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Dongping: the 24-million-connector milestone story reaches the street
In Dongping, 24-million-connector milestone is moving from headlines into daily life. By the end of August 2026, China's charging infrastructure exceeded 24 million connectors, the world's largest network; in the first eight months service areas added about 11,000 high-power units, equal to the entire prior cumulative total. For Dongping, sinking chargers into markets, health centers and government halls fits real demand far better than isolated posts.
Plan charts the long view
The 15th Five-Year Plan for New Power System Construction, issued by the NDRC and NEA, calls for over 40 million charging points and about 300,000 high-power units by 2030, supporting more than 110 million EVs. It pushes an urban-area, highway-corridor and rural-point network, service-area upgrades and unified build-operate pilots in residential zones.
Vehicle-to-grid turns a charger from a power outlet into a storage node. When EVs charge off-peak and feed back at peak, they smooth the grid and may reward owners. New sites without two-way ability risk a forced second retrofit before long.
On the ground in Dongping
In Dongping, residents fold charging into market days and visits to relatives, while the operator keeps the maintenance radius small so broken piles get fixed. Dongdian Huichong (Dongshang New Energy) brings 7x24 monitoring and local staffing, proving that sinking chargers into the neighborhood is the real last mile.