Chinese Automated Driving Standards

Chinese Automated Driving Standards as of 2026 August 25

General Notes

Scope. This list covers standards that contemplate Level 3-5 automated driving as defined in GB/T 40429-2021 (broadly paralleling the SAE J3016 levels). It excludes standards addressing only driver assistance (e.g., GB 47955-2026 regarding Level 2).

Full-text access. Official records—and, for many standards, full texts—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. The bracketed English labels in the headings are unofficial shorthand descriptors. The English titles are unofficial translations unless printed in the standard itself.

Disclaimer. I developed and refined this guide using multiple LLMs. While I have worked to verify this list with experts in China, it is not authoritative. Instead of relying on it, use the provided links to consult the official standards documents.

Significant Recent Changes

• 25 Aug 2026—national Road Traffic Safety Law revision reaches first reading. The draft revision of the 《中华人民共和国道路交通安全法》 was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for first reading. State-media reports describe a new dedicated chapter, 《自动驾驶汽车的特别规定》, defining automated-driving vehicles and driver-assistance functions, requiring an automated-driving vehicle to pass a road-traffic-rules compliance test and register before public-road operation, allocating handling of traffic violations occurring while the automated-driving function is active to the manufacturer or importer, applying compulsory motor-vehicle traffic-crash liability insurance, and imposing road-safety, cybersecurity, data-security, and truthful-marketing duties. No full first-reading text was located on an NPC or State Council site as of this update (26 Aug 2026 China time), so the entry below distinguishes reported provisions from the unpublished bill text.

• 30 Jul 2026—GB 44721-2026 issued. China's first mandatory national standard specifically for Level 3 and Level 4 automated driving systems, 《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统安全要求》, was approved and published as GB 44721-2026 on 30 July 2026 and will take effect 1 July 2027. It therefore moves from the "under development" section into the mandatory-national-standard section below and will fully replace GB/T 44721-2024 when effective.

• 1 Jul 2026—GA/T 2388-2026 in force; official MPS record verified. The Ministry of Public Security record confirms that 《智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用安全通行规范》 is current, was issued 28 Feb 2026, and took effect 1 July 2026. The official MPS page currently provides the standard record rather than a publicly downloadable full text; an unofficial reproduction is linked below.

• Traffic-rules compliance testing gains potential statutory significance. Mandatory-standard plan no. 20260050-Q-312, 《智能网联汽车 道路通行规定符合性测试内容和方法》, remains in drafting. The 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision, however, is reported to require an automated-driving vehicle to pass a road-traffic-rules compliance test before registration and public-road use. If that requirement survives enactment substantially as reported, the planned mandatory standard appears positioned to supply the technical test content and methods for that statutory road-access prerequisite.

Types of Law and Standards

Chinese legislation and technical standards are separate but interacting systems. The Legislation Law (立法法; amended 2023) governs the hierarchy of laws, administrative regulations, local legislation, and rules. The Standardization Law (标准化法; revised 2017) separately governs national, sectoral, local, group, and enterprise standards. A technical standard may be binding because it is itself mandatory, or may acquire additional legal significance when legislation, regulations, permits, administrative instruments, or contracts require compliance with it.

National laws (法律). Enacted by the National People's Congress (NPC) or its Standing Committee. Under the Legislation Law, laws rank below the Constitution but above administrative regulations, local regulations, and rules. A legislative draft has no binding legal effect unless and until enacted. The Road Traffic Safety Law is a national law; the 25 Aug 2026 revision discussed below is currently only a draft submitted for first reading.

Administrative regulations (行政法规). Enacted by the State Council under the Constitution and laws. They commonly use titles such as 条例 ("regulations"), 规定 ("provisions"), or 办法 ("measures"). Their legal effect is below national laws but above local regulations and rules. State Council regulations implementing the Road Traffic Safety Law can therefore supply nationwide operational detail beneath the statute.

Local regulations and special-economic-zone regulations (地方性法规、经济特区法规). Local legislation is enacted by the people's congresses or standing committees of provinces, autonomous regions, province-level municipalities, and other authorized jurisdictions, and applies within the relevant territory. Local regulations must conform to superior law; under statutory authorization, special-economic-zone regulations may make specified adaptations to laws, administrative regulations, or local regulations within the zone. The Shenzhen ICV Regulations and Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Regulations listed below are local legislation rather than technical standards or ordinary administrative documents.

Rules (规章). Formal administrative rules comprise State Council departmental rules (部门规章) and local-government rules (地方政府规章). They are subordinate to laws and administrative regulations; local-government rules are also subordinate to applicable local regulations. Not every document issued by a ministry, bureau, or local government is a formal 规章: the issuing authority, procedure, and legal form matter.

Administrative normative documents and other policy instruments (行政规范性文件及其他政策文件). The State Council defines administrative normative documents as generally binding, repeatedly applicable administrative documents issued under lawful authority outside formal administrative regulations, State Council decisions/orders, and formal rules (State Council General Office). They must conform to superior law and generally may not create matters reserved to laws, regulations, or rules, such as administrative licensing, penalties, or coercive measures. Many of the notices, opinions, trial measures, implementation rules, and pilot documents on this page fall in or near this category, although the precise legal character of each instrument depends on its issuer and form. Strategies, plans, guidelines, interpretations, and similar policy documents may guide administration without themselves having the same legal status as laws, regulations, or rules; this page identifies them individually rather than treating all government documents as equivalent.

The Standardization Law recognizes five categories of standards: national, sectoral, local, group, and enterprise standards. National standards may be mandatory or recommended; sectoral and local standards are recommended. Mandatory standards must be implemented, while the state encourages adoption of recommended standards. Recommended national, sectoral, and local standards—and group and enterprise standards—may not set technical requirements below the relevant mandatory national standards.

National standards (国家标准, GB). Applicable nationwide. Plain GB standards are mandatory national standards (强制性国家标准); GB/T standards are recommended national standards (推荐性国家标准), and GB/Z denotes national guiding technical documents. Mandatory national standards are approved and issued through the national standardization system and must be complied with: products or services that do not comply may not be produced, sold, imported, or provided. Recommended national standards commonly supply foundational terminology, test methods, and technical detail supporting mandatory requirements.

Sectoral standards (行业标准). Issued by competent State Council departments for technical requirements that need nationwide uniformity within an industry where no recommended national standard exists. Under the current Standardization Law and Industry Standard Management Measures, sectoral standards are recommended standards and their technical requirements may not fall below applicable mandatory national standards. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) uses YD for telecommunications and QC for automotive; the Ministry of Transport (MOT) uses JT for general transport and JTG for highway engineering; and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) uses GA. The /T in standards such as GA/T 2388 identifies them as recommended.

Local standards (地方标准, DB). Recommended standards issued for special local technical needs by provincial-level standardization authorities and, with provincial approval, authorized city-level authorities. The region's administrative code appears in the designation (DB11 Beijing, DB31 Shanghai, DB4201 Wuhan, DB4403 Shenzhen). They apply within the relevant jurisdiction and may not set technical requirements below applicable mandatory national standards. A local standard is distinct from a local regulation: DB4403/T 358-2023, for example, is a technical standard, while the Shenzhen ICV Regulations are local legislation.

Group standards (团体标准, T/). Market-developed standards issued by eligible societies, associations, chambers of commerce, federations, industrial-technology alliances, and similar social organizations. They are adopted by agreement of members or voluntarily by other market actors rather than being mandatory merely because they are published. Their technical requirements may not fall below mandatory national standards. A group standard can nevertheless become practically or legally required within the scope of a permit, contract, procurement rule, or administrative instrument that incorporates it, as occurred with T/CMAX under Beijing's earlier road-test regime.

Enterprise standards (企业标准, Q/). Standards developed by enterprises for their own products, services, or operations. Enterprises may adopt their own standards where needed and may set requirements above recommended standards, but enterprise standards must comply with laws, regulations, and applicable mandatory standards. China uses a self-declaration and public-supervision system for enterprise standards. None are included in this selected list.

National Legislation and Draft Legislation

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]

Draft Revision of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

《中华人民共和国道路交通安全法（修订草案）》

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 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. [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. 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)

Text status. No full text of the 25 Aug 2026 first-reading bill was located on an NPC or State Council website as of 26 Aug 2026 China time. The summaries above therefore identify reported provisions rather than presenting them as verbatim statutory text.

