From July 6 to 8, 2021, the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (SAC/TC 114) held the 7th International Symposium on Technologies & Standards and Regulations for Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV2021) in Cangzhou, Hebei province. The meeting provided an overview of China’s recent progress in the supervision and standardization work for intelligent connected vehicles (ICV) as below

1. Market Access Requirements:

• In April 2021, MIIT issued the “Guidelines for the      Administration of Access by Intelligent Connected Vehicle Producers and      Products (Trial Implementation)”, outlining entry requirements for ICV      producers and products with qualified autonomous driving and highly      automated driving functions.
• Three mandatory national standards were approved and      are expected to be released in late 2022: (i) General technical      requirements for software update of vehicles; (ii) Technical      requirements and test methods for the cybersecurity of complete      vehicles; and (iii) Intelligent and connected vehicles – Data storage      system for automated driving.
• Functional security is involved in the market access      management requirements for vehicles and related products, including      mandatory standards such as GB 21670, GB 17675, GB 21670, and GB 12676.

2. Regulatory dynamics:

Between May and June 2021, MIIT and CAC issued a number of documents for certain key fields:

• Identity authentication: MIIT Notice on      Carrying out the Pilot Work of IoV Identity Authentication and Security      Trust.
• Internet of Vehicles Card: MIIT Notice on Enhancing      Management of Real-Name Registration of IoV Cards (Draft for Comments);
• Network Security: MIIT Notice on Enhancing the      Network Security of Internet of Vehicles (IoV) (Intelligent Connected      Vehicles) (Draft for Comments);
• Data Security: Several Provisions on the      Administration of Automobile Data Security (Draft to Solicit Comments).

3. Development of government standards:

• Research and development were carried out for more than      80 standardization projects, in line with the Guidelines for the      Construction of Internet of Vehicles Standard System (Intelligent      Connected Vehicles) and the Key Points of Intelligent      Connected Vehicles Standardization Work in 2020.
• The ’14th Five-Year Plan’ Standard System      Planning for Intelligent Connected Vehicles was completed; while      the new standard module of “Resource Management and Information Service”      was added into the Guidelines for the Construction of Internet of      Vehicles Standard System (Intelligent Connected Vehicles) – which      includes four aspects of standards including operating systems, computing      platforms, functional software, and data application.
• Standardization of components required for key vehicle      features, such as equipment including vehicle radar, navigation, and      camera; in-vehicle high-speed network; vehicle chips, etc., has become the      priority.

4. Association standards:

• The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers      (CAAM) Big Data Committee is in the process of developing standards      for Data Format and Definition of Intelligent Connected Vehicles.
• The Telematics Industry Application Alliance (TIAA) has      issued, or is currently in the process of developing, multiple standards      for ICV, such as Data Security and Sharing Reference Architecture      of Intelligent Connected Vehicles, Interference Interception      and Avoidance Specification for Vehicle Wave Radar, Security      Requirements for Sharing Data of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles,      etc.
• The China Industry Innovation Alliance for Intelligent      Connected Vehicles (CAICV) has issued, or is currently in the process of      developing, over 20 standards for ICV, including Cooperative      Intelligent Transportation System; Vehicular Communication; Application      Layer Specification and Data Exchange Standard; IOV Insurance      Innovation & Data Intelligent Application Related Data Collection      Requirement; Technical Specifications for the Operation Safety      Test of Intelligent Connected Vehicle; etc.

5. Internationalization of standards

• In June 2021, the China Automobile Standards      Internationalization Centre (Geneva) was established, with the aim to      facilitate and promote more in-depth participation in and coordination      with the international standardization activities of the United Nations,      ISO, and IEC.

During the symposium, NTCAS also held the first-ever Exhibition on the Standardization Achievements of ICVs, showcasing to participants and visitors China’s recent core projects and development in the field of ICV standards.