In 2022, a total of 274 hydrogen refueling stations were built in China, with Sinopec having the highest number of such stations

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As of 2022, 274 hydrogen refueling stations had been built and put into operation in China, indicating that there is still significant room for development. Hydrogen refueling stations are important infrastructure for the commercialization and growth of the hydrogen energy industry; their distribution and quantity determine the scale and level of adoption of hydrogen energy in various end-use applications in the future. I. The number of hydrogen refueling stations is 2‰ of the number of gas stations, indicating significant potential for growth in the future. According to JLC Research, as of 2022, 274 hydrogen refueling stations were in operation in China, while the total number of gas stations across the country was 113,000; thus, the number of hydrogen refueling stations is less than a fraction of that of gas stations. Looking at the synchronized development of the entire hydrogen industry chain, hydrogen refueling stations are developing more slowly compared to upstream hydrogen production and downstream hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. A total of 22 were built in 2022, with the construction pace being slower than the 112 built in 2021. By province, Guangdong, Shandong, and Jiangsu rank among the top three with 47, 27, and 26 hydrogen stations respectively. The total number of hydrogen stations in the top 10 provinces amounts to 206, with 50% of them located in the five major demonstration city clusters. Starting from August 2021, demonstrations and promotions of fuel cell vehicles were launched in the \"3+2 city clusters\" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shanghai, Guangdong, Henan, and Hebei. Various measures such as policy introduction, corporate investment, project implementation, and promotion of applications have been continuously put into effect in China.