Chinese Automated Driving Standards - Revision history

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Neumoeglich: /* GB 44721-2026 [L3/L4 ADS safety] */

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GB 44721-2026 [L3/L4 ADS safety]

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中华人民共和国道路交通安全法（修订草案） [Road Traffic Safety Law revision—AV chapter]

Neumoeglich: /* 中华人民共和国道路交通安全法（修订草案） [Road Traffic Safety Law revision—AV chapter] */

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中华人民共和国道路交通安全法（修订草案） [Road Traffic Safety Law revision—AV chapter]

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 === GB 44721-2026 [L3/L4 ADS safety] ===
 '''Intelligent and connected vehicle—Safety requirements for automated driving system'''
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 '''Issuing authority.''' Issued by SAMR and SAC; developed under MIIT through the ICV subcommittee (SC34) of TC114.
-'''Summary.''' China's first mandatory national standard specifically for Level 3 and Level 4 automated driving systems. Issued 30 July 2026 and effective 1 July 2027; the official SAMR record states that it will fully replace GB/T 44721-2024. Applies to M- and N-category vehicles with Level 3 and/or Level 4 driving automation and excludes automated parking systems. MIIT describes three principal layers: (1) manufacturer lifecycle safety-assurance requirements, including safety management and a safety file; (2) ADS safety requirements intended to ensure safety performance no lower than that of a qualified and attentive driver, including activation, dynamic-driving-task execution, exit, human-machine interaction, L3 user takeover-capability monitoring, user information, and training; and (3) an inspection framework combining review of enterprise safety assurance and the safety file with confirmation testing. Third-party testing is organized around the national track, road, and simulation standards GB/T 41798, GB/T 44719, and GB/T 47025. MIIT states that the standard fully covers the core technical requirements of UN GTR No. 26 while adding implementation-oriented national requirements. The June 2026 approval draft contained additional quantitative requirements and a normative safety-case annex; because the final full text had not yet appeared in the Openstd full-text viewer as of this update, draft-specific numerical details should be checked against the final published text before being quoted as final requirements.
+'''Summary.''' China's first mandatory national standard specifically for Level 3 and Level 4 automated driving systems. Issued 30 July 2026 and effective 1 July 2027; the official SAMR record states that it will fully replace GB/T 44721-2024. Applies to M- and N-category vehicles with Level 3 and/or Level 4 driving automation and excludes automated parking systems. MIIT describes three principal layers: (1) manufacturer lifecycle safety-assurance requirements, including safety management and a safety file; (2) ADS safety requirements intended to ensure safety performance no lower than that of a qualified and attentive driver, including activation, dynamic-driving-task execution, exit, human-machine interaction, L3 user takeover-capability monitoring, user information, and training; and (3) an inspection framework combining review of enterprise safety assurance and the safety file with confirmation testing. Third-party testing is organized around the national track, road, and simulation standards GB/T 41798, GB/T 44719, and GB/T 47025. MIIT states that the standard fully covers the core technical requirements of UN GTR No. 26 while adding implementation-oriented national requirements. The final standard text is now available through the official SAMR/SAC standard record. It should therefore control over details drawn from the June 2026 approval draft; the earlier drafts remain useful for tracing development of the standard but should no longer be relied on for final requirements without checking them against the issued text.
-'''Official link.''' [https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbDetailed?id=581F707DDAB98B4AE06397BE0A0ADF96 SAMR standard record]; [https://std.sacinfo.org.cn/gnoc/queryInfo?id=DAD5238F1B4084185C94A49E385283BC SAC/SAMR Announcement No. 34 of 2026]; [https://wap.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/zbys/qcgy/art/2026/art_a1d2072374884287b67048a77560014e.html MIIT] (4 Aug 2026 interpretation)
+'''Official link.''' [https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbDetailed?id=581F707DDAB98B4AE06397BE0A0ADF96 SAMR standard record and final text]; [https://std.sacinfo.org.cn/gnoc/queryInfo?id=DAD5238F1B4084185C94A49E385283BC SAC/SAMR Announcement No. 34 of 2026]; [https://wap.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/zbys/qcgy/art/2026/art_a1d2072374884287b67048a77560014e.html MIIT] (4 Aug 2026 interpretation)
 '''Earlier draft sources.''' [https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/zbys/qcgy/art/2026/art_84f95e0c2e664ca0b2be8d37360fbd45.html MIIT] (consultation notice); [https://www.miit.gov.cn/cms_files/filemanager/1226211233/attach/20262/c0491b86e3744ea09904235ed2b958c8.pdf MIIT] (consultation draft PDF); [https://www.ncsti.gov.cn/kjdt/tzgg/202606/t20260618_250015.html NCSTI] (June approval-draft publicity notice)

