Chinese Automated Driving Standards
Chinese Automated Driving (SAE Level 3-5) Standards as of 2026 July 27
Notes
Scope. This list covers standards (including governmental recommendations) specific to SAE Level 3-5 automated driving. It excludes standards addressing only Level 2 combined driver assistance (e.g., GB 47955-2026). While some standards are mandatory (e.g., GB), others are merely recommended (e.g., GB/T).
Full-text access. Official texts of many standards are available at openstd.samr.gov.cn or through dbba.sacinfo.org.cn. Where an official text is not available, a link to an unofficial -- and unverified! -- text is provided instead.
Translation. English titles are those printed in the actual standard and are otherwise unofficial translations.
Disclaimer. This list is not authoritative. Rely at your own risk.
National Mandatory Standards (GB)
Three mandatory standards issued in August 2024 and effective 1 January 2026 form the compulsory baseline for intelligent and connected vehicle (智能网联汽车, ICV) type approval, including automated driving. An earlier mandatory standard on event data recorders (GB 39732-2020) also applies.
GB 44497-2024
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶数据记录系统》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Data storage system for automated driving (DSSAD)
Issuing authority: Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局, SAMR) and the Standardization Administration of China (国家标准化管理委员会, SAC); proposed and administered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部, MIIT); drafted by the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (全国汽车标准化技术委员会, TC114).
Summary: Specifies technical requirements, test methods, and type-determination rules for on-board data storage systems for automated driving on M- and N-category vehicles; issued 23 Aug 2024, effective 1 Jan 2026. Central to crash reconstruction and allocation of legal responsibility.
Official link: https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/std/newGbInfo?hcno=96DC64D0633EEFBAFCA545EF906757C2 (full text available)
GB 44495-2024
《汽车整车信息安全技术要求》
Technical requirements for vehicle cybersecurity
Issuing authority: SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会); administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部).
Summary: Specifies cybersecurity management system requirements and technical requirements/test methods covering external connections, communications, software updates, and data; issued Aug 2024, effective 1 Jan 2026. Provides the cybersecurity baseline on which higher-level automation depends.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44495") (full text available)
GB 44496-2024
《汽车软件升级通用技术要求》
General technical requirements for vehicle software update
Issuing authority: SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会); administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部).
Summary: Specifies software-update management system and vehicle-level technical requirements and test methods, including over-the-air (OTA) updates; issued Aug 2024, effective 1 Jan 2026. Governs online iteration of automated driving functions.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44496") (full text available)
GB 39732-2020
《汽车事件数据记录系统》
Automotive event data recorder (EDR) systems
Issuing authority: SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Summary: Mandatory EDR standard, complementary to GB 44497 (DSSAD): the EDR captures crash-event data while the DSSAD captures automated-driving operational data; issued 2020.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "39732") (full text available)
National Mandatory Standards (GB) Under Development
GB 44721 (final draft; plan no. 20256778-Q-339)
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统安全要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Safety requirements for automated driving system (final-draft mandatory standard)
Issuing authority: Developed under MIIT (工业和信息化部), drafted by the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (全国汽车标准化技术委员会); to be issued by SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Summary: China's first mandatory national standard for L3/L4 automated driving systems, to be issued as GB 44721, replacing recommended GB/T 44721-2024. Applies to M- and N-category vehicles with Level 3 and/or 4 driving automation (automated parking systems excluded). Key content: safety performance no lower than a competent and careful human driver across nominal, risk, failure, and beyond-ODC scenarios; quantified L3 motorway/expressway requirements (e.g., at least 10 s takeover lead time, at least 130 m forward detection at 120 km/h, minimal risk maneuver within 15 s of user incapacity); L4 requirements (remote assistance permitted but must not perform the dynamic driving task); human-machine interface red lines (no auto-activation on power-up; dual confirmation for handover); a mandatory safety management system and a claim-argument-evidence safety case (安全档案) as a normative annex, with residual-risk criteria including a fatality rate below 10⁻⁷ per hour; simulation-track-road three-pillar validation; and same-type determination rules. Transition: immediate for new type approvals, from the 13th month for already-approved models. Public comment draft 12 Feb 2026 (closed 13 Apr 2026); final draft publicized 17 June 2026; proposed effective 1 July 2027.