National Mandatory Standards (GB)

GB 44721-2026 was issued on 30 July 2026 as China's first mandatory national standard specifically for Level 3 and Level 4 automated driving systems; it takes effect 1 July 2027. GB 44495-2024, GB 44496-2024, and GB 44497-2024 were issued on 23 August 2024 with formal effective dates of 1 January 2026, establishing mandatory cybersecurity, software-update, and automated-driving data-recording requirements for intelligent and connected vehicles (智能网联汽车, ICV). Amendment No. 1 to GB 44495 and GB 44496 was approved and took effect on 28 January 2026, limiting the applicable vehicles to M and N categories and providing that the two standards apply to vehicle types newly applying for type approval from 1 July 2026 (official amendment announcement; implementation notice). An earlier mandatory standard on event data recorders (GB 39732-2020) applies principally to M1 vehicles equipped with an EDR.

GB 44721-2026 [L3/L4 ADS safety]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Safety requirements for automated driving system

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统安全要求》

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.

Official link. SAMR standard record; SAC/SAMR Announcement No. 34 of 2026; MIIT (4 Aug 2026 interpretation)

Earlier draft sources. MIIT (consultation notice); MIIT (consultation draft PDF); NCSTI (June approval-draft publicity notice)

GB 44497-2024 [AD data recording]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Data storage system for automated driving (DSSAD)

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶数据记录系统》

Issuing authority. Issued by SAMR and SAC; proposed and administered by MIIT, through the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (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. Supports crash reconstruction and responsibility investigations. Reported provisions of the 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision would expressly facilitate police access to relevant automated-driving data in crash investigations, giving this mandatory recording layer additional statutory significance if retained in the enacted text. T/CTS 30-2025 (below) supplies complementary group-standard guidance for police investigation and handling of L3+ ICV crashes.

Official link. Openstd (full text available)

GB 44495-2024 [vehicle cybersecurity]

Technical requirements for vehicle cybersecurity

《汽车整车信息安全技术要求》

Issuing authority. SAMR and SAC; administered by MIIT.

Summary. Specifies cybersecurity management system requirements and technical requirements/test methods covering external connections, communications, software updates, and data; issued 23 Aug 2024, effective 1 Jan 2026, as amended by Amendment No. 1 (28 Jan 2026; applications for new type approval from 1 July 2026). Provides the cybersecurity baseline on which higher-level automation depends.

Official link. Openstd (full text available)

GB 44496-2024 [software updates]

General technical requirements for software update of vehicles

《汽车软件升级通用技术要求》

Issuing authority. SAMR and SAC; administered by MIIT.

Summary. Specifies software-update management system and vehicle-level technical requirements and test methods, including over-the-air (OTA) updates; issued 23 Aug 2024, effective 1 Jan 2026, as amended by Amendment No. 1 (28 Jan 2026; applications for new type approval from 1 July 2026). Governs online iteration of automated driving functions.

Official link. Openstd (full text available)

GB 39732-2020 [event data recorder]

Vehicle event data recorder system

《汽车事件数据记录系统》

Issuing authority. SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Mandatory EDR standard, complementary to GB 44497 (DSSAD): the EDR captures crash-event data while the DSSAD captures automated-driving operational data; mandatory principally for M1 vehicles equipped with an EDR, with other vehicles able to refer to it; issued 24 Dec 2020, effective 1 Jan 2022.

Official link. Openstd (full text available)

National Mandatory Standards (GB) Under Development

Plan no. 20262948-Q-339 [automated parking safety]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Safety requirements for automated parking system (planned mandatory standard)

《智能网联汽车 自动泊车系统安全要求》

Issuing authority. Administered by MIIT through TC114; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned mandatory standard on automated-parking-system safety, complementing the exclusion of automated parking from GB 44721-2026; plan approved 25 May 2026, currently being drafted.

Official link. Plan record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan no. 20260050-Q-312 [traffic-rules compliance testing]

Intelligent and connected vehicles—Road traffic rules compliance test content and methods (planned mandatory standard)

《智能网联汽车 道路通行规定符合性测试内容和方法》

Issuing authority. Organized by MPS and administered through the road traffic management standardization committee (TC576); to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned mandatory standard specifying test contents and methods for verifying that ICVs comply with road-traffic rules; plan issued 27 Jan 2026 with an 18-month project cycle and remains in drafting (正在起草). The project record describes three complementary test pillars—simulation, closed-site testing, and actual-road testing—and five broad scenario dimensions: passage through characteristic road environments, understanding and response to traffic signals, special environments, interaction with other road users, and prediction/response to traffic risk. It also describes quantitative coverage expectations for the three pillars and identifies a related public-security sector-standard project, 2025BZ005, as the source being converted into a national standard. GA/T 2388-2026 (below) supplies conduct requirements for test and demonstration vehicles; this planned GB supplies the compliance-test content and methods. The 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision is reported to require an automated-driving vehicle to pass a road-traffic-rules compliance test before registration and public-road operation. If enacted substantially as reported, this planned mandatory standard appears positioned to operationalize that statutory road-access prerequisite.

Official link. Plan record; project detail

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Project (plan number not yet assigned) [safety-event data exchange]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Technical specification for safety occurrence data interaction and management system (proposed mandatory standard)

《智能网联汽车 安全事件数据交互与管理系统技术规范》

Issuing authority. Administered by MIIT through TC114; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Proposed mandatory standard on exchanging safety-event data among ICVs equipped with combined driver assistance or automated driving functions, manufacturers' platforms, and the national supervision platform; project publicized for consultation March-April 2026.

Official link. Project record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan nos. 20230947-Q-334 and 20230949-Q-334 [spatiotemporal data security]

Basic security requirements for ICV spatiotemporal-data sensing systems; basic requirements for secure processing of ICV spatiotemporal data (planned mandatory standards)

《智能网联汽车时空数据传感系统安全基本要求》《智能网联汽车时空数据安全处理基本要求》

Issuing authority. Organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and executed through the national geographic information standardization committee (TC230); to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned mandatory standards on the security of spatiotemporal-data sensing and processing in ICVs (positioning and related geographic data protection); both currently in approval, with implementation proposed twelve months after issuance. A companion recommended plan covers spatiotemporal-data aggregation platforms (20262476-T-466, 《智能网联汽车时空数据汇聚平台安全技术基本要求》, drafting; record).

Official link. Plan record (20230947); Plan record (20230949)

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

National Recommended Standards (GB/T)

Unless otherwise noted, issued by SAMR and SAC and administered by MIIT. Entries range from standards expressly addressing Level 3-5 automated driving to selected enabling standards (functional safety, cybersecurity, data, maps, positioning, and V2X); the enabling layer is selective rather than exhaustive.

GB/T 40429-2021 [automation levels]

Taxonomy of driving automation for vehicles

《汽车驾驶自动化分级》

Summary. Establishes the Level 0-5 driving-automation taxonomy (broadly parallel to SAE J3016); at Levels 3-5 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 (full text viewable online)

GB/T 44373-2024 [terms and definitions]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Terms and definitions

《智能网联汽车 术语和定义》

Summary. Unifies terminology and definitions for the ICV domain, including automated driving system, operational design domain, and related concepts; issued 2024.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 44721-2024 [ADS general requirements]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—General technical requirements for automated driving system

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统通用技术要求》

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. The newly issued mandatory GB 44721-2026 (see above) takes effect 1 July 2027, at which point the official SAMR record states that it will fully replace this recommended standard.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

Unofficial link. Guifanku (PDF)

GB/T 45312-2025 [design operating conditions]

Intelligent and connected vehicles—Operational design condition for automated driving system

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统设计运行条件》

Summary. Specifies the elements and description method for the design operating condition (设计运行条件, ODC) of an automated driving system—the operational design domain (road, traffic, and environmental conditions) plus vehicle state, driver or fallback-user and passenger state, and other necessary conditions; issued and effective 28 Feb 2025. The 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision is reported to use design operating conditions as the boundary for lawful activation of automated driving, which would give this standardized concept direct statutory significance if retained in the enacted text.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 41798-2022 [proving-ground testing]

Intelligent and connected vehicles—Track testing methods and requirements for automated driving functions

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能场地试验方法及要求》

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. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 44719-2024 [road testing]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Test methods and requirements for automated driving functions—Road testing

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能道路试验方法及要求》

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. SAMR record (full text viewable online)

GB/T 47025-2026 [simulation testing]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Test methods and requirements for automated driving functions—Simulation testing

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶功能仿真试验方法及要求》

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 (full text viewable online)

GB/T 43766-2024 [operational safety testing]

Technical requirements for driving safety test for intelligent and connected vehicles

《智能网联汽车运行安全测试技术要求》

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; issued 15 Mar 2024, effective 1 Oct 2024. Administered by the road traffic management standardization committee (TC576) under MPS.

Official link. Record; Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 44850-2024 [operational safety test items]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Operational safety test items and methods

《智能网联汽车运行安全测试项目和方法》

Summary. Specifies the concrete operational-safety test items and methods, complementing GB/T 43766; issued 26 Oct 2024, effective 1 May 2025. Administered by TC576 under MPS.

