Anhui aims to have more than 500,000 public charging piles and 500 battery swap stations by 2027, which will meet the charging needs of 1 million NEVs.

China's public charging piles stood at 2,462,000 units at the end of September, with a monthly average of about 69,000 units added since October 2022, according to the EVCIPA.

The 10 regions with the highest number of public charging piles -- Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Beijing, Shandong, Anhui, Henan and Sichuan -- contributed 71 percent of the total number.

Anhui plans legislation to further promote local NEV industry