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 '''Relationship to standards.''' The draft would place a national statutory road-use layer above the technical standards and pilots catalogued on this page. Its automated-driving definition tracks the "entire dynamic driving task" architecture of GB/T 40429-2021 and the ICV terminology system in GB/T 44373-2024. Its use of design operating conditions gives direct prospective statutory significance to GB/T 45312-2025. Article 96's road-traffic-rules compliance-test requirement corresponds directly to mandatory-standard plan no. 20260050-Q-312, although the official text clarifies that the test is tied to applications for production access or import permission rather than phrased simply as a prerequisite to registration. GB 44721-2026 supplies the mandatory ADS product-safety baseline, while GB 44497-2024 supplies the mandatory automated-driving data-recording layer that is particularly relevant to Article 98. The draft also appears to move China toward a general statutory framework for automated-vehicle road access beyond the 2023 L3/L4 access pilot, although that pilot remains operative unless and until legislation and implementing measures provide otherwise.
-'''Official links.''' [http://www.npc.gov.cn/flcaw/userIndex.html?lid=ff8081819ff54ab801a03d624f823cc3 National People's Congress public-comment page] (official consultation page; 28 Aug-26 Sept 2026); [http://www.npc.gov.cn/flcaw/flca/ff8081819ff54ab801a03d624f823cc3/attachment.pdf National People's Congress] (official first-reading draft PDF). '''State-media/background links.''' [https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260825/9f3ade3682bf4c3584c81f8bf8ffa331/c.html Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 first-reading overview); [https://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/20260825/92b444d94ad74006ae8f69c9e7092561/c.html Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 automated-driving chapter); [https://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/20260826/0ad7823966864dddb1335e45995228c5/c.html Xinhua] (26 Aug 2026 detailed account); [https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2026-08-25/doc-inippvuq2250799.shtml Economic Daily] (25 Aug 2026 Economic Daily report, syndicated by Sina); [https://news.cyol.com/gb/news/articles/2026-08/26/content_5x623gF0dm.html China Youth Daily] (26 Aug 2026); [https://weibo.com/2/detail/5335849440905446 Chongqing Dazu Court] / [https://weibo.com/2/detail/5336095340625994 Tianping Yangguang].
+'''Official links.''' [http://www.npc.gov.cn/flcaw/userIndex.html?lid=ff8081819ff54ab801a03d624f823cc3 National People's Congress public-comment page] (official consultation page; 28 Aug-26 Sept 2026); [http://www.npc.gov.cn/flcaw/flca/ff8081819ff54ab801a03d624f823cc3/attachment.pdf National People's Congress] (official first-reading draft PDF).
 '''Earlier public draft.''' [https://gaj.ankang.gov.cn/Content-2243484.html MPS 2021 revision proposal] (full text of the earlier 《道路交通安全法（修订建议稿）》; not the 2026 first-reading bill)

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	Shenzhen (above) exercises separate special-economic-zone legislative powers; the provincial measures below apply across the province, with further city-level implementation rules in Jiangmen, Shanwei, and elsewhere.		Shenzhen (above) exercises separate special-economic-zone legislative powers; the provincial measures below apply across the province, with further city-level implementation rules in Jiangmen, Shanwei, and elsewhere.
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		+	==== 惠州市功能型无人车道路测试与示范应用管理实施细则（试行） [functional driverless-vehicle testing rules] ====
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		+	'''Huizhou Trial Implementation Rules for Road Testing and Demonstration Application of Functional Driverless Vehicles'''
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		+	'''《惠州市功能型无人车道路测试与示范应用管理实施细则（试行）》'''
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		+	'''Issuing authority.''' Huizhou municipal artificial-intelligence and robotics, industry-and-information-technology, public-security, and transport authorities (jointly), with the consent of the Huizhou Municipal People's Government.
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		+	'''Summary.''' Municipal implementation rules for road testing and demonstration application of functional driverless vehicles (功能型无人车), including low-speed vehicles used for logistics delivery and other service applications; jointly issued 7 Aug 2026. The rules establish application and operating requirements for testing and demonstration activities and a cross-departmental oversight structure. The Huizhou postal administration is responsible for relevant testing and demonstration work in the postal and express-delivery sector, while the office of the city's ICV testing-and-demonstration joint working group, located in the municipal artificial-intelligence and robotics authority, coordinates implementation.
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		+	'''Official link.''' [https://www.spb.gov.cn/gjyzj/c100015/c100017/202608/9e2c06dc89ff42d1a5b8721832e029f9.shtml State Post Bureau] (27 Aug 2026 official report); [https://gd.spb.gov.cn/gdsyzglj/c100057/c100061/202608/e148ee5945a84ae6baa44c05537173ea.shtml Guangdong Provincial Postal Administration] (19 Aug 2026 report)

