"Intelligent connected vehicles Combination driving assistance systems safety requirements" mandatory national standard officially released.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on June 27, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the formulation and centralized management of the mandatory national standard "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles" (GB 47955-2026), which was approved and released by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Management Committee, and is scheduled to be officially implemented on January 1, 2027. The "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles" mandatory national standard was officially released On June 27, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the formulation and centralized management of the mandatory national standard "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles" (GB 47955-2026), which was approved and released by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Management Committee, and is scheduled to be officially implemented on January 1, 2027. Combination driving assistance systems refer to systems that assist drivers in controlling the lateral and longitudinal movement of vehicles under specific design and operational conditions, while the driver continues to observe traffic conditions and control the vehicle. In recent years, with the deepening of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, there has been a profound transformation in the form, use, and business models of automobile products, and China's intelligent connected vehicle industry has ushered in a period of rapid development. Since 2026, the penetration rate of new passenger cars equipped with combination driving assistance functions in China has reached 70%, with over 30% of models equipped with Navigation on Autopilot (NOA) function. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to the development of the intelligent connected automobile industry, and successively formulated two versions of the intelligent connected automobile technical standard system, and issued and implemented a series of urgently needed standards such as information security, software upgrade, and automatic driving data recording system. Building on the previous recommendation national standards for single lane control, multi-lane control, and other combination driving assistance systems, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has since 2024 organized the National Automobile Standardization Technical Committee to initiate the development of the mandatory national standard "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles". The "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles" is based on the development of China's industry and the needs of industry regulation, taking into account technical feasibility, product compatibility, and practical implementation, it proposes a clear, comprehensive, and country-specific safety indicator system. Firstly, it fully considers different product forms and technical routes, and puts forward applicable safety requirements for the three types of combination driving assistance system products, including basic single lane, basic multi lane, and navigation driving assistance. Secondly, combining with China's road traffic characteristics, it puts forward baseline requirements to ensure the safe operation of combination driving assistance systems from the aspects of functional requirements, data recording, and security guarantee from vehicle manufacturers. Thirdly, considering the core positioning of the system as "assisting" driving, it puts forward requirements for user use and operation, such as human-machine interaction, instructions for use, and user training, to provide a basis for the correct cooperation between users and the system. Fourthly, considering the actual needs of industry management in China, it constructs a multi-level evaluation method including field tests, road tests, document inspections, etc., to comprehensively assess the safety capabilities of the system. At the international regulatory level, the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) of the United Nations released the technical regulation "Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS)" (UN R171) for combination driving assistance systems in March 2024, and completed the first revision in March 2025, putting forward unified technical requirements from aspects of functional requirements, human-machine interaction, fault response, etc., and clarified complementary test methods, in-use supervision, certification procedures, etc. Compared with UN R171, the Chinese standard puts forward more detailed technical requirements for system design operating range, functional requirements, driver status detection, user notification, etc., and adds some test scenarios and corresponding test processes and pass conditions, and clarifies the inspection and testing methods associated with the technical requirements, while maintaining core technical content coordination consistency, it is more in line with the complex road traffic environment in China and the actual needs of industry management. The release and implementation of the "Safety Requirements for Combination Driving Assistance Systems of Intelligent Connected Vehicles" clarify unified safety standards for combination driving assistance systems, which is of great significance for enhancing the safety level of intelligent connected vehicles, and ensuring the healthy and sustainable development of the industry. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will conscientiously promote the implementation of the standard, strengthen the management of access to intelligent connected vehicle products, further strengthen the responsibility of enterprises as the main body of safety, ensure the safe and compliant application of combination driving assistance systems; at the same time, accelerate the release and implementation of other mandatory national standards such as automatic driving systems, promote the construction of a sound intelligent connected vehicle standard testing and supervision system, accelerate the industrialization process of automatic driving technology, and lead the high-quality development of China's intelligent connected vehicle industry. This article is compiled from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, edited by GMTEight: Chen Wenfang.