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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) — China is actively promoting the consumption of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in rural areas by creating an optimized policy environment.
Five government departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce, jointly issued a circular on Tuesday, according to which promotional activities will be carried out in a number of counties where the prevalence of NEVs is low and the market potential is large.
Within the framework of such promotions, exhibition events and test drives will be organized, for which NEV car models with a good reputation and reliable quality that meet the needs of use in rural areas will be selected.
The selection includes 124 models, both pure electric and hybrid, from domestic brands such as BYD, Geely, GAC Aion and Xpeng, as well as Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y.
In order to optimize the support environment for the use of NEV vehicles in rural areas, after-sales service and repair companies, electric vehicle charging and battery replacement service providers, and financial services firms will also join the promotions.
In the first four months of 2025, China’s NEV production volume rose 48.3 percent year-on-year to nearly 4.43 million units, while sales jumped 46.2 percent to 4.3 million, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. NEVs accounted for 42.7 percent of the country’s total auto sales in the period.
At the same time, according to official data, as of the end of March 2025, there were 13.75 million NEV charging infrastructure devices across the country, including 3.9 million public and 9.85 million private. -0-