About the development of new energy automobile industry, the construction of charging facilities, the reduction and exemption of vehicle purchase tax … authoritative response!

　　Recently, the the State Council executive meeting studied the policies and measures to promote the high-quality development of the new energy automobile industry. On the morning of June 21st, the State Council Press Office held a routine briefing on the State Council policy to introduce the situation of promoting the high-quality development of new energy automobile industry. Let’s pay attention together!

　　Q1

　　Q: How to deal with the unbalanced and insufficient market development of new energy vehicles and further strengthen policy support?

　　A：

　　The first is to improve the quality of product supply. Support the development of high-security climate power battery, heat pump air conditioning, vehicle thermal management and other technical research, and improve the technical standard of thermal runaway of power battery, so as to further enhance the low-temperature applicability and safety of new energy vehicles and meet the needs of consumers in alpine regions.

　　The second is to increase the promotion of key areas. Organize and carry out the pilot project of comprehensive electrification of vehicles in the public sector, compile and implement the work plan of electrification of heavy trucks, and accelerate the promotion of the electrification ratio of urban public transport, logistics, rental, sanitation, heavy trucks and other vehicles; Continue to carry out new energy vehicles to the countryside, support enterprises to develop more advanced and applicable models, improve the charging infrastructure system, and further release the consumption potential in rural areas.

　　The third is to strengthen the support guarantee conditions. Formulate an implementation plan to promote the development of lithium resources industry, speed up the development of key mineral projects, study and formulate the Management Measures for the Recycling of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles, improve the recycling system, expand the cascade utilization scenarios, and accelerate the construction of a green and recycling ecosystem.

　　The fourth is to build a world-class brand. We will continue to carry out the special action of "China Automobile Brand Upward Development", support superior enterprises to strengthen quality management, optimize production capacity layout, promote backward automobile enterprises and production capacity withdrawal in a market-oriented and legal way, promote collectivization and large-scale development, and accelerate the cultivation of internationally competitive China brands.

　　Q2

　　Q: How to solve the problems of "finding piles", "entering communities" and "charging roads" for new energy vehicles?

　　A：

　　The Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Further Building a High-quality Charging Infrastructure System all put forward targeted solutions to the problems such as "difficulty in finding piles", "difficulty in entering communities" and "difficulty in charging roads".

　　In view of the "difficulty in finding piles"-

　　On the one hand, we will strengthen the network coverage of charging infrastructure and build a well-structured urban charging network, focusing on residential areas, office areas, commercial centers, industrial centers and leisure centers. Accelerate the effective coverage of charging infrastructure in rural areas suitable for the use of electric vehicles. Vigorously promote the construction of charging infrastructure in public parking lots, qualified gas stations, tourist attractions and other public areas.

　　On the other hand, we will build an information network platform with full access to all kinds of charging infrastructure, and timely release the setting and real-time use of public charging infrastructure through various convenient channels such as the Internet map service platform.

　　In view of the "difficulty in entering the community"-

　　Actively promote the construction of charging infrastructure in residential areas.

　　First, in the installation of facilities, it is required to accelerate the charging infrastructure of fixed parking spaces in existing residential areas. Strictly implement the requirements of charging infrastructure in newly-built residential areas, and ensure that 100% of the charging infrastructure is built in fixed parking spaces or installation conditions are reserved.

　　Second, in the coordination mechanism, it is required to speed up the formulation of management guidelines for the construction of charging infrastructure in residential areas by cities and establish a "one-stop" coordination promotion and complaint handling mechanism.

　　Third, in terms of service guarantee, charging operators are encouraged to accept the entrustment of the owners and provide services such as construction, operation and maintenance of charging infrastructure in a unified manner; Encourage the construction of charging infrastructure to be included in the transformation of basic facilities in old residential areas, and simultaneously carry out the construction of supporting power supply and distribution facilities.

　　In view of the "difficulty in charging roads"-

　　The first is to build a convenient and efficient intercity charging network. Accelerate the filling of short-board road network charging infrastructure between key cities to effectively meet the long-distance travel needs of electric vehicles; Expand the coverage of the charging infrastructure of the national expressway network, and encrypt and optimize the layout of facilities; Promote the scientific layout of charging infrastructure in qualified ordinary national and provincial trunk highway service areas and service stations according to local conditions.

