The history of the development of the electric bicycle in China is generally recognised by the industry as having three stages of development: the primary stage of the electric bicycle, the incipient production scale stage and the super-speed development stage.

The primary stage of the electric bicycle is also known as the early experimental production stage of the electric bicycle, in terms of time, that is, from 1995 to 1999. The main focus of this phase was on research into the key technologies of the four major components of the electric bicycle, namely the motor, battery, charger and controller. In terms of R&D and production, the main focus was on the spontaneous gathering of information, tracking technology, organising market observation and putting small batches on trial in the market, which led to the electric bicycle coming into the consumer's view and being gradually recognised and accepted by them. Technically speaking, early electric bicycles could only travel about 30 kilometres on a single charge with new batteries, which had a short battery life, poor climbing ability and were prone to wear and tear, and the motors were all brushless motors. But it was the accumulation of this period that laid the foundations for the scale of this industrialisation today in terms of talent, technology and product development.