Official link. SAMR record (full text viewable online)

GB/T 43758.1-2024 and GB/T 43758.2-2024 [operational safety test environments]

Technical specifications for driving safety test environment for intelligent and connected vehicles—Part 1: Public road; Part 2: Semi-open roads

《智能网联汽车运行安全测试环境技术条件 第1部分：公共道路》《第2部分：半开放道路》

Summary. Specify technical conditions for public-road (Part 1: issued 15 Mar 2024, effective 1 Oct 2024) and semi-open-road (Part 2: issued 31 Dec 2024, effective 1 July 2025) test environments. Unlike most entries in this section, administered by the road traffic management standardization committee (TC576) under MPS.

Official link. Record (Part 1); Record (Part 2)

GB/T 46896-2025 and GB/T 46958-2025 [test scenarios]

Road vehicles—Test scenarios for automated driving systems—Vocabulary; —Scenario based safety evaluation framework

《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》

Summary. Modified adoptions of ISO 34501:2022 and ISO 34502:2022: the vocabulary standard defines terms for automated-driving test scenarios (issued and effective 31 Dec 2025), and the framework standard establishes scenario-based safety evaluation for Level 3-5 systems on M- and N-category vehicles (issued 31 Dec 2025, effective 1 Apr 2026).

Official link. Record (46896); Record (46958)

Unofficial link. Chinaautoregs (English translation, paid)

GB/T 43119-2023 [closed test facilities]

Technical requirements for construction of closed test site for automatic driving

《自动驾驶封闭测试场地建设技术要求》

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 directly by SAC.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online); Jtst

GB/T 47031-2026 [automated parking]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Performance requirements and test methods for automated parking systems

《智能网联汽车 自动泊车系统性能要求与试验方法》

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 (full text viewable online)

GB/T 44298-2024 [controls and tell-tales]

Intelligent and connected vehicles—Symbols for controls, indicators and tell-tales

《智能网联汽车 操纵件、指示器及信号装置的标志》

Summary. Specifies symbols for controls, indicators, and tell-tales on ICVs, including automated driving functions; issued 2024. A related but separate mandatory revision of GB 4094-2016 (symbols for all vehicles) was circulated for comment on 12 Feb 2026 (comments closed 16 Apr 2026); the public project record shows no later stage.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 34590.1-2022 through 34590.12-2022 [functional safety]

Road vehicles—Functional safety, Parts 1-12 (modified adoption of ISO 26262)

《道路车辆 功能安全》（第1-12部分）

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. Complemented by the four-part functional-safety audit and assessment series GB/T 43253.1-43253.4-2023 (Part 1 record) and the ASIL-determination guiding technical document GB/Z 42285-2022 (record).

Official link. Openstd (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)

Unofficial link. SPC (purchase platform, not the text); NDLS (Part 10 record)

GB/T 43267-2023 [SOTIF]

Road vehicles—Safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF; adoption of ISO 21448)

《道路车辆 预期功能安全》

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 (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)

Unofficial link. SPC (purchase platform, not the text)

GB/T 40861-2021 [cybersecurity]

General technical requirements for vehicle cybersecurity

《汽车信息安全通用技术要求》

Summary. General (recommended) vehicle- and system-level cybersecurity requirements, the recommended precursor and technical basis for mandatory GB 44495 and still current; issued 2021.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 46194-2025 [cybersecurity engineering]

Road vehicles—Cybersecurity engineering

《道路车辆 信息安全工程》

Summary. Identical adoption of ISO/SAE 21434:2021: lifecycle cybersecurity engineering (risk assessment, concept, development, production, operation, decommissioning) for road-vehicle electrical and electronic systems, the process companion to the vehicle-level requirements of GB 44495; issued and effective 5 Oct 2025.

Official link. Record (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)

Unofficial link. Purchase via SPC (platform homepage)

GB/T 44464-2024 [vehicle data]

General requirements for vehicle data

《汽车数据通用要求》

Summary. General requirements for processing vehicle data (including personal information and important data), supporting compliance with the 2021 automotive data security regulations; issued 2024.

Official link. Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 45086.1-2024 [satellite positioning]

On-board positioning systems—Technical requirements and test methods—Part 1: Satellite positioning

《车载定位系统技术要求及试验方法 第1部分：卫星定位》

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. SAMR record (full text viewable online)

GB/T 42517.1-2023 and GB/T 42517.2-2023 [intelligent-driving road maps]

Intelligent transportation systems—Intelligent driving electronic road data model & expression specification—Part 1: Controlled access road; Part 2: Non-controlled access road

《智能运输系统 智能驾驶电子道路图数据模型与表达 第1部分：封闭道路》《智能运输系统 智能驾驶电子道路图数据模型与表达 第2部分：开放道路》

Summary. Specify national data models and expression rules for intelligent-driving electronic road maps on controlled-access roads (Part 1) and non-controlled-access roads (Part 2), complementing the Beijing local map standards and the MNR map-standards program (below); issued 23 May 2023, effective 1 Dec 2023.

Official link. Openstd (Part 1); Openstd (Part 2)

GB/T 47001-2025 [digital identity]

General specifications for digital identity and authentication of intelligent and connected vehicle

《智能网联汽车数字身份及认证通用规范》

Summary. General specification for ICV digital identity and authentication; issued 31 Dec 2025, effective 1 July 2026. Administered by TC576 under MPS. Its infrastructure-side companion is GB/T 46999-2025, 《道路交通管控设施数字身份及认证通用规范》 (same dates; record).

Official link. Record; Openstd (full text viewable online)

GB/T 47341-2026 and GB/T 47351-2026 [vehicle operating systems]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Technical requirements and test methods for in-vehicle operating systems / for vehicle-control operating systems

《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》

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 may host or support time-critical control functions.

Official link. Openstd (47341); Openstd (47351)

GB/T 44417-2024 [roadside V2X equipment]

Technical requirements and test method for roadside intelligent cooperative control device in cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system

《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》

Summary. Specifies technical requirements and test methods for intelligent roadside cooperative-control equipment; industry commentary describes it as bringing LTE-V2X into the national-standard system; issued 23 Aug 2024, effective 1 Mar 2025. Supports higher-level automation under the vehicle-road-cloud integration (车路云一体化) architecture. Administered by the intelligent transport systems standardization committee (TC268) under SAC.

Official link. Record; Openstd (full text viewable online)

Unofficial link. C114 (explainer)

GB/T 45315-2025 [vehicle-side V2X interaction]

Technical requirements and test methods of vehicular information interactive systems based on LTE-V2X direct communication

《基于LTE-V2X直连通信的车载信息交互系统技术要求及试验方法》

Summary. A vehicle-side complement to the roadside equipment addressed by GB/T 44417 (above): technical requirements and test methods for on-board information-interaction systems using LTE-V2X direct communication; issued and effective 28 Feb 2025. Executed through the ICV subcommittee (SC34) of TC114.

Official link. Record

GB/T 46998-2025 [traffic-management V2I interfaces]

Specifications for information exchange interface of road traffic management based on vehicle-infrastructure cooperative system

《道路交通管理车路协同系统信息交互接口规范》

Summary. Specifies information-exchange interfaces for road-traffic-management vehicle-infrastructure cooperative systems—an enabling companion to the V2X and vehicle-road-cloud entries above rather than a core ADS safety standard; issued 31 Dec 2025, effective 1 July 2026. Companions cover the traffic-control-facility interface (GB/T 47002-2025, 《道路交通管控设施信息交互接口规范》, same dates; record) and, at sector level, roadside-communication-unit interfaces (SJ/T 12082-2025, issued 19 Dec 2025, effective 1 July 2026; record).

Official link. Record

GB/T 47126-2026 [sensor-fusion interface]

Road vehicles—Data communication between sensors and data fusion unit for automated driving functions—Logical interface

《道路车辆 自动驾驶传感器与数据融合单元间数据通信 逻辑接口》

Summary. Specifies the logical interface for data communication between environmental-perception sensors and the data-fusion unit of automated driving systems; modified adoption of ISO 23150:2023; issued 27 Feb 2026, effective 1 June 2026.

Official link. Record (adopted standard; text not publicly viewable)

Unofficial link. Purchase via SPC (platform homepage)

National Sectoral Recommended Standards

JTG/T 2430-2023 [highway infrastructure]

Technical guidelines for highway engineering facilities supporting automated driving

《公路工程设施支持自动驾驶技术指南》

Issuing authority. MOT—recommended highway-engineering sector standard; day-to-day administration by the MOT Research Institute of Highway.

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 8 Oct 2023 (MOT Announcement No. 44 of 2023), effective 1 Dec 2023, applicable to current automated driving test roads.

