Today (12th), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport issued a notice to accelerate the filling of the gaps in public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas, and further unleash the consumption potential of new energy vehicles. From 2024 to 2026, the three departments will carry out pilot work on filling the gaps in county-level charging and swapping facilities.

According to the notice, from 2024 to 2026, the three departments will carry out a pilot project of 'one hundred counties, one thousand stations, and one thousand piles', and strengthen the planning and construction of new energy vehicle charging and swapping facilities in key villages and towns. The central government will arrange reward funds to support pilot counties in carrying out pilot work. At the provincial level, we should fully leverage the role of overall planning and coordination. Local departments at all levels should actively introduce relevant policies in areas such as land, electricity prices, and service fees, form a policy synergy, effectively fill the gaps in public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas, and strive to achieve full coverage of charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas.

According to the notice, the subjects applying for pilot projects should be counties with rich promotion and application scenarios for new energy vehicles, relatively weak public charging and swapping infrastructure construction, high enthusiasm for local promotion and application, and weak willingness to invest in social capital. Among them, the city where the pilot county is located should have a car ownership of no less than 200000 in 2023, which has good potential for consumption of new energy vehicles; At the same time, it has sufficient power supply guarantee capabilities.

In terms of quota allocation, from 2024 to 2026, the three departments will allocate provincial pilot county quotas based on factors such as the current development status and future potential of local new energy vehicles and public charging and swapping infrastructure, regional area, number of counties within the province, and current financial situation. The first batch of pilot counties has a total of 70 quotas.

In terms of reward standards, the central finance will provide reward funding support to pilot counties that have been approved and filed by the three departments and have completed their task goals, with a demonstration period of 3 years for each pilot county. The reward standards are set based on the annual compliance of the power utilization rate of charging and swapping facilities in pilot counties, and are divided into three levels. During the demonstration period, pilot counties that achieve the highest annual target can receive a maximum of 45 million yuan. The reward funds are mainly used for the construction and operation of charging and swapping infrastructure in pilot counties, and shall not be used to balance local financial resources. They shall not be used for subsidies for the purchase and operation of new energy vehicles. After the pilot program is completed, the three departments will provide 10% of the reward standard for counties that have exceeded their targets and have a significant demonstration and driving effect on the surrounding areas.

(CCTV reporter Wang Nan)