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        "msgid": "china-urges-carmakers-to-avoid-irrational-competition-1792252245",
        "date": "2026-10-17 21:57:54",
        "title": "China Urges Carmakers to Avoid Irrational Competition",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "China\u2019s four government departments have urged major carmakers to compete responsibly, strengthen vehicle design and research-and-development testing, and put product safety first. They also warned against misleading marketing and said they would step up inspections and penalties as they work to improve product quality and oversight of intelligent connected new-energy vehicles.",
        "content": "<p>Beijing (ANTARA) \u2014 Four Chinese government departments have urged\nmajor carmakers to refrain from irrational competition, strengthen the\nmanagement of innovative vehicle design and research-and-development\n(R&amp;D) testing and validation, and ensure product safety, China\u2019s\nMinistry of Industry and Information Technology said on Friday (16\nOctober).<\/p>\n<p>The appeal was made at a meeting on Thursday (15 October) attended by\nrepresentatives of more than 30 major carmakers. It was convened by\nrelevant offices under the Ministry of Industry and Information\nTechnology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and\nEnvironment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials set out requirements in a draft circular on strengthening\nthe management of innovative vehicle design and R&amp;D testing and\nvalidation, and reported issues identified during previous supervisory\ninspections.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting urged carmakers to fulfil their primary responsibility\nfor product safety, strengthen compliance, and conduct comprehensive\nsafety assessments and R&amp;D testing and validation to eliminate\npotential safety risks.<\/p>\n<p>It also called for honest and objective marketing, warning against\nfalse, exaggerated or misleading claims, promotional activities\ndepicting traffic violations, and messages that encourage drivers to\ndisregard their responsibility to drive safely.<\/p>\n<p>Carmakers were also asked to strengthen safety safeguards for\nintelligent connected new-energy vehicles, improve safety assessment and\ntesting management systems, reinforce production conformity assurance\nsystems, and tighten supply-chain oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant authorities from the four departments will strengthen\ncoordination, promote a special campaign to improve product quality,\nissue and implement the circular as soon as possible, and accelerate the\ndrafting and revision of related standards.<\/p>\n<p>They will also continue inspections of major carmakers, take strict\naction under laws and regulations against companies found to have\nproblems, and make details of those cases public, the Ministry of\nIndustry and Information Technology said.<\/p>",
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