The total number of charging piles in my country has exceeded 21.95 million, with an increase of 10 million in two years, achieving a "three-level leap".
Looking at its development history, my country's charging infrastructure construction has continuously broken records for "China Speed." It took a full 13 years to go from 0 to 1 million charging guns; 5 years from 1 million to 10 million; and only 18 months from 10 million to 20 million. Today, the total number of charging guns is approaching 22 million, and this leapfrog growth clearly outlines the increasingly determined path of the new energy vehicle industry.
Structural changes are the most significant highlight of this data. As of the end of April 2026, there were 4.907 million public charging facilities, a year-on-year increase of 29.6%; and 17.048 million private charging facilities, a year-on-year increase of 53.5%, accounting for a high 77.6%, far exceeding public charging piles and becoming the absolute main driver of industry growth.
Meanwhile, according to the China Charging Alliance's report on the operation of national electric vehicle charging and swapping infrastructure in April 2026, the number of charging infrastructure additions in the first four months of 2026 reached 1.863 million, a year-on-year increase of 49.4%. Of these, private charging facilities increased by 1.673 million, a year-on-year increase of 100.5%, more than doubling; while public charging facilities increased by only 190,000, a year-on-year decrease of 53.9%. This stark contrast reveals a clear market trend—more and more new energy vehicle owners are choosing "home charging freedom."
This is closely related to the robust demand in the new energy vehicle market, with the overall pace of coordinated vehicle and charging infrastructure development improving. In the first four months of 2026, the cumulative domestic sales of new energy vehicles reached 4.304 million units, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%. The gap between the increase in charging infrastructure and the increase in vehicles narrowed, indicating that the construction of charging infrastructure can basically meet the needs of the rapid development of new energy vehicles. The service capacity of the charging network is rapidly shifting from "sufficient" to "easy to use."
While the volume is increasing, the "quality" of the charging network is also steadily improving. As of the end of April 2026, the total rated power of public charging piles reached 237 million kilowatts, with an average power of approximately 48.38 kilowatts, a significant increase of about 20% compared to approximately 40 kilowatts in 2024. This means that while the number of charging piles has expanded rapidly, the charging efficiency of each pile has also improved significantly, effectively alleviating charging pressure during peak hours.
Behind this power increase is the accelerated popularization of high-power supercharging technology—as of the end of March 2026, more than 12,000 high-power supercharging stations had been built nationwide. At the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, BYD and CATL successively released their new generation of supercharging technologies, reducing electric vehicle charging time to a level comparable to refueling gasoline vehicles, marking a qualitative leap in the charging experience.
Currently, my country's electric vehicles and charging infrastructure continue to maintain a high-speed growth trend, with strong growth demand. New demands such as high-power charging, highway charging, and rural charging are constantly optimizing the charging network layout.
Policy support for the construction of charging infrastructure continues to be strengthened. In September 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments released the "Three-Year Action Plan for Doubling the Service Capacity of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities (2025-2027)," which clearly stated that by the end of 2027, 28 million charging facilities would be built nationwide, providing over 300 million kilowatts of public charging capacity to meet the charging needs of over 80 million electric vehicles.
It is worth noting that previously, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the "Notice on Relevant Work Concerning the Application for the 2026 County-Level Charging and Swapping Facility Improvement Pilot Program," planning to support 59 joint pilot counties to carry out the 2026 county-level charging and swapping facility improvement pilot program, promoting the extension of the charging network to county towns and rural areas. Each joint pilot county could receive up to 45 million yuan in central government reward funds within three years. This marks a new stage in my country's charging infrastructure construction, accelerating from a "city-first" approach to a "combined urban and rural" approach.