for pilot counties and encourage the introduction of supporting policies such as land, electricity prices, and service fees to effectively ensure the construction and operation of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas. Actively coordinate local power grid enterprises to ensure grid access and capacity increase in pilot areas to ensure that the pilot work is effective. Establish a regular reporting system for the pilot status, and the operation data of the charging and swapping infrastructure should be uploaded to the clearing platform in real time; before the 15th of the first month of each quarter, the provincial leading department should organize the pilot counties to upload new energy vehicle penetration rates, new technology and new model applications, etc. on the clearing platform on a quarterly basis.

Each pilot county is the responsible body for formulating pilot implementation plans, improving supporting policies, and organizing and implementing pilot work. Pilot counties should strengthen organization and implementation and establish a working mechanism for close coordination and cooperation between the leading department and other relevant departments. Actively cooperate with local leading companies with certain construction scale and mature construction experience to build and operate charging and swapping facilities. The leading departments of the pilot counties should work with relevant departments to refine the division of tasks, strengthen supervision and assessment, create a good policy environment, coordinate and solve specific problems and difficulties in implementation, and complete the pilot tasks on the basis of ensuring safety. The pilot county finance and other relevant departments must ensure that the incentive funds allocated by the central government are used in a timely and effective manner.

7. Supervision, assessment and performance management

(1) Supervision and assessment. The three departments will strengthen the support, guidance and supervision of the pilot work on filling the shortcomings of charging and swapping facilities according to their functions, and organize third-party institutions and experts to track and guide the work throughout the process. The provincial level should strengthen the supervision and assessment of the pilot counties in the region and be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the materials submitted in the region.

(2) Performance management. Relevant provinces organize pilot counties to carry out performance target management, performance monitoring, and annual performance self-evaluation as required. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with the Ministry of Transport to carry out overall performance evaluation. The three departments will combine the overall performance evaluation results of the national pilot work in 2024 and the provincial performance evaluation results to comprehensively determine the scope of the pilot provinces in 2025 and the allocation of pilot counties in each province.

The three departments will organize random inspections and evaluations in conjunction with third-party agencies in a timely manner. If the random inspection results are inconsistent with the reported situation and other pilot work is ineffective, punitive measures such as deduction of reward funds, suspension of fund allocation, and cancellation of pilot qualifications will be taken according to procedures. No unit or individual may withhold, expropriate or misappropriate incentive funds. For units and individuals that violate national laws, administrative regulations and relevant provisions, relevant departments shall promptly stop and correct them, and deal with them in strict accordance with the "Budget Law of the People's Republic of China" and its implementation regulations, "Regulations on Punishments for Fiscal Violations", etc.; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility will be pursued in accordance with the law. If the finance, industry and information technology, transportation departments and their staff at all levels violate this notice, as well as other violations of laws and disciplines such as abuse of power, dereliction of duty, malpractice for personal gain, etc., they will be held accountable in accordance with the Budget Law of the People's Republic of China and its implementation regulations, the Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on Punishments for Fiscal Violations, and other relevant provisions; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility will be pursued in accordance with the law.

Contact information:

Economic Construction Department of the Ministry of Finance 010-61965050

Department 1, Equipment Industry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 010-68205644

Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport 010-65292936

Attachment: 1. Pilot implementation plan preparation outline

2. The number of places allocated by province for the first batch of pilot counties

3. Annual assessment indicators and reward standards for the first batch of pilot counties

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Transport

April 9, 2024

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