The "Safety Requirements for Intelligent Connected Vehicle Automated Driving Systems" (GB 44721-2026) has been officially released. It is China's **first mandatory national standard** for L3 and L4 autonomous driving systems, taking effect on **July 1, 2027**.
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The National Automotive Standardization Technical Committee released three GB amendment drafts, proposing to increase NEV reliability test mileage from 15,000 km to **30,000 km**, aligning with fuel vehicle standards. Meanwhile, MIIT issued a mandatory GB requiring **19 core functions to have physical buttons**.
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GB 44721-2026 mandates that L3 autonomous driving systems must include driver takeover capability monitoring (DMS), effective July 1, 2027. DMS has evolved from an optional selling point to a mandatory safety threshold, with its core metric shifting from "fatigue detection" to "takeover capability judgment."
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On July 30, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released GB 44721-2026, China's first mandatory national standard for L3/L4 autonomous driving systems, effective July 1, 2027. The standard establishes safety requirements across four dimensions: policy, risk management, safety assurance, and safety improvement.
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MIIT officially released "Intelligent Connected Vehicles — Automated Driving System Safety Requirements" (GB44721-2026), applicable to L3 and L4 AD systems for M and N category vehicles, effective July 1, 2027. The standard requires AD system safety level to at least match that of a qualified and attentive human driver.
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New regulations for new energy vehicle door handle design require mandatory retention of mechanical release mechanisms and optimized operation space. Previous hidden door handles could impede rescue operations in power-loss scenarios, and the new rules mandate normal door opening in emergencies.
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