Qian Chaoyang, General Manager of State Grid Corporation of China Southern Power Grid, stated that the investment in rural power grid construction will reach 31.2 billion yuan by 2025.

Qian Chaoyang, general manager of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd., stated at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 5th that in response to the insufficient end-supply capacity of the traditional power grid, the on-site grid connection of some distributed photovoltaics, frequent natural disasters, and the phenomenon of "bird migration" returning to their hometowns, the Southern Power Grid Company has mainly taken the following measures to address these issues, including increasing targeted investment to enhance the "hard power" of rural grids; targeted technological breakthroughs to create a "new model" for island power supply; and targeted collaboration to focus on "protecting people's livelihood" between the government and enterprises. In terms of investment, Qian Chaoyang introduced that the Southern Power Grid Company has increased the construction of rural grids to enhance the connection capacity between rural distribution networks and the main network, improved equipment standards to enhance the ability of rural grids to withstand natural disasters, and used flexible grid transformation technology to increase the capacity of rural grids to integrate distributed new energy sources. By utilizing technologies such as mobile energy storage, they can meet the changing energy consumption needs of the "bird migration" population. Therefore, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the Southern Power Grid Company has already invested over 170 billion RMB, and this year's investment will reach 31.2 billion RMB. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, they will further increase investment to improve this situation.