Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission
Notice on Issuing the "Measures for the Construction and Operation Management of Electric Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure in Hunan Province"
HNPR-2025-02011
Xiang Fa Gai Neng Yuan Gui 〔2025〕 No. 289
Development and Reform Commissions (Bureaus) of cities, prefectures, counties, and districts; power supply enterprises; and charging and battery swapping infrastructure construction and operation enterprises:
The "Measures for the Construction and Operation Management of Electric Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure in Hunan Province" is hereby issued to you for compliance and implementation.
Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission
April 28, 2025
Measures for the Construction and Operation Management of Electric Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure in Hunan Province
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the spirit of documents such as the "Guiding Opinions on Further Building a High-Quality Charging Infrastructure System" (Guo Ban Fa 〔2023〕 No. 19) and the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Electric Vehicle Charging (Swapping) Infrastructure" (Xiang Zheng Ban Fa 〔2021〕 No. 4) to standardize the investment, construction, operation, and management of electric vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure in the province and promote the high-quality development of such infrastructure.
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to matters related to the planning, construction, acceptance, operation, safety, and supervision of electric vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure within the administrative region of Hunan Province.
Article 3 The term "charging and battery swapping infrastructure" in these Measures refers to various types of facilities that provide energy补给 for electric vehicles, including:
(1) Private charging facilities: Facilities installed in private fixed parking spaces to provide charging services exclusively for personal electric vehicles.
(2) Special-purpose charging facilities: Facilities providing charging services exclusively for specific electric vehicles such as public transport, passenger transport, environmental sanitation vehicles, and those used within units or enterprises.
(3) Public charging facilities: Facilities providing charging services for non-specific electric vehicles.
(4) Battery swapping facilities: Facilities (non-buildings) that include battery replacement areas, battery charging areas, and battery storage areas located in open spaces or structures, providing battery replacement services for electric vehicles.
Article 4 The Hunan Provincial Intelligent Service Management Platform for Charging Infrastructure (hereinafter referred to as the "Provincial Charging Service Platform") shall, in accordance with the principles of "provincial deployment, three-level application, and multi-network integration", fully access static and dynamic data of various charging and battery swapping infrastructure in the province, providing support for network planning, construction and operation, evaluation and supervision, and charging pile search services of such infrastructure in the province.
Article 5 The Provincial Development and Reform Commission (Provincial Energy Bureau) shall be responsible for formulating the provincial development plan for charging and battery swapping infrastructure. Municipal and prefectural development and reform departments shall formulate municipal development plans for charging and battery swapping infrastructure, including sub-plans for counties and districts. Counties and districts may formulate development plans or construction schemes for charging and battery swapping infrastructure as needed. Plans for charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall be integrated with territorial spatial, power, and transportation plans in accordance with the principles of "scientific layout, appropriate advancement, innovative integration, and safety and convenience".
Chapter II Construction Management
Article 6 All types of social capital are encouraged to participate in the investment and construction of charging and battery swapping infrastructure. No locality shall monopolize the investment, construction, or operation of such infrastructure through franchise models; instead, a unified, efficient, standardized, fair, competitive, and fully open market for charging and battery swapping shall be built.
Article 7 The construction process of charging and battery swapping infrastructure includes planning and site selection, project record-filing, electricity connection application, project construction, platform access, and completion acceptance. The name of a charging or battery swapping station shall remain consistent during project record-filing, platform access, and external operation, with a unified format of "operating enterprise + geographical location + charging station" (e.g., "State Grid Hunan Tianxin District XX Charging Station").
Article 8 The site selection, design, and construction of charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall comply with national standards and specifications, as well as relevant regulations on planning, environmental protection, fire protection, electricity, and lightning protection.
Article 9 The design of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Compliance with design standards and specifications: It shall meet the requirements of Code for Design of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (GB/T 50966), Code for Design of Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping Stations (GB/T 51077), General Code for Building Fire Protection (GB55037), Code for Fire Protection Design of Garage, Motor Repair Shop and Parking Lot (GB50067), and Design Standard for Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities in Hunan Province (DBJ43/T016).
