MIIT Outlines Key Auto Standardization Priorities for 2026: Advance Mandatory National Standards for Autonomous Driving and Connected Vehicles

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released the key priorities for automotive standardization work in 2026, with a strong emphasis on accelerating the development of standards for intelligent and connected vehicles. Specific tasks include: - Advancing the issuance and implementation of mandatory national standards for combined driving assistance systems; - Completing the review and approval process for national standards on automatic emergency braking systems and lane-keeping assistance systems for heavy-duty vehicles; - Finalizing the public consultation phase for mandatory national standards on parking-related combined driving assistance systems; - Promoting the revision and initiation of standards for driver attention monitoring and surround-view monitoring systems. Additionally, efforts will focus on: - Promoting the issuance and implementation of mandatory national standards for autonomous driving systems and standards for simulation testing methods for autonomous driving; - Completing the review and approval of standards related to autonomous driving test scenarios and integrated positioning; - Launching public consultations on mandatory national standards for automated parking systems. Furthermore: - Completing the review and approval of standards for digital keys and direct communication-based warning systems; - Accelerating the development of standards for platooning technical requirements and levels of vehicle connectivity. In the area of information security: - Advancing the review and approval of standards concerning identification of critical data, intrusion detection, and guidelines for information security audits; - Completing the review and approval of standards on software quality requirements and evaluation for intelligent and connected vehicles. Concurrently, standardization efforts will proceed on: - Biometric recognition, cabin function evaluation, and touch-based interaction. In the domain of functional safety: - Accelerating the development of foundational standards for safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) assessment and evaluation, AI functional safety, and SOTIF; - Promoting the formulation of functional safety and SOTIF standards for key electronic control systems, including driving automation systems, steer-by-wire chassis systems, battery management systems, and drive motor systems.