	==== 广东省智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理办法（试行）[road-test measures] ====		==== 广东省智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理办法（试行）[road-test measures] ====

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 '''Relationship to standards.''' The draft would place a national statutory road-use layer above the technical standards and pilots catalogued on this page. Its reported distinction between automated driving and driver assistance tracks the "entire dynamic driving task" architecture of GB/T 40429-2021 and the ICV terminology system in GB/T 44373-2024. Its use of design operating conditions gives additional legal significance to GB/T 45312-2025. Most importantly, the reported pre-road-use compliance-test requirement corresponds directly to mandatory-standard plan no. 20260050-Q-312; GB 44721-2026 supplies the mandatory ADS product-safety baseline, while GB 44497-2024 supplies the mandatory automated-driving data-recording layer. The draft also appears to move China toward a general statutory framework for road access beyond the 2023 L3/L4 access pilot, although that pilot remains the operative mechanism unless and until legislation and implementing rules provide otherwise.
-'''Official/state-media links.''' [Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 first-reading overview); [Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 automated-driving chapter); [Xinhua] (26 Aug 2026 detailed account confirming definitions, inactive-function treatment, manufacturer/importer handling of violations, burden of proof, and principles concerning access, operation, crash investigation, vehicle data, and insurance); [Economic Daily] (road-access testing and enterprise duties); [China Youth Daily] (reported definitions and design-operating-condition disclosure); [Chongqing Dazu Court / Tianping Yangguang] (reported ODC activation, data-access, burden-of-proof, and insurance details)
+'''Official/state-media links.''' [https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260825/9f3ade3682bf4c3584c81f8bf8ffa331/c.html Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 first-reading overview); [https://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/20260825/92b444d94ad74006ae8f69c9e7092561/c.html Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 automated-driving chapter); [https://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/20260826/0ad7823966864dddb1335e45995228c5/c.html Xinhua] (26 Aug 2026 detailed account confirming definitions, inactive-function treatment, manufacturer/importer handling of violations, burden of proof, and principles concerning access, operation, crash investigation, vehicle data, and insurance); [https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2026-08-25/doc-inippvuq2250799.shtml Economic Daily] (25 Aug 2026 Economic Daily report, syndicated by Sina; road-access testing and enterprise duties); [https://news.cyol.com/gb/news/articles/2026-08/26/content_5x623gF0dm.html China Youth Daily] (26 Aug 2026; reported definitions and design-operating-condition disclosure); [https://weibo.com/2/detail/5335849440905446 Chongqing Dazu Court] / [https://weibo.com/2/detail/5336095340625994 Tianping Yangguang] (reported ODC activation, data-access, burden-of-proof, and insurance details).
 '''Earlier public draft.''' [https://gaj.ankang.gov.cn/Content-2243484.html MPS 2021 revision proposal] (full text of the earlier 《道路交通安全法（修订建议稿）》; not the 2026 first-reading bill)

