Ten sectors: By the end of 2028, 30,000 power-charging facilities at 60kW and above were being built or renovated in the expressway service area

In a message dated 5 June from IT House, 10 departments, including the Ministry of Transport and Communications, published on 1 June a three-year programme of action for the promotion of quality development in the rental of minibuses, which proposes the improvement of service packages such as parking chargers.

Specifically, the programme mentions encouraging leasing enterprises to invest in new energy vehicles. Speed up the construction of charging facilities in the expressway service area, and by the end of 2028 new renovations in the freeway service area will have been made to 30,000 electric vehicle charging facilities with power above 60 kilowatts. (c) To direct greater cooperation between civil aviation airports, high iron stations, bus passenger stations, etc. and leasing enterprises to facilitate parking and charging of leased vehicles.

IT House was informed that reference was also made to the extension of the passenger hub lease coverage. In an orderly manner, civil aviation airports and high-duty stations have been provided with a network coverage, with an annual capacity of more than 1 million per year, and high-speed stations of 2nd and above, to set up a network of rental services, and to accelerate the development of “high-duty/civilian + landing vehicles”.

Efforts have been made to achieve the coverage of civil aviation airports and high-iron stations by setting up self-help return points, providing a hub recovery service, and providing a hub-to-door ferry service. To urge civil aviation airports and high-iron stations to regulate rental service-oriented markings in accordance with relevant standards.

The Programme proposes to promote one-stop services such as car rental advice, vehicle recovery, off-site return, vehicle identification, etc., for passengers in the cities of Kyinzu, the Long Triangle, the Bay of Hong Kong, the Twin City Economic Circle of Chengsu Region and 5A class tourist attractions. Support for small mini-bus leasing enterprises to set up a network of science-based leasing services in combination with tourism resources, fine-fitted tourism roads, etc.

In terms of improving the facilitation of rental services, the Programme proposes to expand the provision of free off-site return services. Support leasing enterprises to optimize resource allocation and enhance information-sharing, and by 2028 to achieve free return for urban groups in priority tourist areas, Kyouta, the Long Triangle, the Bay of Hong Kong, and the Twin City Economic Circles of Chengsu. Explore the establishment of cross-regional cooperative alliances of leasing enterprises, such as industry associations, to facilitate resource-sharing among enterprises within the unions and provide free off-site return services. Promote cross-regional recognition of rental vehicle record-keeping information to meet demands for off-site return services, achieve “one-place filing, inter-provincial use” of leased vehicles by the end of 2027, and inter-residence of leased vehicles for urban groups such as Kyoutai, the Long Triangle, the Bay of Hong Kong, and the Twin City Economic Circles of Chengyu by the end of 2028.

With regard to the optimization of the rental of cars, the Programme proposes to optimize the process of checking the tenant's motor vehicle driver's permit line and to promote in an orderly manner the identification of the lessee and the “test number one” of the motor vehicle driver's permit. Optimizing the road traffic safety violation process and facilitating the landing of such facilitation initiatives as rental vehicle traffic violation. Leases and electric power companies are being directed to the full implementation of services such as “credit-free rental vehicles”, door-to-door pick-up and “free-of-car upgrades”. Support leasing enterprises to optimize vehicle dynamic allocation mechanisms using such technologies as artificial intelligence, physical networking and the provision of services such as vehicle-type smart referral, VR-watching, and self-recovering of vehicles without contact at all. Optimizing the checking of foreign tenants ' documentation, encouraging market service providers to provide diversified payment methods and improving the ease of payment for foreigners from China. Incentives to the main leasing companies to rent cars online. App Add a “one-key rescue” feature to achieve full coverage by 2027.

To promote the integration of leasing and tourism, the Programme provides for the full integration of refined and self-engineered road transport, the improvement of the network of car rental services along the routes, the promotion of free off-site return services in the cities along the routes, the strengthening of the system of emergency and rescue services and the establishment of an emergency replacement mechanism for vehicle failure. Support to leasing enterprises for market-based cooperation with travel agencies, attractions, hotels, residential accommodations, etc., through the introduction of one-stop services such as “rent + ticket” “rent + hotel” and the provision of diversified services such as route referral and itinerary planning for tenants. Lease enterprises are encouraged to expand the service chain by providing one-stop information services such as viewing sites, geo-humanities, retrieving network points, parking chargers, emergency rescue and so on.

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