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Reading the scorecard
Approaching the end of the 14th Five-Year period, Jinan reads the charging answer sheet: community and public charging both clearly advanced beyond the original baseline.
Both neighborhood and public charging saw uplift, with coverage density rising from urban centers toward counties and the surrounding towns in a balanced, fair way.
What improvement looks like
Improvement means not just more piles but better-placed, better-maintained ones that residents actually use with genuine, repeated confidence rather than quiet suspicion.
The period shows a network shifting from merely enough to genuinely usable, the solid foundation the next plan will confidently build upon starting next calendar year.
The scorecard ultimately measures trust as much as steel, because a network people actually use is worth more than a larger one they avoid, and Jinan's gains show both columns moving up together at last. Where usage rises, confidence follows, and the two reinforce each other so that the network's quiet success becomes self-sustaining rather than dependent on constant promotion.