Official link: MIIT consultation notice (with full draft PDF); plan record at std.samr.gov.cn
Unofficial link: consultation draft PDF (MIIT); drafting explanation (MOFCOM mirror); summary of the final draft (WeChat)
National Recommended Standards (GB/T)
Unless otherwise noted, issued by SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会) and administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部). The entries from GB/T 34590 onward are not specific to automated driving but underpin the safety case and type approval of Level 3+ vehicles.
GB/T 40429-2021
《汽车驾驶自动化分级》
Taxonomy of driving automation for vehicles
Summary: Establishes the Level 0-5 driving-automation taxonomy (broadly parallel to SAE J3016); at Level 3+ the automated driving system (自动驾驶系统, ADS) performs the entire dynamic driving task. Issued 20 Aug 2021, effective 1 Mar 2022. The foundational classification for Chinese automated driving law and standards.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "40429") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44373-2024
《智能网联汽车 术语和定义》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Terms and definitions
Summary: Unifies terminology and definitions for the ICV domain, including automated driving system, operational design domain, and related concepts; issued 2024.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44373") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44721-2024
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统通用技术要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—General technical requirements for automated driving system
Summary: Specifies overall requirements, dynamic-driving-task execution requirements, fallback requirements, and human-machine interaction requirements for automated driving systems; issued and effective 29 Sept 2024. Will be replaced by mandatory standard GB 44721 (final draft publicized; see above).
Official link: https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/std/newGbInfo?hcno=8AA1E95193C35E2BFF390DBE5B986DE8 (full text viewable online)
Unofficial link: PDF (guifanku.com)
GB/T 45312-2025
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统设计运行条件》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Design operating condition for automated driving system
Summary: Specifies the elements and description method for the design operating condition (设计运行条件, ODC) of an automated driving system—road, traffic, environmental, and vehicle-state conditions; issued and effective 28 Feb 2025.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "45312") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 41798-2022
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能场地试验方法及要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Test methods and requirements for automated driving functions—Field testing (proving ground)
Summary: Specifies test conditions, scenarios, methods, and requirements for closed proving-ground testing of automated driving functions (traffic-sign recognition, obstacle response, car following, lane change, etc.); issued 2022.
Official link: https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/gb/newGbInfo?hcno=C3FD7FF23C6D06A9F7459DCD73E68905 (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44719-2024
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能道路试验方法及要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Test methods and requirements for automated driving functions—Road testing
Summary: Specifies methods and requirements for on-road testing of automated driving functions; together with proving-ground (GB/T 41798) and simulation (GB/T 47025) testing it forms the multi-pillar assessment approach; issued 2024.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44719") (full text viewable online)
Unofficial link: English translation (chinaautoregs.com, paid)
GB/T 47025-2026
《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能仿真试验方法及要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Test methods and requirements for automated driving functions—Simulation testing
Summary: China's first national standard for simulation-based testing of automated driving: specifies simulation procedures, toolchain credibility, and technical requirements to cover risk space that road testing cannot exhaust; issued and effective 28 Jan 2026.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "47025") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 43766-2024
《智能网联汽车运行安全测试技术要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Technical requirements for operational safety testing
Summary: Specifies general technical requirements for operational-safety testing of ICVs and the roles and responsibilities of testing parties; defines 16 key terms including automated driving system and automated driving mode; effective 1 Oct 2024.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "43766") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44850-2024
《智能网联汽车运行安全测试项目和方法》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Operational safety test items and methods
Summary: Specifies the concrete operational-safety test items and methods, complementing GB/T 43766; issued 26 Oct 2024, effective 1 May 2025.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44850") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 43758.2-2024
《智能网联汽车运行安全测试环境技术条件 第2部分：半开放道路》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Technical conditions of operational safety test environment—Part 2: Semi-open roads
Summary: Specifies technical conditions for semi-open-road test environments; issued 31 Dec 2024, effective 1 July 2025 (other parts of the series are under development or forthcoming).
