Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group

China had 7.84 million new energy vehicles by the end of 2021, an increase of 59.25 percent on a yearly basis according to statistics released by the Ministry of Public Security.

Li Shufu, chairman of Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group and a deputy to the National People’s Congress, proposed to accelerate the construction of battery swapping stations, further improve policies and regulations for electronic vehicle battery swapping and accelerate the standardization of battery swaps.

Li also proposed to apply methanol fuel nationwide, saying the low-carbon fuel is safer and more convenient than other new energies.

Li said methanol automobiles should enjoy the same policy support as other new energy vehicles. Thus, more enterprises would compete for R&D in methanol vehicles, and carbon neutrality in the transport sector would be reached soon.