(2) Technical requirements for charging scenarios: Expressway service areas and surrounding toll stations shall adopt ultra-fast charging, high-power charging facilities, or battery swapping facilities; central urban areas of large and medium-sized cities and public areas in county-level cities shall adopt high-power charging, fast charging, or battery swapping facilities; privately-built charging piles and centrally-built charging piles in residential areas shall have intelligent and orderly functions, capable of accepting remote hardware or system instructions to meet the requirements of unified control of charging power and unified adjustment of charging time (observable and controllable).
(3) Requirements for noise pollution prevention: The construction of charging and battery swapping stations shall comply with national noise emission standards and environmental vibration control standards; low-noise equipment shall be selected in areas with concentrated noise-sensitive buildings.
Article 10 Charging guidance signs shall be set in parking and charging areas, including entrance indication signs, road guidance signs, and parking charging signs:
(1) Entrance indication signs shall be set near main entrances and exits.
(2) Parking charging signs shall be set in prominent positions on the ground and above parking spaces.
(3) All signs shall comply with Graphical Symbols—Symbols for Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Facilities (GB/T 31525).
Article 11 Investment projects for the construction, renovation, or expansion of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall be subject to record-filing management, including but not limited to public and special-purpose charging and battery swapping facilities. Projects invested by central enterprises in Hunan and provincial state-owned enterprises shall be filed with the Provincial Development and Reform Commission; projects invested by enterprises directly managed by cities/prefectures and their holding enterprises shall be filed with municipal/prefectural development and reform departments; other projects shall be filed with county/district development and reform departments. For residential communities adopting the "unified construction and service" model, charging operation enterprises shall apply for record-filing with the local county/district development and reform department. For the same enterprise in the same community, only one record-filing is required, with construction carried out as needed and implemented in phases. County/district development and reform departments shall summarize record-filing data quarterly and report to municipal/prefectural development and reform departments.
Article 12 Investors of charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall handle record-filing procedures online through the "Hunan Provincial Online Approval and Supervision Platform for Investment Projects". Investors shall not independently modify major items in the project record-filing documents, including investor, construction location, project scale, and operation model. If the project content changes or the project is abandoned after record-filing, the investor shall promptly inform the project record-filing authority through the online platform and update relevant information. The following materials shall be submitted for project record-filing:
(1) Record-filing application report, including basic information of the project unit, project name, construction location, construction scale, construction content, and total project investment.
(2) Copy of the enterprise's business license (unified social credit code certificate) and the legal representative's ID card.
(3) Statement that the record-filed project complies with national industrial policies.
(4) Letter of commitment for authenticity, etc.
Article 13 Investors may download the Record-filing Certificate through the "Hunan Provincial Online Approval and Supervision Platform for Investment Projects" and must provide the certificate when applying for electricity connection to power supply enterprises. For residential communities not adopting the "unified construction and service" model, residents may directly apply for electricity connection for private charging piles, and power supply enterprises shall summarize such applications quarterly and report to county/district development and reform departments.
Article 14 The safety and quality management of charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall be standardized as follows:
(1) The construction of charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall comply with Technical Guidelines for Construction of Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Facilities (NB/T 33009), Technical Specification for Power Supply System of Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Facilities (NB/T 33018), and other relevant requirements.
(2) For special-purpose and public charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects connected to the power grid with a voltage level of 10kV or above, the design unit shall have at least a Class C qualification in the power industry.
(3) Construction units for charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall have qualifications for professional contracting of building mechanical and electrical installation engineering or power transmission and transformation engineering; subcontracting or illegal subcontracting of construction projects is prohibited.
Article 15 Investors and operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall strengthen equipment procurement management, verify product qualification certificates, CCC certification, and other information of charging piles and supporting equipment to ensure compliance with quality and safety regulations. Residential private charging piles shall use products with product qualification certificates and CCC certification marks.
Article 16 Power supply enterprises shall be responsible for the construction, operation, and maintenance of supporting grid-connection projects from the property boundary of charging and battery swapping facilities to the public power grid, and shall not charge grid-connection fees.