　　The second is to strengthen the charging service in the expressway service area. It is required that the charging infrastructure should be built simultaneously in the newly-built expressway service area, and the transformation of the charging infrastructure in the existing expressway service area should be accelerated. In principle, the new facilities should adopt high-power charging technology. Moderately put mobile charging infrastructure in areas with large traffic volume and during major holidays to enhance the resilience of the charging network.

　　The third is to build an interconnected charging network for urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas. Strengthen the unified planning and coordinated construction of charging infrastructure, and improve the accessibility of electric vehicles among urban agglomerations, metropolitan areas and key cities.

　　Q3

　　Q: What are the main aspects involved in continuing and optimizing the vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption policy for new energy vehicles?

　　A：

　　According to the relevant requirements of the the State Council executive meeting, this continuation and optimization mainly includes the following aspects:

　　First, the vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption policy for new energy vehicles will be extended from implementation to December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2027 for four years. Among them, the vehicle purchase tax will be exempted from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, that is, it will continue to be exempted in the first two years; The vehicle purchase tax will be halved from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027, and halved in the next two years. With the implementation of the extension policy, the total amount of vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption from 2024 to 2027 will reach 520 billion yuan.

　　The second is to set a reduction limit for the reduction of vehicle purchase tax for new energy passenger cars. For new energy passenger cars whose purchase date is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, set a tax reduction and exemption limit of 30,000 yuan; For new energy passenger cars whose purchase date is from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027, a tax reduction and exemption limit of 15,000 yuan is set, with a cap. Mainly considering the obvious differentiation of the domestic new energy vehicle market, supporting the technological progress and upgrading of new energy vehicles, and the unbalanced development of new energy passenger cars and commercial vehicles, different quotas have been set in the two policy stages. In essence, vehicles with a selling price of 300,000 yuan or less are not affected by the quota. Vehicles with a price of more than 300,000 yuan can only enjoy tax reduction or exemption according to the maximum quota, and those exceeding 300,000 yuan need to pay vehicle purchase tax at the prescribed tax rate. According to the data in 2022, the output of new energy passenger cars of 300,000 yuan or less accounts for about 87%. Setting this limit has little impact on consumers and the market as a whole who purchase new energy passenger cars.

　　Third, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology optimizes the technical requirements for enjoying the vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption policy according to the technological progress of new energy vehicles, the development of standard system and the change of vehicle models, and guides enterprises to accelerate technology research and development and upgrading.

　　Q4

　　Q: How to effectively promote the recycling of power batteries?

　　A：

　　Doing a good job in recycling the power batteries of new energy vehicles is of great significance for stabilizing the supply of resources, protecting the environment and realizing the healthy and sustainable development of the industry.

　　In recent years, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments, has actively promoted the recycling of power batteries, and successively issued the Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles, the guidelines for the construction and operation of recycling service outlets, and issued national standards such as product specifications, coding rules, disassembly specifications, and residual energy detection. Promote the national unified coding of power batteries, establish a national traceability management platform and a whole life cycle traceability monitoring mechanism, and guide automobile production enterprises, cascade utilization and battery production enterprises to build more than 10,000 recycling service outlets for used power batteries nationwide, covering 327 prefecture-level cities in 31 provinces. At the same time, we have also cultivated and selected 84 standardized enterprises for the comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries, forming a comprehensive utilization capacity that can meet the current and future processing needs.

　　The recycling of power battery is a complicated system engineering. There are several tasks to be further strengthened:

　　The first is to strengthen the standardized management of the industry. It is necessary to speed up the formulation of the "Management Measures for the Recycling of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles". It is necessary to speed up the development of standards such as general requirements for the recycling of power batteries and further improve the standard system of power batteries.

　　The second is to improve the comprehensive utilization ability. We will continue to implement the standardized management of the comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries, cultivate key enterprises for comprehensive utilization, strengthen the dynamic management of "in and out" and increase the supply of advanced comprehensive utilization capabilities.