Official link. MOT (issuing announcement); MOT (full-text PDF); MOT (interpretation)

GA/T 2388-2026 [road-test traffic rules]

Specifications of road traffic safety for intelligent and connected vehicle road test and demonstration application

《智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用安全通行规范》

Issuing authority. MPS—recommended public-security sector standard.

Summary. Current MPS sector standard specifying road-traffic-safety conduct requirements for ICV road testing and demonstration application: general rules, speed and following-distance control, lamps and signals, lane use, compliance with traffic-control signals, basic driving requirements, and handling of special situations. Its scope covers vehicles with Level 3-5 automated driving functions (by reference to GB/T 40429) engaged in road testing and pilot/trial passenger or cargo operation on specified motorway (including expressway), urban-road, and other road sections or areas open to social motor traffic. Normative references include GB/T 40429-2021 and GB/T 44373-2024 as well as traffic-sign, signal-light, and operational-safety standards. Issued 28 Feb 2026 and effective 1 July 2026. The MPS standard record is now verified as current (现行), identifies plan no. 2023BZ131 and TC576, and lists the principal drafting organizations. GA/T 2388 is principally the conduct-side rulebook; planned mandatory GB project 20260050-Q-312 (above) addresses the content and methods for testing whether an ICV complies with road-traffic rules.

Official link. MPS (current standard record; metadata rather than a downloadable full text); MPS (plan record showing publication as GA/T 2388-2026)

Unofficial link. QQ News (reproduction of the standard text)

YD/T 3340-2018 [V2X air interface]

LTE-based vehicular communication (LTE-V2X)—Air interface technical requirements

《基于LTE的车联网无线通信技术 空中接口技术要求》

Issuing authority. MIIT—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. No issued NR-V2X direct-communication standard was identified in the official catalogue as of 26 Aug 2026, while 5G-network standards supporting remote driving and high-level automated driving have been issued (see the following entries).

Official link. Record

Unofficial link. None verified for this standard; a draft of the companion network-layer standard is mirrored at Qixin

YD/T 3978-2021 [high-level AD data interaction]

Data interaction content for high-level automated driving based on vehicle-infrastructure cooperation

《基于车路协同的高等级自动驾驶数据交互内容》

Issuing authority. MIIT—recommended telecommunications sector standard.

Summary. Specifies data-interaction content for vehicle-road-cooperative automated driving, with a scope expressly covering message-layer design and development for Level 4 and Level 5 systems; issued 2021, following the group standard with the same Chinese title, T/CSAE 158-2020 (China SAE issuance page).

Official link. Record

YD/T 4778-2024 through YD/T 4783-2024 and YD/T 6963-2026 [5G remote driving]

5G-based remote-control driving information interaction systems (series)

《基于5G的远程遥控驾驶信息交互系统》系列

Issuing authority. MIIT—recommended telecommunications sector standards.

Summary. Series covering 5G-based remote-control driving: overall requirements (4778), emergency takeover of urban operating vehicles (4779), cloud control of autonomous taxis expressly applicable to vehicles with Level 3+ capability (4780), motorway platoon remote control (4781), logistics vehicles (4782), audio and video transmission (4783), and testing and evaluation (6963-2026). Related standards cover remote operation of Level 4+ port container vehicles (YD/T 6703-2026), remote-control parking (YD/T 6881-2026), and mining operations outside the public-road scope (YD/T 6350-2025).

Official link. Record (YD/T 4780, enumerating the series)

YD/T 6964-2026 and YD/T 6965-2026 [5G networks for high-level AD]

5G networks supporting high-level automated driving—Deployment and testing methods (6964); network performance requirements (6965)

《支持高级别自动驾驶的5G网络部署和测试方法》《支持高级别自动驾驶的5G网络性能需求》

Issuing authority. MIIT—recommended telecommunications sector standards.

Summary. Specify 5G-network deployment and testing methods (6964) and network performance requirements (6965) for supporting high-level automated driving; issued 1 June 2026, effective 1 Sept 2026.

Official link. Record (6964); Record (6965); NCSTI (MIIT standards list PDF)

QC/T 1278-2026 [AD computing chips]

Technical requirements and test methods for automotive driving-automation computing chips

《汽车驾驶自动化计算芯片技术要求及试验方法》

Issuing authority. MIIT—recommended automotive sector standard.

Summary. Technical requirements and test methods for the computing chips that host driving-automation functions—enabling hardware for automated driving systems; issued 16 Apr 2026, effective 1 Nov 2026.

Official link. Record

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 3-5 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 53-2020 [V2X application layer] (Phase 2: T/CSAE 157-2020)

Cooperative ITS—Vehicular communication application layer specification and data exchange standard (Phases 1 and 2)

《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》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Defines the C-V2X application-layer message sets and data exchange (Phase 1, first issued 2017, revised 31 Dec 2020: 17 basic scenarios; Phase 2: enhanced scenarios for higher-level automation)—widely used as the basis for V2X applications in China.

Official link. China SAE (standard record; text via platform registration)

T/CSAE 382-2024 [highway ADS requirements]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Automated driving system requirements and test methods for motorways and urban expressways

《智能网联汽车 自动驾驶系统要求及测试方法 高速公路及城市快速路》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Group standard specifying automated driving system requirements and test methods for motorway and urban-expressway operation—the first deployment domain of Chinese L3 pilots—bridging GB/T 44721-2024 and the now-issued mandatory GB 44721-2026; issued 2024.

Official link. China SAE (knowledge-center record)

Unofficial link. CSGPC (illustrated summary)

T/CSAE 156-2020 [automated valet parking]

Automated valet parking (AVP) system—General technical requirements

《自主代客泊车系统总体技术要求》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Specifies system architecture and general technical requirements for automated valet parking (a typical low-speed L4 application); issued 2020; complemented by T/CSAE 304-2023 on AVP field-test methods.

Official link. China SAE (standard record; text via platform registration)

T/CSAE 309-2023 [driverless urban testing]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Track test methods and requirements for driverless testing in urban road scenarios

《智能网联汽车 城市道路场景无人化测试 场地试验方法及要求》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Track-test methods and requirements for driverless (no in-vehicle safety operator) testing in urban road scenarios; issued 20 Nov 2023; selected by MIIT in 2024 as a model case for group-standard application. A companion special-environment field-test standard (ice/snow, mountains, tropics, unusual lighting) circulated for comment in Nov 2022 under China SAE task no. 2022-09, its draft cover bearing the placeholder designation T/CSAE 091-2022; no issued standard number or final publication has been confirmed.

Official link. China SAE (knowledge-center record)

Unofficial link. Gkzhan (issuance announcement); China SAE (special-environment consultation draft PDF)

T/CSAE 185-2021 [AD map format]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—Collection element model and exchange format for automated driving maps

《智能网联汽车自动驾驶地图采集要素模型与交换格式》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Specifies the element model and data-exchange format for high-definition map collection for automated driving; issued 2021.

Official link. China SAE (issuance page)

Unofficial link. Antpedia (full-text PDF)

T/CSAE 284.3-2022 [chassis-by-wire]

Automated-driving passenger cars—Chassis-by-wire performance requirements and test methods—Part 3: Steering system

《自动驾驶乘用车 线控底盘性能要求及试验方法 第3部分：转向系统》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Performance requirements and test methods for the steer-by-wire (principally front-wheel steering) part of the three-part chassis-by-wire series (T/CSAE 284.1-284.3) for automated-driving passenger cars; issued 2022.

Official link. China SAE (knowledge-center record)

Unofficial link. Qixin (full-text PDF)

T/CSAE 286.2-2022 [low-speed driverless vehicles]

Functional driverless vehicles—Part 2: General technical requirements (the standard's printed English title uses "unmanned")

《功能型无人车 第2部分：总体技术要求》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. General technical requirements for functional driverless vehicles (功能型无人车—low-speed driverless delivery, retail, and sweeping vehicles); issued 2022.

Official link. China SAE (knowledge-center record)

Unofficial link. Qixin (full-text PDF)

T/CSAE 316.1-2023 and 316.2-2023 [perception SOTIF]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—SOTIF of environmental perception systems—Part 1: Triggering-condition analysis and description; Part 2: Test and evaluation methods for passenger cars

《智能网联汽车 环境感知系统预期功能安全 第1部分：触发条件分析与描述方法》《第2部分：乘用车测试与评价方法》

Issuing authority. China SAE.

Summary. Triggering-condition analysis and description methods (Part 1) and passenger-car test and evaluation methods (Part 2) for the safety of the intended functionality of environmental perception systems; issued 2023.

Official link. China SAE (Part 1 record); China SAE (Part 2 record)

Unofficial link. NDLS (record)

T/CTS 30-2025 [ICV crash investigation]

Guidelines for the investigation and handling of road traffic crashes of intelligent connected vehicles

《智能网联汽车道路交通事故调查处理指南》

Issuing authority. China Road Traffic Safety Association (中国道路交通安全协会).

