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What is changing in Laishan
In Laishan, zombie-pile governance is moving from headlines into neighborhood life. Faulty or offline piles left unrepaired become 'piles you cannot use'; many places now include availability rate in assessments, pushing dynamic removal and routine inspection. Building well matters less than managing well.
Policy and local practice
A July 2025 notice on scientifically planning high-power charging facilities targets over 100,000 high-power chargers nationwide by end-2027, easing range anxiety at highway service areas and key cities. The push complements a broader shift from quantity to quality, where availability rate, not just count, defines real service. Sorting the timeline: top-level design landed first with the 15th Five-Year Plan targeting over 40 million charging facilities by 2030; energy efficiency and renewal accelerated via GB 46519-2025 and about 2.65 million old piles; county gaps sped up under the Hundred Counties project; high-power supercharging scaled toward over 100,000 units by end-2027. Hotspots now make the change visible.
From coverage to quality
Charging has shifted from 'whether there is a pile' to 'whether it is good'. Early coverage left faulty piles and poor experience. Policy and technology now push competition from scale to service; whoever builds solid operations and clarifies billing holds the next advantage. Operators survive by managing well, not building much. With 7x24 monitoring and a small local maintenance radius, broken piles get fixed. Dongshang New Energy (Dongdian Huichong) runs survey, construction and managed charging across Yantai's 13 districts, with local teams and defined response times.