Four Departments Release Draft Automotive Innovation Design Management Rules, People’s Daily Says Safety Is an Impassable Red Line

TREE NEWS update: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three other departments publicly released on the 10th a notice on further strengthening the management of automotive product innovation design and R&D testing verification (draft for comments). The accompanying technical guidelines for automotive product innovation design set out specific testing and verification requirements for virtual controls, door handles, new human-machine interaction systems, large-angle seats, and other aspects. People’s Daily published an article stating that safety is an impassable red line for the automotive industry; industry observers generally believe the new rules are intended to say no to “rushed cars.”