Summary. Group standard providing guidance on general requirements, reporting and scene handling, crash investigation, identification of crash parties and responsibility, and crash reporting for road-traffic crashes involving Level 3 and higher ICVs; issued and effective 5 Sept 2025. It is a practical bridge between the automated-driving data-recording layer (especially GB 44497-2024) and police crash investigation. Its relevance increases under the 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision, which is reported to provide expressly for access to relevant automated-driving data during investigation of crashes occurring with the automated-driving function active.

Official link. China Road Traffic Safety Association (standard record); China Road Traffic Safety Association (full-text PDF)

T/CTS 34-2025 [traffic-rule compliance simulation testing]

Requirements and methods for simulation testing of road-traffic-rule compliance of intelligent and connected vehicle automated driving systems

《智能网联汽车自动驾驶系统道路通行规定符合性模拟仿真测试要求及方法》

Issuing authority. China Road Traffic Safety Association (中国道路交通安全协会).

Summary. Group standard specifying requirements, test methods, and result determination for simulation-based testing of whether an automated driving system complies with road-traffic rules. It is a particularly relevant technical precursor/complement to planned mandatory national standard 20260050-Q-312, whose project record likewise places simulation alongside closed-site and actual-road testing in a three-pillar compliance-testing framework.

Official link. China Road Traffic Safety Association (standard record); China Road Traffic Safety Association (full-text PDF)

T/CMAX 116-01-2020 [road-test capability assessment]

Contents and methods of field test capability assessment for automated vehicle

《自动驾驶车辆道路测试能力评估内容与方法》

Issuing authority. Zhongguancun Intelligent Transportation Industry Alliance (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. CMAX (full-text PDF); TTBZ (group-standard platform)

Related instrument. Beijing.gov.cn (companion Beijing road-test rules PDF, since succeeded)

Selected Subnational Regulations and Standards

Local standards (地方标准, DB) are issued by provincial or municipal market regulators and are indexed at dbba.sacinfo.org.cn: two-digit codes denote provinces and province-level municipalities (DB11 Beijing, DB12 Tianjin, DB31 Shanghai, DB32 Jiangsu, DB33 Zhejiang, DB43 Hunan, DB50 Chongqing), while longer codes identify authorized city-level jurisdictions, including sub-provincial and prefecture-level cities (DB4201 Wuhan, DB4403 Shenzhen). Each subsection below lists the jurisdiction's legal instruments (laws, decisions, and rules rather than standards) followed by any local standards. Most provinces have adopted testing rules implementing the 2021 national framework; representative provincial and municipal instruments and legislation appear below.

Shenzhen

深圳经济特区智能网联汽车管理条例 [ICV regulations]

Regulations of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on the Administration of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《深圳经济特区智能网联汽车管理条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress.

Summary. China's first local law on intelligent and connected vehicles: full-chain rules on road testing, demonstration application, market access and registration, use and operation, network and data security, and liability; adopted 23 June 2022, effective 1 Aug 2022; amended 25 May 2026, with the consolidated text effective 1 July 2026.

Official link. Sz.gov.cn (2026 consolidated text); Szrd (original 2022 text)

Unofficial link. MOFCOM-hosted database (2026 amended text)

深圳市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理实施细则 [road-test rules]

Shenzhen Implementation Rules for ICV Road Testing and Demonstration Application Administration

《深圳市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理实施细则》

Issuing authority. Shenzhen transport, development-and-reform, industry-and-IT, and traffic-police authorities (jointly).

Summary. Administrative rules implementing the SEZ regulations: application procedures, tiered opening of roads (including expressways), fully driverless (no in-vehicle safety officer) testing, cross-jurisdiction mutual recognition of test results, and incident and violation handling; first issued 20 Oct 2022; revised version effective 1 June 2026 lowering application costs and thresholds and expanding driverless scenarios.

Official link. Sz.gov.cn (2026 consolidated rules); Sz.gov.cn (revision announcement); Sz.gov.cn (interpretation)

DB4403/T 357-2023 [AD data recording]

Technical requirements for ICV automated driving data recording systems

《智能网联汽车自动驾驶数据记录系统技术要求》

Issuing authority. Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation; drafted under the Shenzhen Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

Summary. Specifies data-recording requirements for M/N-category vehicles within Shenzhen, supporting the city's ICV market-access regime; issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023, as part of a twelve-standard package that also covers automated parking (DB4403/T 360), data security (361), satellite positioning (362), the remote service and management series (363), and V2X in-vehicle interaction (364) (official publication notice).

Official link. Shenzhen AMR (full-text PDF)

DB4403/T 358-2023 [design operating conditions]

Design operating conditions for ICV automated driving systems

《智能网联汽车自动驾驶系统设计运行条件》

Issuing authority. Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation.

Summary. Specifies the composition and description of the design operating condition for Level 3-5 automated driving systems on M/N-category vehicles; issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023.

Official link. Shenzhen AMR (full-text PDF)

DB4403/T 359.1-2023 [motorway ADS requirements]

Technical requirements for ICV automated driving systems—Part 1: Motorway and expressway automated driving

《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》

Issuing authority. Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation.

Summary. Technical requirements for motorway/expressway automated driving systems on M/N-category vehicles; issued 22 Aug 2023, effective 1 Sept 2023.

Official link. Shenzhen AMR (full-text PDF)

Beijing

北京市自动驾驶汽车条例 [AV regulations]

Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Regulations

《北京市自动驾驶汽车条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress.

Summary. Local law rather than a standard: seven chapters and 48 articles covering technology innovation, infrastructure planning and construction, on-road operation, safety assurance, and legal liability for automated vehicles (conditionally, highly, and fully automated per the national taxonomy); adopted 31 Dec 2024, effective 1 Apr 2025.

Official link. Beijing.gov.cn (full text); Bjrd (municipal congress)

北京市自动驾驶汽车道路测试与示范应用办法（试行）[road-test rules]

Beijing Measures for Automated Vehicle Road Testing and Demonstration Application (Trial)

《北京市自动驾驶汽车道路测试与示范应用办法（试行）》

Issuing authority. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, jointly with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, the municipal traffic police, and the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area Administrative Committee (京经信发〔2025〕43号).

Summary. Administrative rules rather than a standard: implement the Beijing AV Regulations (above) for road testing and demonstration application, succeeding the earlier implementation-rules lineage (2017, revised 2018 and 2019, last published Feb 2021; the new measures contain no express repeal clause), under which the pre-permit closed-course capability assessment was conducted per T/CMAX 116-01 (see Key Group Standards above); adopted 24 Oct 2025, effective on issuance, published in the municipal gazette Jan 2026; covers Level 3-5 testing and demonstration, sequencing with-safety-officer before driverless activities, and cross-jurisdiction recognition. Companion measures on safety assessment (京经信发〔2025〕44号) and road-application pilot vehicle safety inspection (京经信发〔2025〕45号) appear in Beijing's January 2026 filing catalogue.

Official link. Beijing.gov.cn (full text); Beijing.gov.cn (interpretation); Beijing.gov.cn (superseded 2021 rules, PDF)

DB11/T 2041-2022 [AD map data]

Specification for automated driving map data

《自动驾驶地图数据规范》

Issuing authority. Beijing Administration for Market Regulation.

Summary. Specifies content and format requirements for automated-driving (high-definition) map data; issued 2022.

Official link. Record

Unofficial link. NDLS (record)

DB11/T 2050-2022 [closed test facilities]

Technical requirements for closed test facilities for automated vehicles

《自动驾驶车辆封闭试验场地技术要求》

Issuing authority. Beijing Administration for Market Regulation.

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 2471.1-2025 and 2471.2-2025 on closed-site testing, the latter for driverless delivery vehicles).

Official link. Record

DB11/T 2166-2023 and DB11/T 2416-2025 [AD map quality and exchange]

Quality specification for automated driving maps; Specification for automated driving map data exchange and service interfaces

《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》

Issuing authority. Beijing Administration for Market Regulation; drafted under the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources.

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 Apr 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. Beijing has also issued DB11/T 1880-2021 on automated-driving-map feature-positioning data (record).

Official link. DB11/T 2166 PDF; DB11/T 2416 PDF (official training/explanatory slides, not the standard texts); Record (2166); Record (2416)

Shanghai

Shanghai has also issued DB31/T 1593-2025 (ADS-based bus operation), DB31/T 1616-2025 (vehicle-road cooperation for automated-driving traffic services), and DB31/T 1628-2025 (crash-data format for automated driving simulation scenarios), not detailed here; a Yangtze River Delta road-test safety-risk-assessment standard was issued identically in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui as DB31/T 310020-2024 and counterparts.

