Key points in this article
A red line, on paper and in practice
Provincial order 348, in effect since May 2022, regulates electric bicycle parking and charging. It forbids parking or charging in public lobbies, corridors, stairwells and exits of residential and public buildings where people must be able to escape.
What is clearly banned
The order draws a bright line: no bringing bikes indoors to charge, no blocking evacuation routes. These are not suggestions but enforceable requirements protecting everyone who lives in or visits the building, including those asleep on the upper floors at night.
The practical takeaway
Liaocheng frames the order as the safety baseline that daily habits must respect. Residents should charge only at outdoor centralized points, obeying the law and shouldering the most basic responsibility for communal safety that good neighbors owe one another.
Behind the headline of "Liaocheng explains provincial order 348 on e-bike charging rules" in Liaocheng are ordinary mornings that change for commuters and shopkeepers. The part that rarely makes news, steady operation and honest billing, is exactly what keeps the whole arrangement safe, calm and worth using again.