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "43758") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 43119-2023
《自动驾驶封闭测试场地建设技术要求》
Technical requirements for construction of closed test facilities for automated driving
Summary: Specifies technical requirements for planning, design, and construction of closed test facilities for automated driving of passenger and goods vehicles; issued 7 Sept 2023, effective 1 Jan 2024. Administered by the national intelligent transport systems standardization committee (全国智能运输系统标准化技术委员会, SAC/TC 268).
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "43119"); also jtst.mot.gov.cn
Unofficial link: English translation (chinaautoregs.com, paid)
GB/T 47031-2026
《智能网联汽车 自动泊车系统性能要求与试验方法》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Performance requirements and test methods for automated parking systems
Summary: Specifies performance requirements and test methods for automated parking systems; issued and effective 28 Jan 2026. Relevant to low-speed automation applications such as automated valet parking (自主代客泊车, AVP).
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "47031") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44298-2024
《智能网联汽车 操纵件、指示器及信号装置的标志》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Symbols for controls, indicators and tell-tales
Summary: Specifies symbols for controls, indicators, and tell-tales on ICVs, including automated driving functions; issued 2024. A corresponding mandatory standard was circulated for comment in February 2026.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44298") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 34590.1-2022 through 34590.12-2022 (series)
《道路车辆 功能安全》（第1-12部分）
Road vehicles—Functional safety, Parts 1-12 (modified adoption of ISO 26262)
Summary: Full-lifecycle functional-safety requirements for automotive electrical/electronic systems (management, concept, system/hardware/software development, production and operation, supporting processes, ASIL analysis); revised 2022.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "34590") (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)
Unofficial link: Purchase via spc.org.cn; bibliographic record at ndls.org.cn (Part 10)
GB/T 43267-2023
《道路车辆 预期功能安全》
Road vehicles—Safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF; adoption of ISO 21448)
Summary: Requirements for safety-of-the-intended-functionality (预期功能安全, SOTIF) activities addressing hazards from functional insufficiencies or foreseeable misuse absent a fault; issued 2023. Central to safety argumentation for automated driving perception and scenario coverage.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "43267") (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)
Unofficial link: Purchase via spc.org.cn
GB/T 40861-2021
《汽车信息安全通用技术要求》
General technical requirements for vehicle cybersecurity
Summary: General (recommended) vehicle- and system-level cybersecurity requirements, predecessor to mandatory GB 44495; issued 2021.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "40861") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 44464-2024
《汽车数据通用要求》
General requirements for vehicle data
Summary: General requirements for processing vehicle data (including personal information and important data), implementing the 2021 automotive data security regulations; issued 2024.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44464") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 45086.1-2024
《车载定位系统技术要求及试验方法 第1部分：卫星定位》
On-board positioning systems—Technical requirements and test methods—Part 1: Satellite positioning
Summary: Technical requirements and test methods for on-board GNSS positioning supporting high-accuracy localization for automated driving; issued 2024. (Companion inertial-navigation and fused-positioning standards are under development; see below.)
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "45086") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 47001-2025
《智能网联汽车数字身份及认证通用规范》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—General specification for digital identity and authentication
Summary: General specification for ICV digital identity and authentication; issued 31 Dec 2025, effective 1 July 2026.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "47001") (full text viewable online)
GB/T 47341-2026 and GB/T 47351-2026
《智能网联汽车 车载操作系统技术要求及试验方法》《智能网联汽车 车控操作系统技术要求及试验方法》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Technical requirements and test methods for in-vehicle operating systems / for vehicle-control operating systems
Summary: Specify technical requirements and test methods for in-vehicle (infotainment-class) and vehicle-control (real-time-class) operating systems respectively; issued 31 Mar 2026, effective 1 July 2026. The vehicle-control operating system hosts real-time automated driving computation.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "47341"); openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "47351")
GB/T 44417-2024
《车路协同系统智能路侧协同控制设备技术要求和测试方法》
Cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system—Technical requirements and test methods for intelligent roadside cooperative control equipment
Summary: Specifies technical requirements and test methods for intelligent roadside cooperative-control equipment, incorporating the full LTE-V2X protocol stack into a national standard; issued 2024. Supports higher-level automation under the vehicle-road-cloud integration (车路云一体化) architecture.