上海市智能网联汽车测试与应用管理办法 [testing and application measures]

Shanghai Measures for the Administration of ICV Testing and Application

《上海市智能网联汽车测试与应用管理办法》

Issuing authority. Shanghai Municipal People's Government (municipal government rule).

Summary. Government rules rather than a standard (Municipal Government Decree No. 60): govern ICV road testing, demonstration application, demonstration operation, and commercial pilots citywide, and authorize Pudong New Area to adopt measures for fully driverless vehicles (see next entry); promulgated 29 Dec 2021, effective 15 Feb 2022; implemented through the 2023 municipal testing-and-demonstration implementation rules.

Official link. Shanghai.gov.cn (full text)

上海市浦东新区促进无驾驶人智能网联汽车创新应用规定 [driverless regulations]

Provisions of Pudong New Area on Promoting Innovative Application of Driverless Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《上海市浦东新区促进无驾驶人智能网联汽车创新应用规定》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, exercising Pudong New Area special legislative authority.

Summary. China's first local legislation dedicated to driverless (no-driver) ICVs: establishes safety self-declaration confirmation for driverless road testing, demonstration application, and demonstration operation in designated Pudong areas; adopted 23 Nov 2022, effective 1 Feb 2023, with implementation rules issued by the Pudong government (2023). Parallel trial rules for the Lin-gang special area (effective 28 Feb 2023) expired 31 Dec 2025; no direct replacement for those trial rules was located as of 26 Aug 2026. A 2025 revision of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Regulations separately directs the relevant authorities to establish a management system for driverless ICV testing and application in the Free Trade Zone.

Official link. Shanghai.gov.cn (full text); Pudong.gov.cn (implementation rules); Lingang (expired Lin-gang trial rules); Shanghai (2025 Free Trade Zone Regulations, art. 43)

DB31/T 1264-2020 [test-road grading]

Environmental grading of open test roads for automated driving

《自动驾驶开放测试道路环境分级规范》

Issuing authority. Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation.

Summary. Grades the environmental complexity of open test roads to support tiered opening of roads for automated vehicle testing; issued 2020.

Official link. Record

DB31/T 1566-2025 and DB31/T 1567-2025 [motorway and driverless testing]

Technical specifications for ICV testing on motorways/expressways and for driverless (no-safety-driver) testing

《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》

Issuing authority. Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation.

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. Record (1566); Record (1567)

Wuhan

武汉市智能网联汽车发展促进条例 [ICV regulations]

Wuhan Regulations on Promoting the Development of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《武汉市智能网联汽车发展促进条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal People's Congress; approved by the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress.

Summary. Characterized by the city as the first ICV industry-promotion local regulation among China's sub-provincial cities, with express provisions on vehicle-road-cloud integrated infrastructure: chapters on industry development and technology innovation, infrastructure, application promotion, safety assurance, and services; adopted 28 Aug 2024, approved 29 Nov 2024, effective 1 Mar 2025. Wuhan's 2022 trial road-test rules remain in use; municipal materials had described a revision as forthcoming, but no replacement version was located as of 26 Aug 2026; the Wuhan Economic Development Zone separately issued commercialization-pilot measures for automated driving equipment (2024).

Official link. WICVC (full text); Whkfq (development-zone pilot measures)

DB4201/T 654-2022 [intelligent road construction]

Specification for construction of intelligent and connected roads (General principles)

《智能网联道路建设规范（总则）》

Issuing authority. Wuhan Administration for Market Regulation.

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 opening of test roads (3,378.73 km at end-2023 per city figures, reported at more than 3,800 km by January 2026), among the most of any Chinese city; issued 13 Apr 2022, effective 13 May 2022.

Official link. Wuhan AMR (full-text PDF)

Guangdong

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.

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]

Guangdong Trial Measures for the Administration of ICV Road Testing and Demonstration Application

《广东省智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理办法（试行）》

Issuing authority. Guangdong provincial departments of industry and information technology, public security, and transport (jointly).

Summary. Provincial rules implementing the 2021 national framework: application conditions and procedures, provincial expert assessment, cross-city mutual recognition of test results, and demonstration application; dated 28 Nov 2022 and formally issued 2 Dec 2022; effective 1 Jan 2023 with a stated three-year validity, and thus expired on their face on 31 Dec 2025 unless extended—no successor or extension was located as of 26 Aug 2026. Guangdong has also issued DB44/T 2739-2025 (ICV basic map data; record).

Official link. Gd.gov.cn (gazette full text); Gdii (interpretation)

广州市智能网联汽车创新发展条例 [Guangzhou ICV regulations]

Guangzhou Regulations on the Innovative Development of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《广州市智能网联汽车创新发展条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress; approved by the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress.

Summary. Municipal regulation on ICV industry development, vehicle-road-cloud construction, innovative applications, safety assurance, and liability; requires a safety officer aboard conditionally automated vehicles, and directs that driverless equipment for delivery, cleaning, vending, and inspection follow the non-motor-vehicle speed and lane rules of road-traffic law; adopted 29 Nov 2024, approved 12 Jan 2025, effective 28 Feb 2025; implemented through municipal measures on road testing and application of ICVs and driverless equipment issued by the transport, industry-and-IT, and public-security departments.

Official link. Gz.gov.cn (full text); Gz.gov.cn (municipal testing-and-application measures)

Unofficial link. MOFCOM-hosted database (full text)

Jiangsu

Jiangsu has also issued DB32/T 4847-2024 (path-planning and decision systems), not detailed here.

江苏省人大常委会关于促进车联网和智能网联汽车发展的决定 [provincial IoV/ICV decision]

Decision of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on Promoting the Development of the Internet of Vehicles and Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《江苏省人民代表大会常务委员会关于促进车联网和智能网联汽车发展的决定》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Summary. China's first province-level legislation on the Internet of Vehicles and ICVs: provides for infrastructure, testing and demonstration across the province, cross-region mutual recognition, industry promotion, and data and network security safeguards; adopted 29 Nov 2023, effective 1 Jan 2024.

Official link. Jsrd (full text)

无锡市车联网发展促进条例 [Wuxi IoV regulations]

Wuxi Regulations on Promoting the Development of the Internet of Vehicles

《无锡市车联网发展促进条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Wuxi Municipal People's Congress; approved by the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Summary. Described as China's first IoV-focused local regulation, supporting the national IoV pilot zone in Wuxi: infrastructure, applications, industry promotion, and safety; adopted 2022, effective 1 Mar 2023.

Official link. Wuxi.gov.cn (full text); Wuxi.gov.cn (issuing notice)

苏州市智能车联网发展促进条例 [Suzhou IoV regulations]

Suzhou Regulations on Promoting the Development of the Intelligent Internet of Vehicles

《苏州市智能车联网发展促进条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal People's Congress; approved by the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Summary. Municipal regulation promoting intelligent IoV development, including progressive citywide opening of roads for testing and demonstration; adopted 29 Aug 2023, approved 27 Sept 2023, effective 1 Dec 2023.

Official link. Suzhou.gov.cn (gazette full text)

Zhejiang (Hangzhou)

Zhejiang has also issued DB33/T 2391-2021 (road basic geographic data for ICVs), not detailed here.

杭州市智能网联车辆测试与应用促进条例 [testing and application regulations]

Hangzhou Regulations on Promoting the Testing and Application of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《杭州市智能网联车辆测试与应用促进条例》

Issuing authority. Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal People's Congress; approved by the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress (29 Mar 2024).

Summary. The first ICV testing-and-application legislation by a provincial-capital city and the first local legislation covering low-speed driverless vehicles: safety self-declaration mechanism, with 3,474 km² across eight urban districts and Tonglu county opened on effectiveness; effective 1 May 2024; implemented through municipal management measures (Nov 2024).

Official link. Hzrd (full text); Tonglu.gov.cn (municipal management measures)

Anhui

安徽省智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理规范实施细则（试行）[road-test rules]

Anhui Trial Implementation Rules for the Administration of ICV Road Testing and Demonstration Application

《安徽省智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理规范实施细则（试行）》

Issuing authority. Anhui provincial departments of industry and information technology, public security, and transport (jointly).

Summary. Provincial implementation rules under the 2021 national framework, covering passenger, commercial, and special-purpose operating vehicles (excluding low-speed vehicles and motorcycles); issued 2 Apr 2025.

Official link. Ahjd.gov.cn (official county reprint of the issuing notice)

Chongqing

Chongqing's ICV local standards were swept in a January 2026 deregulatory repeal: DB50/T 1290-2022 (road-test remote monitoring), DB50/T 1571-2024 (AD function testing), DB50/T 1775-2024 (mobile communications), and DB50/T 1780-2025 (software updates) were all repealed effective 7 Jan 2026 (official repeal notice). DB50/T 1865-2025 (automated shuttle-bus operation; record) remains current.

