Sinopec plans to build electric vehicle charging facilities in its large petrol stations in some regions, including Beijing and Chongqing. On 22 February, a Beijing subsidiary of Sinopec teamed up with Beijing Capital Science and Technology Group Corp to set up a clean-energy joint venture to build charging stations for electric vehicles.

State Grid Corp of China has already built several charging stations in Shanghai, Tianjin and Xian. By the end of this year, it plans to add 75 stations and 6,029 charging facilities in 27 Chinese cities.