Official link: openstd.samr.gov.cn (search "44417") (full text viewable online)
Unofficial link: explainer (C114)
National Sectoral Recommended Standards
JTG/T 2430-2023
《公路工程设施支持自动驾驶技术指南》
Technical guidelines for highway engineering facilities supporting automated driving
Issuing authority: Ministry of Transport (交通运输部, MOT)—recommended highway-engineering sector standard; day-to-day administration by the MOT Research Institute of Highway (交通运输部公路科学研究院).
Summary: Sets the overall architecture and key technical indicators for highway facilities supporting automated driving: cloud-control platform, traffic sensing, control and guidance, communications, positioning, roadside computing, power, and network security; announced Oct 2023, effective 1 Dec 2023, applicable to current automated driving test roads.
Official link: MOT policy interpretation (mot.gov.cn)
Unofficial link: full-text PDF (forum reprint)
GA/T 2388-2026
《智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用安全通行规范》
Specifications of road traffic safety for intelligent and connected vehicle road test and demonstration application
Issuing authority: Ministry of Public Security (公安部, MPS)—recommended public-security sector standard.
Summary: Specifies road-traffic-safety conduct requirements for ICV road testing and demonstration: general rules, speed and following-distance control, use of lamps and signals, lane use, compliance with traffic signals, basic driving requirements, and handling of special situations. Applies to vehicles with Level 3+ automated driving functions (per GB/T 40429) in testing, pilot, and trial operations on motorways, urban roads, and designated areas; issued 28 Feb 2026, effective 1 July 2026.
Official link: MPS standards platform record
Unofficial link: full text (media reprint)
YD/T 3340-2018
《基于LTE的车联网无线通信技术 空中接口技术要求》
LTE-based vehicular communication (LTE-V2X)—Air interface technical requirements
Issuing authority: MIIT (工业和信息化部)—recommended telecommunications sector standard.
Summary: Establishes the access-layer (air interface) requirements for C-V2X (LTE-V2X) direct communications—the communications substrate for cooperative and vehicle-road-cloud automated driving. Companion YD/T standards cover the overall system (YD/T 3400), network layer (YD/T 3707), and message layer (YD/T 3709), among others; all are searchable at hbba.sacinfo.org.cn. 5G NR-V2X standards are in development.
Official link: hbba.sacinfo.org.cn (search "YD/T 3340")
Unofficial link: None verified for this standard; a draft of the companion network-layer standard is mirrored at qixin.com
Key Group Standards
The China Society of Automotive Engineers (中国汽车工程学会, China SAE) has issued 100+ ICV group standards (T/CSAE), searchable at csae.sae-china.org. Below are representative standards directly relevant to Level 3+ automation. The China Industry Innovation Alliance for the Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (中国智能网联汽车产业创新联盟, CAICV) published a recommended-standards list for vehicle-road-cloud integration in Oct 2024.
T/CSAE 53-2017 (Phase 2: T/CSAE 157-2020)
《合作式智能运输系统 车用通信系统应用层及应用数据交互标准》
Cooperative ITS—Vehicular communication application layer specification and data exchange standard (Phases 1 and 2)
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Defines the C-V2X application-layer message sets and data exchange (Phase 1: 17 basic scenarios; Phase 2: enhanced scenarios for higher-level automation)—the de facto foundation for V2X applications in China.
Official link: China SAE standards platform (text available via platform registration)
T/CSAE 156-2020
《自主代客泊车系统总体技术要求》
Automated valet parking (AVP) system—General technical requirements
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Specifies system architecture and general technical requirements for automated valet parking (a typical low-speed L4 application); issued 2020.
Official link: China SAE standards platform (text available via platform registration)
T/CSAE 091-2022
《智能网联汽车 特殊环境自动驾驶功能场地试验方法及要求》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Field test methods and requirements for automated driving functions in special environments
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Field-test methods and requirements for automated driving functions in special environments (ice/snow, mountains, tropics, unusual lighting); issued 2022.
