The official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology?(MIIT)?recently issued the?reply to Proposal?No. 7204 of the Fourth Session of the 13th?National People’s?Congress. In the?reply, the MIIT stated it would adhere to the strategy of promoting both intelligent and connected development, accelerate the development?of key core technologies, strengthen the construction of infrastructures for connected development, and deepen testing demonstration and pilot?test, so as to facilitate the?high-quality development of China’s?automobile industry.
According to MIIT, in the process of promoting ICVs?industry, it has?always adhered to the development strategy of “single vehicle intelligence + networked empowerment”.
In terms of ICVs?road testing?management, more than 3,200KM?roads are opened for testing in China, and more than 700 test licenses have been issued. The total road testing?mileage has exceeded 5.3 million?KM. Manned and cargo demonstration applications have also been carried out in Changsha, Shanghai, Beijing and other places.
In terms of infrastructure construction, key highways in China are selected?to make IoV deployment, supporting?the implementation of key projects such as IoV?reform?of Beijing-?Shanghai Highway, and promote the construction and upgrading of C-V2X?infrastructure of G2 Beijing-Shanghai Highway.
MIIT?said it would support Wuxi?of?Jiangsu, Xiqing?of?Tianjin, Changsha?of?Hunan and Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing to build?the?national leading area for IoV, provide a sound?environment for cross-industry integration and innovation, and accelerate the construction of IoV?infrastructures.
It is reported that MIIT, together with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, has organized the pilot test about?the coordinated development of smart city infrastructures?and ICVs, promoted the construction of ?infrastructures for intelligent development, new network facilities, construction of Auto City Network platform and the improvement of standard regulations. Six cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have been designated?as the first batch of pilot?test?cities.
In terms of standard formulation and technological innovation, at the beginning of 2020, the MIIT, together with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport, studied and formulated?the Regulations on?Road Test and Demonstration Application of ICVs?(Provisional)?(hereinafter referred to as the New Regulations), which has publicly solicited comments and is undergoing the release procedure. The New Regulations?has liberalized?the test restrictions on highways and other types of roads, allowing?manned and cargo demo application of safe and reliable vehicle products that have passed the road test of a certain mileage, speeding?up the unification of test items and standards &?regulations, and making?it clear that there is no need to repeat the test after passing the test in one place, so as to reduce the burden of enterprises and lower down the?test demonstration costs.?It also?supports?Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to sign road test mutual recognition cooperation agreements respectively to realize regional data sharing and mutual recognition of test results; organizes?the preparation of the Road Test Sharing and Mutual Recognition Road?Map for ICVs, and implements?the sharing and mutual recognition.
According to the MIIT, it will?accelerate the release and implementation of the Regulations on?Road Test and Demonstration Application of ICVs?(Provisional), support industry institutions and enterprises to carry out road test in a wider range, carry out demonstration applications in a variety of scenarios, further promote data sharing and mutual recognition of results, and encourage the exploration of commercial development models.