NDRC: China's charging infrastructure to exceed 40 million units by 2030

On November 6, 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference in its "Striving for the 15th Five-Year Plan" series. Currently, China's oil and gas consumption accounts for about one-third of final energy consumption, mainly concentrated in transportation, industry and other sectors. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, multiple measures will be taken to advance the replacement of oil and gas consumption with electricity. Ge Ju, deputy director of the Development Planning Department of the National Energy Administration, said at the press conference that efforts will continue to deepen electricity substitution, and by 2030, the share of electricity in China's final energy consumption will rise to about 35 percent. In the transportation sector, the National Energy Administration will advance the layout and construction of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure, build a charging infrastructure network featuring area-based coverage in cities, line-based coverage along highways and point-based coverage in rural areas, and ensure that charging infrastructure exceeds 40 million units by 2030, forming charging service capacity to support more than 110 million electric vehicles. According to data from the National Charging Facility Monitoring Service Platform, as of the end of September 2026, the total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (guns) in China reached 24.777 million, up 37.2 percent year on year. Among them, public charging facilities (guns) totaled 5.207 million, up 16.3 percent year on year, with total rated power reaching 266 million kilowatts and average power per gun at about 51.10 kilowatts; private charging facilities (guns) totaled 19.570 million, up 44.0 percent year on year, and the reported electricity capacity for private charging facilities reached 167 million kilovolt-amperes.