China News Service, February 29 (Xinhua) The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on State Council policies on February 29 to introduce the work of State Council departments in handling suggestions from National People's Congress deputies and proposals from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2023.
At the meeting, Wang Gang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that this year, the Ministry of Transport will continue to guide various localities to strengthen cooperation with relevant enterprises, increase construction efforts, optimize layout, densely set up, and continue to promote the construction of charging infrastructure along highways.
Wang Gang said that it has become a trend for the public to travel with new energy vehicles during holidays.
Monitoring data shows that during this year’s Spring Festival holiday (February 10-17), the average daily traffic of new energy vehicles on highways across the country was 5.9392 million vehicles, accounting for 10.04% of the total daily average traffic. Compared with the same period in 2023 (daily average of 1.7169 million vehicles, Accounting for 3.81%) increased significantly.
Wang Gang introduced that in recent years, the Ministry of Transport has thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, worked with relevant departments to guide local transportation authorities and highway management units, strengthened cooperation with power grid companies, charging operators, etc., and accelerated the development of highways along the In terms of charging infrastructure system construction, as of the end of 2023, a total of 21,000 charging piles have been built, and the charging infrastructure network along the highway has been further improved.
At the same time, in order to strengthen operational services, in 2023, the Ministry of Transport will incorporate the "random inspection" of highway charging facilities into people's livelihood matters, and launch the "e Road Smooth" WeChat applet to collect, aggregate and publish highway service areas through information technology Charging infrastructure information, the "Sunshine Rescue" function is simultaneously opened, and the "one-click call for help" on national highways and the "three disclosures" of rescue service telephone numbers, rescue service points and charging standards are provided, providing multiple guarantees for electric vehicle road travel, and public driving The willingness and confidence to travel with new energy vehicles continues to increase.
At the same time, the Ministry of Transport has also noticed that problems such as insufficient charging infrastructure, uneven development, and insufficient utilization in some areas still exist.
This year, the Ministry of Transport will continue to guide various localities to strengthen cooperation with relevant enterprises, increase construction efforts, optimize layout, density settings, and continue to promote the construction of charging infrastructure along highways. It plans to add 3,000 charging piles and 5,000 charging parking spaces in highway service areas. and encourage the construction of ultra-fast charging and high-power charging facilities in service areas.
At the same time, according to the characteristics of traffic flow in different regions and different time periods during holidays, localities are guided to provide targeted service guarantee measures.
The first is to promptly add mobile charging facilities as needed.
Guide all localities to rationally add mobile charging equipment to reduce congestion and queues in highway service areas with large charging demand and obvious queues during holidays.
The second is to strengthen charging information query services.
Optimize and upgrade the "e-Road Smooth" WeChat applet, and continue to promote the collection, review and release of data on charging facilities in highway service areas to ensure that charging information is comprehensive, timely and accurate.
The third is to strengthen charging guidance in service areas.
Guide highway service areas to arrange dedicated guidance services at charging stations with large traffic volumes, encourage short-term recharging during peak charging hours, charge on the go, reduce queues, and guide charging to adjacent service areas when necessary to provide public travel More convenient and efficient travel services.