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 '''Status and issuing process.''' A State Council bill submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for first reading on 25 Aug 2026. State-media reports describe the bill as nine chapters and 170 articles, including a dedicated chapter entitled 《自动驾驶汽车的特别规定》 ("Special Provisions on Automated-Driving Vehicles"). It is a draft, not enacted law.
-'''Summary.''' According to Xinhua and other state-media reports, the draft distinguishes automated-driving vehicles from vehicles/functions that merely assist the driver: an automated-driving vehicle performs the entire dynamic driving task within its design operating conditions, whereas driver assistance performs only part of the task. An automated-driving vehicle must pass a road-traffic-rules compliance test and be lawfully registered before public-road operation. When a traffic violation occurs while the automated-driving function is active, the manufacturer or importer is to accept the violation handling; when that function is not active, and for vehicles equipped only with driver-assistance functions, the ordinary rules for nonautomated vehicles apply. Reports also describe compulsory motor-vehicle traffic-crash liability insurance and manufacturer/importer duties concerning road-operational safety, cybersecurity, data security, and truthful marketing. More detailed public reports state that automation may be activated only within the vehicle's design operating conditions, that manufacturers/importers must prevent activation outside those conditions, and that police may obtain relevant automated-driving data when investigating a crash; those details should be checked against the bill itself when the first-reading text becomes public.
+'''Summary.''' According to Xinhua and other state-media reports, the draft distinguishes automated-driving vehicles from vehicles/functions that merely assist the driver: an automated-driving vehicle performs the entire dynamic driving task continuously and automatically in place of the driver within its design operating conditions, whereas driver assistance helps the driver perform only part of the dynamic driving task. An automated-driving vehicle must pass a road-traffic-rules compliance test and be lawfully registered before public-road operation. When a road-traffic-safety violation occurs while the automated-driving function is active, the manufacturer or importer is to accept the violation handling. Xinhua further reports that if the manufacturer or importer contends that the violation was unrelated to the automated-driving function, it bears the burden of proof. When the automated-driving function is not active, and for vehicles equipped only with driver-assistance functions, the ordinary rules for nonautomated vehicles apply. Reports also describe compulsory motor-vehicle traffic-crash liability insurance and manufacturer/importer duties concerning road-operational safety, cybersecurity, data security, and truthful marketing. Xinhua's 26 Aug account states more generally that the draft establishes principles governing automated-driving vehicle access, road operation, crash investigation and handling, vehicle-data processing, and insurance. More detailed public reports state that automation may be activated only within the vehicle's design operating conditions, that manufacturers/importers must prevent activation outside those conditions, and that police may obtain relevant automated-driving data when investigating a crash; those details should still be checked against the bill itself when the first-reading text becomes public.
 '''Relationship to standards.''' The draft would place a national statutory road-use layer above the technical standards and pilots catalogued on this page. Its reported distinction between automated driving and driver assistance tracks the "entire dynamic driving task" architecture of GB/T 40429-2021 and the ICV terminology system in GB/T 44373-2024. Its use of design operating conditions gives additional legal significance to GB/T 45312-2025. Most importantly, the reported pre-road-use compliance-test requirement corresponds directly to mandatory-standard plan no. 20260050-Q-312; GB 44721-2026 supplies the mandatory ADS product-safety baseline, while GB 44497-2024 supplies the mandatory automated-driving data-recording layer. The draft also appears to move China toward a general statutory framework for road access beyond the 2023 L3/L4 access pilot, although that pilot remains the operative mechanism unless and until legislation and implementing rules provide otherwise.
-'''Official/state-media links.''' [https://www.news.cn/politics/20260825/a334cf4b5a2c4311a009c5f9c381cb73/c.html Xinhua] (first-reading overview); [https://www.news.cn/legal/20260825/92b444d94ad74006ae8f69c9e7092561/c.html Xinhua] (automated-driving chapter); [https://www.jingjiribao.cn/static/detail.jsp?id=678751 Economic Daily] (road-access testing and enterprise duties); [https://news.youth.cn/gn/202608/t20260826_16834459.htm China Youth Daily] (reported definitions and design-operating-condition disclosure); [https://weibo.com/2/detail/5335849440905446 Chongqing Dazu Court / Tianping Yangguang] (reported ODC activation, data-access, burden-of-proof, and insurance details)
+'''Official/state-media links.''' [Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 first-reading overview); [Xinhua] (25 Aug 2026 automated-driving chapter); [Xinhua] (26 Aug 2026 detailed account confirming definitions, inactive-function treatment, manufacturer/importer handling of violations, burden of proof, and principles concerning access, operation, crash investigation, vehicle data, and insurance); [Economic Daily] (road-access testing and enterprise duties); [China Youth Daily] (reported definitions and design-operating-condition disclosure); [Chongqing Dazu Court / Tianping Yangguang] (reported ODC activation, data-access, burden-of-proof, and insurance details)
 '''Earlier public draft.''' [https://gaj.ankang.gov.cn/Content-2243484.html MPS 2021 revision proposal] (full text of the earlier 《道路交通安全法（修订建议稿）》; not the 2026 first-reading bill)