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A system plan
The 'hard to enter' estate charger install now has a system plan. Six ministries' 'Three-Year Doubling Action Plan for EV Charging Service Capacity (2025–2027)' sets by end-2027 >28M facilities, >300GW total power, serving >80M vehicles, and lays out 1000 'unified-build-serve' pilot estates plus 5000+ new V2G—solving 'hard to apply, hard to expand' from the supply side.
Local easing
Local rules also loosen. Shanxi Energy Bureau doc 〔2026〕237 states from 1 Sep 2026 direct-supply estates need no neighbourhood-committee stamp for charger install, cutting 'process stalls'; Fujian's 'Existing Residential Estate Charging Facility Plan' (trial from 1 Jan 2026) promotes smart ordered charging and multi-car-one-stall time-sharing where capacity is short; utilities push 'three-zero/three-save' services to cut connection cost and time.
Yantai's doorway gain
For Yantai residents the gain is at the doorstep. Dongdian Huichong's community and public charging reminds owners planning a stall: first check if your estate is in a 'unified-build-serve' pilot, use ordered charging to save off-peak and ease the transformer, and where capacity is short, negotiate 'multi-car-one-stall' or public-stall backup with property and utility. Catch the policy dividend and estate charging moves from 'a few install' to 'widely built'.