On the 22nd, during the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that China has taken significant strides in establishing a policy and regulatory framework tailored to the development of intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs). Presently, the nation has unveiled 90 standards pertinent to ICVs and approved 62 project plans. Several mandatory national standards have been implemented to establish a unified safety benchmark for ICV products.

In the realm of testing and demonstration, China has made remarkable progress by setting up 17 national-level testing and demonstration zones. Furthermore, it has facilitated the development of 20 pilot cities for 'vehicle-road-cloud integration' applications. To date, over 20,000 testing licenses have been issued, 57,000 kilometers of testing roads have been opened, and the cumulative testing mileage has surpassed 220 million kilometers.