Official link: full-text PDF (China SAE)
T/CSAE 185-2021
《智能网联汽车自动驾驶地图采集要素模型与交换格式》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—Collection element model and exchange format for automated driving maps
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Specifies the element model and data-exchange format for high-definition map collection for automated driving; issued 2021.
Official link: China SAE standards platform
Unofficial link: full-text PDF (antpedia.com)
T/CSAE 284.3-2022
《自动驾驶乘用车 线控底盘性能要求及试验方法 第3部分》
Automated-driving passenger cars—Chassis-by-wire performance requirements and test methods (Part 3)
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Performance requirements and test methods for chassis-by-wire systems of automated-driving passenger cars (one part of a series); issued 2022.
Official link: China SAE standards platform
Unofficial link: full-text PDF (qixin.com mirror)
T/CSAE 286.2-2022
《功能型无人车 第2部分：总体技术要求》
Functional unmanned (low-speed driverless) vehicles—Part 2: General technical requirements
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: General technical requirements for functional unmanned vehicles (low-speed driverless delivery, retail, and sweeping vehicles); issued 2022.
Official link: China SAE standards platform
Unofficial link: full-text PDF (qixin.com mirror)
T/CSAE 316.2-2023
《智能网联汽车 环境感知系统预期功能安全 第2部分：乘用车测试与评价方法》
Intelligent and connected vehicle—SOTIF of environmental perception systems—Part 2: Test and evaluation methods for passenger cars
Issuing authority: China SAE (中国汽车工程学会).
Summary: Test and evaluation methods for the safety of the intended functionality of passenger-car environmental perception systems; issued 2023.
Official link: China SAE standards platform
Unofficial link: bibliographic record (ndls.org.cn)
T/CMAX 116-01-2020 (replacing T/CMAX 116-01-2018)
《自动驾驶车辆道路测试能力评估内容与方法》
Contents and methods of field test capability assessment for automated vehicle
Issuing authority: Zhongguancun Intelligent Transportation Industry Alliance (中关村智通智能交通产业联盟, CMAX).
Summary: The companion technical document for Beijing's automated vehicle road-test regime: prescribes pre-permit closed-course capability assessment (levels T1-T5; general, specialized, and conformity testing, including night, rain/fog, high-speed, and driverless modules), with results serving as the basis for road-test authorization; issued and effective 2 Nov 2020. Companion T/CMAX 116-02-2018 sets closed-facility requirements; the alliance also publishes vehicle-road-cloud standards (e.g., T/CMAX 43006-2024 on city-vehicle cooperative sensing platforms).
Official link: full-text PDF (alliance site); national group-standard platform at ttbz.org.cn
Unofficial link: Beijing road-test implementation rules (companion policy, beijing.gov.cn PDF)
Key Local Standards
Local standards (地方标准, DB) are issued by municipal or provincial market regulators and are indexed at dbba.sacinfo.org.cn. Each city subsection begins with that city's legal framework, which comprises local laws and rules rather than standards. Hunan (DB43/T 2292.1-2022, automated driving field tests for transit buses) and Chongqing (DB50/T 1780-2025, software-update safety) have further local standards not detailed here.
Shenzhen
Shenzhen enacted China's first local law on automated driving, 《深圳经济特区智能网联汽车管理条例》 (Regulations of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Intelligent and Connected Vehicles; effective 1 Aug 2022, amended 2026; full text at szrd.gov.cn). The standards below support the city's ICV market-access regime and are issued by the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (深圳市市场监督管理局).
DB4403/T 357-2023
《智能网联汽车自动驾驶数据记录系统技术要求》
Technical requirements for ICV automated driving data recording systems
Summary: Specifies data-recording requirements for M/N-category vehicles within Shenzhen; drafted under the Shenzhen Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (深圳市工业和信息化局); issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023.
Official link: full-text PDF (Shenzhen AMR)
DB4403/T 358-2023
《智能网联汽车自动驾驶系统设计运行条件》
Design operating conditions for ICV automated driving systems
Summary: Specifies the composition and description of the design operating condition for Level 3+ automated driving systems on M/N-category vehicles; issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023.
