China tells automakers to boost safety, quality checks

Reuters

Fri, July 17, 2026 astatine 8:44 AM CDT 1 min read

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BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - ‌China's manufacture ministry connected Friday ‌called connected automakers to defy "irrational competition" ​and guarantee the information of cars, car parts and assisted and autonomous driving systems, a connection ‌from the ministry ⁠showed.

• Automakers should hunt for issues successful accumulation ⁠consistency, reliability and durability, and afloat measure information risks erstwhile ​rolling retired ​new designs ​and products, the ‌ministry told cardinal automakers successful a meeting.

• The companies indispensable not prosecute successful "exaggerated oregon mendacious advertising," it added.

• The ministry further ‌urged companies to "strengthen information ​assessments of combined ​driver-assistance and ​autonomous driving features," and ‌said authorities volition measurement ​up ​oversight and inspection of accumulation consistency and quality.

• Violators volition ​be ‌penalised, it said.

(Reporting by Xiuhao ​Chen and Ryan Woo; Editing ​by Hugh Lawson)