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Why co-governance
Charging into communities involves site, power supply, order and fees from many sides. Laying rules out early and letting residents join the discussion clearly reduces later finger-pointing in Haiyang, because the people who live with the result helped design it from the start.
A national backbone
The 15th Five-Year Plan for the new power system targets over 40 million charging facilities by 2030 and about 300,000 high-power units, supporting more than 110 million EVs with a city-line-village network. That scale only works when local communities accept and help maintain the infrastructure near their homes.
Local fit matters
For counties, charging should follow local travel: markets, clinics and service halls beat isolated points. Old communities can pilot unified build-and-operate models so safety responsibility stays clear and personal installation headaches fade, giving residents a single accountable partner instead of many unclear ones.
Haiyang's task is translating national ambition into neighborhood reality without losing local character. Co-governance is the bridge: when residents help shape the plan, they also help maintain it, and the result outlasts any single campaign or budget cycle.