重庆市智能网联汽车道路测试与应用管理试行办法 [road-test measures]

Chongqing Trial Measures for the Administration of ICV Road Testing and Application

《重庆市智能网联汽车道路测试与应用管理试行办法》

Issuing authority. Chongqing Municipal People's Government (municipal government rules).

Summary. Governs ICV road testing and application citywide; adopted at the municipal government executive meeting 5 Jan 2022, effective 1 Mar 2022, and detailed through the implementation rules for road testing and application issued Oct 2022 (official text). The rule continues to be presented as current by official/officially hosted legal sources, and the May 2026 highway-testing rules expressly rely on it; the framework was therefore supplemented rather than displaced by the highway-testing rules below.

Official link. Chongqing.gov.cn (full text); MOFCOM legal database (listed as currently effective)

重庆市智能网联汽车高速公路测试管理细则（试行）[highway-testing rules]

Chongqing Trial Rules for the Administration of ICV Highway Testing

《重庆市智能网联汽车高速公路测试管理细则（试行）》

Issuing authority. Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, Public Security Bureau, and Transport Commission (jointly).

Summary. Full-process management of highway testing for Level 3-5 ICVs: third-party review of test plans and risk protocols, and cumulative safe-mileage thresholds (for L3, at least 2,000 km per vehicle batch and 200 km per vehicle; for L4 and above, 10,000 km per vehicle); issued May 2026, complementing the 2022 measures above.

Official link. Cq.gov.cn (full text)

Tianjin

Tianjin has also issued DB12/T 1431-2025 (test roads and data transmission), not detailed here.

天津市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用实施细则（试行）[road-test rules]

Tianjin Trial Implementation Rules for ICV Road Testing and Demonstration Application

《天津市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用实施细则（试行）》

Issuing authority. Tianjin municipal transport, industry-and-IT, and public-security departments (jointly).

Summary. Implements the 2021 national framework in five chapters and 24 articles, succeeding Tianjin's 2018 testing measures; effective 1 Feb 2022.

Official link. Tj.gov.cn (issuing notice); Tj.gov.cn (interpretation)

Hunan (Changsha)

Hunan's provincial implementation rules for ICV road testing and demonstration application were issued jointly by the provincial industry-and-IT, public-security, and transport departments (official county interpretation reprint); Hunan has also issued DB43/T 2292.1-2022 (automated driving field tests for transit buses), not detailed here.

长沙市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理细则（试行）V5.0 [road-test rules]

Changsha Trial Administrative Rules for ICV Road Testing and Demonstration Application, Version 5.0

《长沙市智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理细则（试行）V5.0》

Issuing authority. Changsha municipal industry-and-IT and public-security departments, with other municipal authorities (jointly).

Summary. The fifth version of the testing rules of one of China's earliest automated vehicle testing cities (first version issued Apr 2018); V5.0 dated 5 Dec 2024 and published on the provincial portal 15 Jan 2025.

Official link. Hunan.gov.cn (V5.0 issuing notice); Hunan.gov.cn (2018 first version)

Hainan

海南省智能汽车道路测试和示范应用管理办法（暂行）[road-test measures]

Hainan Interim Measures for the Administration of Intelligent Vehicle Road Testing and Demonstration Application

《海南省智能汽车道路测试和示范应用管理办法（暂行）》

Issuing authority. Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, with other provincial departments.

Summary. Interim provincial measures governing intelligent-vehicle road testing and demonstration application, implementing the national framework and the 2020 Intelligent Vehicle Innovation and Development Strategy; notice posted Nov 2023.

Official link. Hainan.gov.cn (issuing notice)

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.

发改产业〔2020〕202号 [intelligent vehicle strategy]

Intelligent Vehicle Innovation and Development Strategy

《智能汽车创新发展战略》

Issuing authority. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), jointly with ten other departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, MIIT, MPS, MOT, and SAMR.

Summary. The foundational national strategy for intelligent vehicles: targets a basically complete framework of technical innovation, industry, infrastructure, regulation and standards, product supervision, and cybersecurity, with scaled production of conditionally automated vehicles, by 2025, maturing through 2035-2050; issued Feb 2020. The policy root of the standards system and pilots listed in this section.

Official link. NDRC (full text)

工信部通装〔2021〕103号 [ICV access management opinion]

Opinions on Strengthening the Administration of Access of Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Manufacturers and Products

《关于加强智能网联汽车生产企业及产品准入管理的意见》

Issuing authority. MIIT.

Summary. Requires ICV manufacturers (including those offering automated driving functions) to manage automotive data and network security, software updates (with OTA filing), and functional and intended-functionality safety; requires definition of the design operating domain and safety self-assessment before production; issued 30 July 2021. The administrative groundwork for the 2023 access pilot (below).

Official link. Gov.cn (full text); Gov.cn (interpretation)

汽车数据安全管理若干规定（试行）[automotive data security]

Several Provisions on the Administration of Automobile Data Security (Trial)

《汽车数据安全管理若干规定（试行）》

Issuing authority. Cyberspace Administration of China, jointly with NDRC, MIIT, MPS, and MOT.

Summary. Nineteen-article departmental rules governing processing of automobile data: default in-vehicle processing, anonymization, consent for personal information, risk assessment and annual reporting for important data, and domestic storage with security assessment for cross-border transfers; adopted 5 July 2021, effective 1 Oct 2021. GB/T 44464-2024 (above) supplies supporting technical requirements that help operationalize these rules.

Official link. CAC (full text); MOJ (full text)

工信部联通装〔2021〕97号 [road testing and demonstration]

Administrative Rules for Road Testing and Demonstration Application of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (Trial)

《智能网联汽车道路测试与示范应用管理规范（试行）》

Issuing authority. MIIT, MPS, and MOT.

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. Gov.cn (full text)

工信部联通装〔2023〕217号 [L3/L4 access pilot]

Notice on Launching the Pilot Program for Access (Type Approval) and On-Road Operation of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《关于开展智能网联汽车准入和上路通行试点工作的通知》

Issuing authority. MIIT, MPS, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), and MOT.

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 S (L3 version), model BJ7001A61NBEV (designated segments of Beijing's Jingtai Expressway, Airport North Line Expressway, and Daxing Airport Expressway, up to 80 km/h)—with the first dedicated L3 plates issued to Changan on 20 Dec and Arcfox on 23 Dec 2025; the Beijing/Arcfox pilot began as a business-facing road-operation pilot, with individual-user access to follow. See the Beijing announcement, Xinhua (plates and routes), and S&T Daily (operating model) The 25 Aug 2026 Road Traffic Safety Law revision is reported to create a broader statutory framework for automated-vehicle road access, including compliance testing and registration; unless and until that legislation and implementing measures take effect, this pilot remains a principal national mechanism for L3/L4 type approval and on-road operation.

Official link. Gov.cn (full text); Gov.cn (interpretation)

工信部联通装〔2023〕268号 [vehicle-road-cloud pilot]

Notice on Launching Application Pilots for "Vehicle-Road-Cloud Integration" of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

《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》

Issuing authority. MIIT, MPS, Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), MOHURD, and MOT.

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. Gov.cn (full text); Gov.cn (pilot city list)

交办运〔2023〕66号 [AV transport services]

Guidelines for Transport Safety Services of Autonomous Vehicles (Trial)

《自动驾驶汽车运输安全服务指南（试行）》

Issuing authority. General Office of MOT.

Summary. Governs commercial use of autonomous vehicles in buses, taxis, road passenger, and freight transport: permissible scenarios, operator and vehicle requirements, staffing (for driverless taxis, one remote safety operator may supervise at most three vehicles), safety assurance and oversight; dangerous-goods transport prohibited; issued 5 Dec 2023.

Official link. MOT (full text)

工信部联科〔2023〕109号 [ICV standards master plan]

Guidelines for the Construction of the National Internet of Vehicles Industry Standards System (Intelligent and Connected Vehicles) (2023 Edition)

《国家车联网产业标准体系建设指南（智能网联汽车）（2023版）》

Issuing authority. MIIT and SAC.

