Four departments: Organize discussions with more than 30 car companies to strengthen automotive product R&D, testing and verification management

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on October 15, the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Transportation Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Atmospheric Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Quality Development Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision (hereinafter referred to as the relevant departments of the four departments) organized discussions with more than 30 key automobile manufacturers. The meeting demanded that automobile manufacturers should thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, implement the work requirements for special quality improvement actions, resolutely resist irrational competition, strengthen innovative design, R&D, testing and verification management of automobile products, and adhere to the bottom line of product safety.

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Four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized discussions with key automobile manufacturers to strengthen innovative design and R&D testing and verification management of automotive products

In order to further carry out special actions to improve the production consistency and quality of road motor vehicle products (hereinafter referred to as the Quality Improvement Special Action), further improve the safety and technical performance of automobile products, and maintain public safety and the safety of people's lives and property, on October 15, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Transportation Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, the Atmospheric Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Quality Development Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision (hereinafter referred to as the relevant departments and bureaus of the four departments) organized discussions with more than 30 key automobile manufacturers to interpret the “Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, General Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of Market Supervision on Further The relevant requirements of the “Notice on Strengthening Management Work Related to Innovative Design, R&D, Testing and Verification of Automotive Products (Draft for Comments)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”) report problems discovered during early supervision and inspection, and urge and guide enterprises to strengthen automobile product safety management and adhere to the bottom line of product safety.

The meeting demanded that automobile manufacturers should thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, implement the work requirements for special actions to improve quality, resolutely resist irrational competition, strengthen innovative design, R&D, testing and verification management of automobile products, and adhere to the bottom line of product safety. First, to firmly shoulder the main responsibility for safety, we must carry out product testing and verification in strict accordance with the administrative requirements of the “Notice”, enhance awareness of compliance, and strictly abide by the bottom line of compliance. The second is to comprehensively strengthen testing and verification. It is necessary to enhance R&D testing and verification capabilities, fully carry out product innovation design safety assessments and R&D testing and verification, and eliminate potential safety hazards in a timely manner. The third is to standardize marketing and publicity activities. Marketing and publicity activities must be carried out truthfully and objectively; the boundaries of use, restrictions, and R&D testing and verification of innovative product designs must not be used; false, exaggerated, or misleading publicity must not be used; scenarios that violate road traffic regulations must not be used to promote product functions; and drivers must not be induced to ignore their responsibility for safe driving. Fourth, strengthen product safety and security capabilities. Automobile manufacturers should strengthen safety and security capacity building for intelligent connected new energy vehicles, establish and improve product innovation design safety assessment and R&D testing and verification management systems, improve production consistency guarantee systems, strengthen the control of the entire supply chain, and enhance the safety technical performance of automobile products.

In the next step, the relevant departments and bureaus of the four departments will strengthen work coordination, carry out in-depth quality improvement special actions, issue and implement the “Notice” as soon as possible, further strengthen automobile product innovation design, R&D, testing and verification management, accelerate relevant standard revisions, further enhance safety baseline requirements, continue to carry out supervision and inspection of key automobile manufacturers, seriously deal with problematic manufacturers according to law and regulations, and publicly expose them to the public to urge automobile manufacturers to strengthen automobile product testing and verification, resolutely adhere to the bottom line of product safety, and promote the high-quality development of the automobile industry.

Relevant officials from the Equipment Industry Division I of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Transportation Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, the Atmospheric Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Quality Development Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision, the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Automobile Technology Research Center Co., Ltd., and more than 30 key automobile manufacturers attended the conference.

This article was edited by “Ministry of Industry and Information Technology”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Li Fu.