Article 17 The construction of charging infrastructure in residential areas shall comply with Code for Fire Protection Design of Garage, Motor Repair Shop and Parking Lot (GB 50067). Charging operation enterprises, property management enterprises, parking space owners, and owners' committees are encouraged to participate in the "unified construction and service" of charging infrastructure in residential areas, providing unified construction, operation, and maintenance services. For communities with "unified construction and service" implemented, individual applications for private charging piles shall not be accepted in principle. Residential private charging piles shall be installed by qualified units or professionals.
Chapter III Acceptance Management
Article 18 The acceptance management of charging and battery swapping infrastructure construction projects shall be standardized as follows:
(1) After the completion of construction and testing of the power-receiving engineering of a charging and battery swapping infrastructure project, the investor may apply to the local power supply enterprise for acceptance and power supply.
(2) Upon completion, public and special-purpose charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects shall be inspected by a third-party testing institution. They may be put into operation only after passing the inspection and obtaining an acceptance report, and the acceptance report shall be submitted to the local county-level development and reform department within 15 working days.
(3) If public or special-purpose charging and battery swapping infrastructure projects are put into operation without acceptance or failing acceptance, the county-level power authority shall organize the local power supply enterprise to suspend power supply in accordance with prescribed procedures, and power supply shall be resumed after passing the acceptance.
Article 19 Third-party testing institutions shall have provincial or higher CMA testing qualifications, with testing scopes including off-board chargers and AC charging piles.
Article 20 Municipal/prefectural and county/district development and reform departments shall strengthen supervision over third-party testing institutions, organize relevant units to conduct on-site sampling inspections of the content of acceptance reports issued by third-party testing institutions as appropriate each year, and promptly handle and report those issuing false acceptance reports.
Chapter IV Operation Management
Article 21 Operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities shall be subject to a commitment and public announcement system. Operating enterprises shall submit relevant commitment materials to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission (Provincial Energy Bureau) through the Provincial Charging Service Platform, and the materials shall be made public on the platform after review.
Article 22 Commitments of operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities shall include:
(1) Business license: The enterprise's business scope shall include "construction and operation of charging and battery swapping infrastructure" and other related contents.
(2) Safety operation commitment: Commitment to organize design, construction, and acceptance in accordance with project construction safety and quality requirements, establish a safety operation and maintenance system, and carry out daily equipment maintenance; commitment to have at least 2 professional and technical personnel, including 1 with a special operation certificate for high-voltage electrical work and 1 for low-voltage electrical work, and 1 person with basic fire-fighting equipment operation capabilities.
(3) Operation order commitment: Commitment to clearly mark prices, standardize charging service fee collection, and not disrupt market order through predatory pricing or high-price monopoly; commitment to have an self-operated or third-party-provided operation platform for charging and battery swapping facilities, and to promptly access the Provincial Charging Service Platform and transmit data in real time.
(4) Integrity commitment: Compliance with industry self-discipline regulations, lawful, compliant, and honest operation; commitment that the provided materials are true and valid.
Article 23 Investors of public and special-purpose charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall meet the conditions committed by operating enterprises or entrust operating enterprises that meet the committed conditions to construct and operate the facilities, ensuring the safe operation of the facilities. Qualified special-purpose charging facilities are encouraged to open to the public, and their operation services shall comply with regulations on public charging facilities.
Article 24 During operation, public and special-purpose charging and battery swapping facilities must access the Provincial Charging Service Platform and push operation data in real time as required, including but not limited to equipment availability, equipment utilization rate, charging prices, and orders.
Article 25 Operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities may charge users electricity fees and charging service fees. Electricity fees shall be implemented in accordance with national pricing policies, and charging service fees shall be determined by market principles. Fees shall be clearly marked, and multiple payment methods shall be supported. By 2030, demand (capacity) electricity fees shall be waived for centralized charging and battery swapping facilities subject to two-part electricity pricing.