Official link: full-text PDF (Shenzhen AMR)
DB4403/T 359.1-2023
《智能网联汽车自动驾驶系统技术要求 第1部分：高速公路及快速路自动驾驶》
Technical requirements for ICV automated driving systems—Part 1: Motorway and expressway automated driving
Summary: Technical requirements for motorway/expressway automated driving systems on M/N-category vehicles; issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023.
Official link: full-text PDF (Shenzhen AMR)
Beijing
Beijing's framework rests on 《北京市自动驾驶汽车条例》 (Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Regulations; effective 1 Apr 2025) and, for urban road testing, 《北京市自动驾驶车辆道路测试管理实施细则（试行）》 (Beijing Implementation Rules for Automated Vehicle Road Test Administration (Trial); full text at beijing.gov.cn), whose companion technical documents are the Zhongguancun T/CMAX group standards (see Key Group Standards above). The standards below are issued by the Beijing Administration for Market Regulation (北京市市场监督管理局).
DB11/T 2041-2022
《自动驾驶地图数据规范》
Specification for automated driving map data
Summary: Specifies content and format requirements for automated-driving (high-definition) map data; issued 2022.
Official link: dbba.sacinfo.org.cn (search "DB11/T 2041")
Unofficial link: bibliographic record (ndls.org.cn)
DB11/T 2050-2022
《自动驾驶车辆封闭试验场地技术要求》
Technical requirements for closed test facilities for automated vehicles
Summary: Technical requirements for closed automated-vehicle test facilities; issued 2022. Beijing issued further local standards in 2025 on closed-site testing and vehicle-road-cloud roadside facilities (e.g., DB11/T 2471.2-2025 for driverless delivery vehicles).
Official link: dbba.sacinfo.org.cn (search "DB11/T 2050")
DB11/T 2166-2023 and DB11/T 2416-2025
《自动驾驶地图质量规范》《自动驾驶地图数据交换及服务接口规范》
Quality specification for automated driving maps; Specification for automated driving map data exchange and service interfaces
Summary: Together with DB11/T 2041-2022, these form Beijing's local standards system for automated-driving (high-definition) maps: the quality specification (issued 25 Dec 2023, effective 1 July 2024) defines quality elements and inspection methods; the data-exchange and service-interface specification (issued 2025) governs map data exchange and online service interfaces between map providers and automakers. Drafted under the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources (北京市规划和自然资源委员会).
Official link: DB11/T 2166 training materials (planning commission PDF); DB11/T 2416 training materials (planning commission PDF)
Unofficial link: Standard texts also indexed at dbba.sacinfo.org.cn
Shanghai
The standards below are issued by the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation (上海市市场监督管理局).
DB31/T 1264-2020
《自动驾驶开放测试道路环境分级》 (title per secondary sources)
Environmental grading of open test roads for automated driving
Summary: Grades the environmental complexity of open test roads to support tiered opening of roads for automated vehicle testing; issued 2020.
Official link: dbba.sacinfo.org.cn (search "DB31/T 1264")
DB31/T 1566-2025 and DB31/T 1567-2025
《智能网联汽车高快速路测试技术规范》《智能网联汽车无驾驶人测试技术规范》
Technical specifications for ICV testing on motorways/expressways and for driverless (no-safety-driver) testing
Summary: Specify conditions, procedures, and safety requirements for motorway/expressway testing and for driverless (no in-vehicle safety operator) testing respectively; issued 2025.
Official link: dbba.sacinfo.org.cn (search "DB31/T 1566", "DB31/T 1567")
Wuhan
Wuhan, whose 1,800+ km of open test roads lead Chinese cities, enacted 《武汉市智能网联汽车发展促进条例》 (Wuhan ICV Development Promotion Regulations; effective 1 Mar 2025). The standard below is issued by the Wuhan Administration for Market Regulation (武汉市市场监督管理局).
