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One ledger, not many
Chargers no longer 'keep their own books'—a national monitoring web is tightening. The NEA leads the national charging-facility monitoring platform and builds a national-province-city three-tier system: city platforms push to province, province compiles and reports to national, with one data-exchange protocol and monthly public data releases, making every stall 'statically traceable, dynamically updatable'. For regulators this means facility operation, service fees and holiday dispatch are 'visible and governable'.
A staggering base
The platform's base is astonishing scale. NEA's H1 2026 data: by end-Jun national charging points (guns) reached 23.057M (+43.2% YoY); 5.009M public, 18.048M private, ~49.35kW avg gun power. Locals accelerate 'going online': Hainan requires operators to push all dynamic/static data to the provincial platform by 30 Jun, Guangdong finished legacy-stall access and links province-to-national, Hebei makes provincial-platform access a project-acceptance must. By end-Jun county coverage hit 98.61% and >180k high-power guns existed.
Yantai's transparent gain
For Yantai owners and operators the web's value is 'find accurately, use clearly'. Dongdian Huichong's community and public charging sees the three-tier platform's digital governance landing on two things: public data makes 'where's a stall nearby, is it pricey, is it working' more transparent, cutting empty trips; and price and service quality are monitored, pushing operators to solidify O&M and experience. When choosing a stall, prefer compliant sites 'already on the official platform with real-time data' to get convenience and trust together.