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. Gov.cn (full-text PDF); MIIT-EIDC (issuing notice)

自然资源部公告2023年第10号 [AD map standards plan]

Guidelines for the Construction of the Intelligent Vehicle Basic Map Standards System (2023 Edition)

《智能汽车基础地图标准体系建设指南（2023版）》

Issuing authority. Ministry of Natural Resources (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. Gov.cn (announcement); MNR (announcement)

Unofficial link. Csrcare (full-text PDF mirror)

Recommended National Standards and Technical Documents Under Development

The following are approved national standard plans (国家标准计划) and publicized proposed projects that have not yet been issued; final standard designations and publication/effective dates have therefore not yet been assigned, and some plans have been suspended (暂缓). Unless otherwise noted, administered by MIIT through the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization (TC114); to be issued by SAMR and SAC. Further registered plans and guiding-technical-document projects not detailed here include crash reporting and safety evaluation (20262472-T-469, principally addressed to combined driver assistance with ADS manufacturers able to refer to it), emergency-scenario safety boundaries (20255713-T-339), direct-communication safety-warning systems (20250933-T-339), an automated-vehicle safety value guideline (20260543-T-469), a digital interactive-control cloud platform and roadside terminal (20255464-T-312, 20255466-T-312), a four-part vehicle-infrastructure cooperative information-interaction series (20262274, 20262269, 20262270, 20263174), simulation-engineering credibility evaluation and implementation (20262002-Z-339, 20263735-Z-339), end-to-end-architecture ADS testing (20262492-Z-339), and automotive-AI ADS requirements (20262496-Z-339).

Plan nos. 20250898-T-339 and 20250938-T-339 [inertial and fused positioning]

On-board positioning systems—Technical requirements and test methods—Part 2: Inertial navigation; Part 3: Fused positioning

《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》

Issuing authority. Administered by MIIT through TC114: Part 2 by the electronics and EMC subcommittee (SC29), Part 3 by the ICV subcommittee (SC34).

Summary. Complete the three-part on-board positioning series begun by GB/T 45086.1-2024 (satellite positioning): Part 2 (plan no. 20250898-T-339, under review) covers inertial navigation, and Part 3 (plan no. 20250938-T-339, in public consultation) covers fused positioning combining GNSS, inertial, and other sources—the localization basis for automated driving.

Official link. Plan record (Part 2); Plan record (Part 3)

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Project (plan number not yet assigned) [user notification and training]

Intelligent and connected vehicle—User notification and training requirements for driving automation functions (proposed recommended standard)

《智能网联汽车 驾驶自动化功能用户告知及培训要求》

Issuing authority. Administered by MIIT through TC114; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Proposed national standard on notifying and training users of driving-automation systems, expressly covering M- and N-category vehicles with combined driver assistance and with L3/L4 automated driving; project publicized for comment 15 June to 15 July 2026, before plan-number assignment.

Official link. Project record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Project (plan number not yet assigned) [SOTIF assessment]

Road vehicles-Assessment methods for Safety of the Intended Functionality (proposed recommended standard)

《道路车辆 预期功能安全评估方法》

Issuing authority. Administered by MIIT through TC114 and its electronics and EMC subcommittee (SC29); to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Proposed companion to GB/T 43267-2023 with the same scope (perception-dependent intended functions on L1-L5 systems, expressly including potentially hazardous remote-user, remote-assistance, and back-end-communication cases): assessment of SOTIF management, functional specification, triggering conditions and insufficiencies, verification and validation, safety release, operational monitoring, and functional improvement; project publicized 15 June to 15 July 2026, with a proposed 15-month cycle.

Official link. Project record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan no. 20255462-T-312 [operational-safety supervision platform]

General technical requirements for ICV operational-safety supervision platforms (unofficial translation)

《智能网联汽车运行安全监管平台通用技术要求》

Issuing authority. Administered through the road traffic management standardization committee (TC576) under MPS; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned national standard for the platforms through which authorities supervise ICV operational safety; currently in public consultation.

Official link. Plan record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan no. 20255463-T-312 [operational emergency handling]

Technical specification for ICV operational emergency handling (unofficial translation)

《智能网联汽车运行紧急处置技术规范》

Issuing authority. Administered through TC576 under MPS; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned national standard on emergency handling during ICV operation—directly relevant to deployed higher-level automation; currently drafting.

Official link. Plan record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan no. 20242300-T-348 [AV operation services] (suspended)

Specification for automated driving vehicle operation service

《自动驾驶汽车运营服务规范》

Issuing authority. Administered by MOT through the national road transport standardization committee (TC521); lead drafter is the MOT Research Institute of Highway; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

Summary. Planned national standard governing operation services of autonomous vehicles in commercial transport, extending the 2023 trial transport-safety guidelines (交办运〔2023〕66号, above) into a formal standard. Plan approved 25 July 2024; current official status is suspended/deferred (暂缓).

Official link. Plan record

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

Plan nos. 20242298-T-348 and 20242301-T-348 [safety operators] (suspended)

Skill requirements and specifications for training and assessment of autonomous operation vehicle—Part 1: In-vehicle safety officer; Part 2: Remote safety officer

《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》

Issuing authority. Administered by MOT through TC521; to be issued by SAMR and SAC.

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 (one remote operator per at most three vehicles for driverless taxis). Plans approved 25 July 2024; current official status of both parts is suspended/deferred (暂缓).

Official link. Plan record (Part 1); Plan record (Part 2)

Unofficial link. None (no text published)

International Instruments

China is a contracting party to the 1998 Agreement Concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts Which Can Be Fitted and/or Be Used on Wheeled Vehicles. It participates in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and its Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA).

An established UN global technical regulation (GTR) does not by itself become a domestic vehicle-compliance rule in China. Under Article 7 of the 1998 Agreement, a contracting party voting in favour of a GTR must submit it to its domestic process for adoption into its laws or regulations and subsequently notify the United Nations of adoption or a decision not to adopt it. China has now issued a domestic mandatory ADS safety standard, GB 44721-2026, that MIIT says keeps its core technical requirements coordinated with the ADS GTR while adding more detailed requirements adapted to China's road environment and regulatory system. Issuance of the domestic standard is distinct from any later formal notification by China under Article 7 of the 1998 Agreement concerning adoption of the GTR into domestic law or regulations.

China is not a contracting party to the 1958 Agreement and therefore has no treaty obligation under that Agreement to apply UN Regulations or recognize approvals issued pursuant to them. This does not prevent China from incorporating or referring to their technical provisions in domestic law or standards.

UN GTR No. 26 — Automated Driving Systems

United Nations Global Technical Regulation on Automated Driving Systems (ADS GTR)

《联合国自动驾驶系统全球技术法规》

Summary. The first UN global technical regulation specifically addressing automated driving systems. It was established by consensus vote of the contracting parties represented and voting in the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (WP.29/AC.3) during WP.29's 199th session on 24 June 2026. In parallel, the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (WP.29/AC.1) adopted a new UN Regulation on automated driving systems, assigned UN Regulation No. 185.

As of 26 Aug 2026, the accompanying Guidance and Interpretation Document (GID) had not been finalized. A formal draft, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2026/24, is posted for consideration at GRVA's 26th session in Geneva on 14-18 Sept 2026.

Chinese participation. China has held a GRVA vice-chairnship since February 2019. It co-chaired the earlier informal working group on Functional Requirements for Automated and Autonomous Vehicles (FRAV) and, according to MIIT, served as a co-chair country of the ADS informal working group through more than twenty sessions over more than two years of drafting.

MIIT organized participation by the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (中国汽车技术研究中心, CATARC) and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院, CAICT); hosted multiple ADS meetings and workshops; led work on the technical background, drafting principles, and technical rationale; convened a national expert group on the GTR; and contributed closed-course, public-road, and vehicle–road-coordination testing, validation, and real-vehicle application data. China also submitted dozens of technical proposals concerning the dynamic driving task, human-machine interaction, and testing and validation methods.

Relationship to domestic standards. The formal report of GRVA's January 2026 session records China as stating that its corresponding national regulation was based on the draft GTR but contained additional and more detailed provisions adapted to China's national regulatory system. UNECE subsequently reported that China intended to follow the GTR's structure and collect comments. China opened public consultation on the mandatory national ADS safety standard in February 2026, publicized an approval draft in June, and issued the final standard as GB 44721-2026 on 30 July 2026, effective 1 July 2027. MIIT's 4 Aug 2026 interpretation states that GB 44721 retains coordination with the GTR's core technical requirements while adding more detailed L3/L4 requirements, user information and training provisions, and a unified standardized test-scenario system tailored to China's road environment and regulatory needs.

Official link. UNECE (adoption press release, 24 June 2026); UNECE (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/139, proposal submitted for adoption); UNECE (proposal text, to be read with WP.29-199-08); UNECE (amendments adopted at the 199th session); UNECE (final report on development of the GTR); UNECE (parallel UN Regulation proposal, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/137); UNECE (February 2026 press release on GRVA's recommendation); MIIT-EIDC (MIIT announcement, 25 June 2026); UNECE (GRVA 26th session and GID working document); UNECE (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2026/24 GID proposal); MIIT (GB 44721-2026 interpretation, 4 Aug 2026)

Unofficial link. GlobalAutoRegs (GTR No. 26 record and working documents); GlobalAutoRegs (UN Regulation No. 185 record); UN News (report)