DB4201/T 654-2022
《智能网联道路建设规范（总则）》
Specification for construction of intelligent and connected roads (General principles)
Summary: Specifies construction objectives, principles, procedures, road safety-risk grading methodology, and road-access requirements for roads to be opened for ICV testing and demonstration; the technical basis for Wuhan's tiered road opening; issued 13 Apr 2022, effective 13 May 2022.
Official link: full-text PDF (Wuhan AMR)
Ministerial Normative Documents and Guidelines
The following are not standards in the formal sense but are the core normative instruments governing automated vehicle testing, market access, and operations in China.
工信部联通装〔2021〕97号
《智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理规范（试行）》
Administrative Rules for Road Testing and Demonstration Application of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (Trial)
Issuing authority: MIIT (工业和信息化部), Ministry of Public Security (公安部, MPS), and MOT (交通运输部).
Summary: Unifies nationwide requirements and procedures for ICV road testing and demonstration applications (carrying passengers/goods), replacing the 2018 rules; issued 27 July 2021, effective 1 Sept 2021.
Official link: full text (gov.cn)
工信部联通装〔2023〕220号
《关于开展智能网联汽车准入和上路通行试点工作的通知》
Notice on Launching the Pilot Program for Access (Type Approval) and On-Road Operation of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
Issuing authority: MIIT (工业和信息化部), MPS (公安部), Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房和城乡建设部, MOHURD), and MOT (交通运输部).
Summary: Launches pilot type-approval for production-ready L3/L4 vehicles and on-road operation pilots in designated areas; issued 17 Nov 2023; the first nine pilot consortia were announced in June 2024. On 15 Dec 2025 MIIT announced the first L3 pilot approvals—Changan's Deepal SL03 (designated Chongqing segments, up to 50 km/h) and the Arcfox Alpha S6 (designated segments of Beijing's Jingxin Expressway and Airport North Line, up to 80 km/h)—with the first dedicated L3 plates issued to Changan on 20 Dec and Arcfox on 23 Dec 2025, opening compliant commercial pilots.
Official link: full text (gov.cn); official interpretation (gov.cn)
工信部联通装〔2024〕7号
《关于开展智能网联汽车"车路云一体化"应用试点工作的通知》
Notice on Launching Application Pilots for "Vehicle-Road-Cloud Integration" of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
Issuing authority: MIIT (工业和信息化部), MPS (公安部), Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部, MNR), MOHURD (住房和城乡建设部), and MOT (交通运输部).
Summary: Deploys 2024-2026 vehicle-road-cloud integration (车路云一体化) pilots, building intelligent roadside infrastructure and cloud-control platforms; issued Jan 2024; 20 pilot cities/consortia announced 3 July 2024.
Official link: full text (gov.cn); pilot city list (gov.cn)
交办运〔2023〕55号
《自动驾驶汽车运输安全服务指南（试行）》
Guidelines for Transport Safety Services of Autonomous Vehicles (Trial)
Issuing authority: General Office of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部办公厅).
Summary: Governs commercial use of autonomous vehicles in buses, taxis, road passenger, and freight transport: permissible scenarios, operator and vehicle requirements, staffing (remote safety operators at no less than 1:3 per vehicle for driverless taxis), safety assurance and oversight; dangerous-goods transport prohibited; issued 5 Dec 2023.
Official link: full text (MOT)
工信部联科〔2023〕109号
《国家车联网产业标准体系建设指南（智能网联汽车）（2023版）》
Guidelines for the Construction of the National Internet of Vehicles Industry Standards System (Intelligent and Connected Vehicles) (2023 Edition)
Issuing authority: MIIT (工业和信息化部) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Summary: The master plan for the ICV standards system: Phase 1 (to 2025) targets 100+ standards supporting driver assistance and general automated-driving functions; Phase 2 (to 2030) completes the system. The programmatic basis for most standards in development listed here; further plans continue to be approved under these guidelines, and progress can be tracked by searching "自动驾驶" or "智能网联汽车" at std.samr.gov.cn.
Official link: full-text PDF (gov.cn); issuing notice (MIIT equipment center)
自然资源部公告2023年第10号
《智能汽车基础地图标准体系建设指南（2023版）》
Guidelines for the Construction of the Intelligent Vehicle Basic Map Standards System (2023 Edition)
Issuing authority: Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部, MNR).