Article 26 If charging and battery swapping facilities are no longer operated, the owner shall submit a written report to the county-level development and reform department, and go through account cancellation procedures with the power supply enterprise within 30 working days after obtaining approval, and promptly remove relevant equipment. Power supply enterprises shall summarize the account cancellation of charging and battery swapping facilities quarterly and report to the county-level development and reform department.
Article 27 A charging pile shall be deemed an invalid pile if it has safety risks or its charging-related functions fail and cannot be restored to normal function and safety status within the time limit for rectification. An invalid pile that cannot be restored to normal function and safety status after 3 months of rectification, or a charging pile that has not been used for 6 months or for which maintenance records in the recent 6 months cannot be provided, shall be deemed a long-term invalid pile. Operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities shall complete maintenance, replacement, or removal of long-term invalid piles within 3 months. County-level development and reform departments shall regularly carry out governance of long-term invalid piles in light of actual work. Operating enterprises are encouraged to upgrade and transform old charging and battery swapping facilities to improve charging service capabilities.
Article 28 Operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities are encouraged to apply the latest technologies and standards to upgrade existing facilities into charging and discharging facilities capable of grid integration and interaction (V2G). Making full use of the advantages of distributed mobile energy storage of electric vehicle batteries, pilot demonstrations of peak shaving, valley filling, voltage regulation, and frequency modulation shall be innovatively carried out, and virtual power plants based on electric vehicle aggregation shall be built to support the construction of a new-type power system in the province. Operating enterprises and electric vehicle users are encouraged to make full use of time-of-use electricity pricing policies for off-peak charging, striving to achieve that by 2026, the proportion of charging electricity in off-peak hours reaches over 60% for the whole society and over 80% for residents, improving the utilization efficiency of public power grid resources.
Chapter V Safety Management
Article 29 The requirements of "industries must manage safety, businesses must manage safety, and production and operation must manage safety" shall be strictly implemented. Safety management and inspection supervision mechanisms shall be established and improved to urge and guide operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities to regularly carry out safety hazard inspection and rectification, and strengthen safety supervision of such infrastructure.
Article 30 The main responsibility for work safety of investors and operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall be fully implemented. Sound work safety management systems shall be established, operation and maintenance management shall be standardized, and work safety conditions of charging and battery swapping sites shall be strictly enforced.
Article 31 Investors and operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall strengthen safety training for employees to enable them to respond to emergencies. They shall independently or entrust third-party professional operation and maintenance institutions to regularly carry out safety hazard inspections, establish hazard ledgers, implement classified management, and promptly eliminate safety hazards. Regular governance of invalid piles shall be carried out to effectively improve the safety level of charging and battery swapping facilities.
Article 32 Operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping facilities are encouraged to purchase safety liability insurance, property insurance, product liability insurance, fire insurance, etc., to protect their own rights and interests and those of consumers.
Chapter VI Supervision and Management
Article 33 Construction units without corresponding construction qualifications or failing to construct in accordance with design plans shall be handled in accordance with the law by relevant departments.
Article 34 Third-party testing institutions issuing false acceptance reports shall be handled in accordance with the law by relevant departments.
Article 35 Investors or operating enterprises of charging and battery swapping infrastructure shall be handled in accordance with the law by relevant departments under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The design, construction, or acceptance units selected for the charging or battery swapping station project do not have corresponding qualifications.
(2) The construction safety quality of the charging or battery swapping station project and the selected charging and battery swapping equipment do not meet relevant technical standards.
(3) The charging or battery swapping station project is put into operation without record-filing, without acceptance, or failing acceptance.
(4) Disrupting market order by selling goods at below cost to eliminate competitors.
(5) Major safety hazards existing in the operation of the charging or battery swapping station that are not promptly addressed.
Article 36 Industry associations shall promptly grasp market conditions, formulate industry self-discipline regulations, promote the construction of a credit system, and urge enterprises in the industry to operate lawfully, compliantly, and in good faith.
Chapter VII Other Provisions
Article 37 These Measures shall come into force on the date of promulgation and be valid for five years.
Article 38 These Measures shall be interpreted by the Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission.
