OREANDA-NEWS. October 02, 2012. The 2012 China International Green Vehicle Industry Expo (Hangzhou) ("Expo" for short) was launched in Hangzhou Peace Exhibition Center. The Expo was supported by EV Key Project Management Office of Ministry of Science and Technology and organized by China Industrial Energy Conservation and Clean Production Association, China Electricity Council and Hangzhou Municipal Government. The Expo displayed in an all-rounded way the latest developments in EV and charging and battery swapping facilities at home and abroad. SGCC, as a sponsor, was invited to the Expo, reported the press-centre of SGCC.

Deputy Chief Economist Wang Xiangqin attended the opening ceremony. He later accompanied the leaders from Ministry of Science and Technology and Hangzhou Municipal Government to SGCC's booth and participated in "China International Forum of New Energy EVs, Charging & Battery Swapping Facilities and Power Batteries" held by China Electricity Council.    

SGCC is an important state-owned company. Developing the EV industry and building an effective charging and battery swapping service network for EVs is an important goal for the company, as well as an occasion to implement national energy-saving policies and fulfill the corporation's social responsibilities. SGCC has been an active promoter and developer of the EV industry since 2006. To date, the enterprise has already been cooperating with foreign and domestic upstream and downstream enterprises of the EV industry, making great progress in standard formulation, equipment research and development, infrastructure construction, network planning, model innovation and cooperation. So far, it has constructed 251 charging &battery swapping stations and 13283 AC charging spots , making China the country with the most extensive charging infrastructure currently in operation in the world.

The company representatives attended "2012 China International New Energy Vehicles' Development and Marketing Promotion Summit (Hangzhou)". EV Key Project Management Office of Ministry of Science and Technology, SGCC and other power enterprises jointly held 25 symposiums about "Ten Cities & Thousand EVs" and urban private pilot charging and battery swapping facilities with subsidies, introducing the ideas and fruits so far to ministries, local governments and upstream and downstream EV companies, in order to promote the efficient docking of charging and battery swapping facilities' construction and operation and national EV promotion and application.