Summary: Top-level design for the standards system for intelligent-vehicle basic maps (automated driving / high-definition maps), covering basic common standards, production and updating, application services, quality inspection, and security management; targets an initial system by 2025 and a mature one by 2030; issued March 2023.
Official link: announcement (gov.cn); MNR announcement
Unofficial link: full-text PDF (csrcare.com mirror)
Recommended National Standards in Development
The following are approved national standard plans (国家标准计划) that have not yet been issued; standard numbers and dates are therefore not yet assigned. Unless otherwise noted, administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部) through the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (全国汽车标准化技术委员会, TC114); to be issued by SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Test-scenario series (numbers not yet assigned)
《道路车辆 自动驾驶系统测试场景 术语》《道路车辆 自动驾驶系统测试场景 基于场景的安全评估框架》
Road vehicles—Test scenarios for automated driving systems—Vocabulary and —Scenario-based safety evaluation framework
Issuing authority: Administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部) through TC114 and its ICV subcommittee (智能网联汽车分技术委员会, SC34).
Summary: National adoptions of the ISO 34501-34504 test-scenario series, which China led at ISO (ISO 34501, the vocabulary standard, was the first ISO standard in this field). The vocabulary and safety-evaluation-framework parts are approved plans; further parts (e.g., natural-language scenario description) are in pre-research. MIIT's 2026 work plan calls for completing review and submission of the test-scenario standards.
Official link: vocabulary plan record (std.samr.gov.cn); safety-evaluation-framework plan record (std.samr.gov.cn)
Unofficial link: None (no text published)
Plan no. 20250938-T-339 and companion (numbers not yet assigned)
《车载定位系统技术要求及试验方法 第2部分：惯性导航》《车载定位系统技术要求及试验方法 第3部分：融合定位》
On-board positioning systems—Technical requirements and test methods—Part 2: Inertial navigation; Part 3: Fused positioning
Issuing authority: Administered by MIIT (工业和信息化部) through TC114 and its electronics and EMC subcommittee (电子与电磁兼容分技术委员会, SC29).
Summary: Complete the three-part on-board positioning series begun by GB/T 45086.1-2024 (satellite positioning): Part 2 covers inertial navigation and Part 3 (plan no. 20250938-T-339) covers fused positioning combining GNSS, inertial, and other sources—the localization basis for automated driving. MIIT's 2026 work plan calls for completing review and submission of the fused-positioning standard.
Official link: plan record (std.samr.gov.cn)
Unofficial link: None (no text published)
Plan (number not yet assigned)
《自动驾驶汽车运营服务规范》
Specification for operation services of autonomous vehicles
Issuing authority: Administered by MOT (交通运输部) through the national road transport standardization committee (全国道路运输标准化技术委员会, TC521); lead drafter is the MOT Research Institute of Highway (交通运输部公路科学研究院); to be issued by SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Summary: Planned national standard governing operation services of autonomous vehicles in commercial transport, extending the 2023 trial transport-safety guidelines (交办运〔2023〕55号, above) into a formal standard.
Official link: plan record (std.samr.gov.cn)
Unofficial link: None (no text published)
Plan nos. 20242298-T-348 and 20242301-T-348
《自动驾驶营运车辆安全员技能要求与培训考核规范 第1部分：车内安全员》《第2部分：远程安全员》
Skill requirements and training assessment specifications for safety operators of autonomous commercial vehicles—Part 1: In-vehicle safety operators; Part 2: Remote safety operators
Issuing authority: Administered by MOT (交通运输部) through TC521; to be issued by SAMR (国家市场监督管理总局) and SAC (国家标准化管理委员会).
Summary: Planned national standards specifying skill requirements and training/assessment rules for in-vehicle and remote safety operators of autonomous commercial vehicles, operationalizing the staffing requirements of the 2023 trial transport-safety guidelines (which cap remote operators at 1:3 per vehicle for driverless taxis).
Official link: Part 1 plan record (std.samr.gov.cn)
Unofficial link: None (no text published)
