The total number exceeds 16 million electric vehicle charging facilities, with a county coverage rate of over 97%. The annual charging capacity of new energy vehicles rivals that of the Three Gorges Dam.

The National Energy Administration held a press conference today to release information on the development of electric vehicle charging facilities and energy infrastructure investment in China in the second quarter of this year. As of the end of June, the total number of electric vehicle charging facilities in China has reached 16.1 million, including 4.096 million public charging facilities and 12.004 million private charging facilities; the coverage rate of charging facilities in counties has reached 97.08%, and in towns has reached 80.02%. Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department of the National Energy Administration, introduced that in the first half of this year, the total charging amount of new energy vehicles in the country reached 54.923 billion kilowatt-hours, and the annual charging amount is expected to be equivalent to the annual power generation of the Three Gorges Dam.