Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Resolutely prevent automobile products with unreasonable innovative designs and without sufficient R&D testing and verification from entering the market.

The State Council Information Office held a press conference today. Safety is the lifeline and core competitiveness of automobile enterprises. All R&D activities must take safety as the primary prerequisite and must never come at the expense of safety. Next, MIIT will actively study and incorporate opinions from all sides, work with relevant departments to expedite the drafting and issuance of the Notice, accelerate the formulation and revision of relevant standards, and strengthen supervision and inspection of product production consistency and inspection and testing institutions. Through whole-chain supervision covering pre-market access and in-process and post-event supervision and inspection, we will resolutely prevent unreasonable innovative designs and products that have not undergone sufficient R&D testing and verification from entering the market, resolutely safeguard the bottom line of automobile product safety, effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and promote the high-quality development of the automobile industry.