On October 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology acknowledged that some automakers engage in bandwagon product launches and have problems such as insufficient testing and verification, and said it will resolutely prevent unreasonable innovation designs from entering the market.
On October 20, at a press conference of the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that some automakers follow the trend in launching new products and that testing and validation are insufficient, and that it will prevent unreasonable innovative designs and vehicle products that have not undergone sufficient research, development, testing and validation from entering the market.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation announced on the evening of October 15 that they had set up a joint investigation team to investigate automobile quality.
On October 10, four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a draft for public comment, proposing to ban cars from being equipped with fully flush door handles, prohibiting the use of zero-gravity seats, rotating seats, or seats folded flat into a bed while driving, and requiring models already announced to submit supplementary verification materials before July 1, 2027; those with safety hazards past the deadline must halt production and issue recalls, while new models must undergo environmental adaptability verification of no less than 1 year and reliability verification of no less than 30,000 kilometers. The document is still under public comment.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued a document demanding an end to the phenomenon of "instant cars" in the auto industry, and will launch a one-year special rectification and improvement campaign on vehicle quality and reliability.
Bloomberg reported on September 28, citing people with knowledge of the matter, that China has expanded exit restrictions on top AI talent at private companies to include some family members: spouses and children of executives at AI and chip firms must obtain official approval in advance even for short trips abroad, in an effort to prevent key technologies and information from flowing to the United States. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not respond to a request for comment.
On August 24, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued guidelines requiring Chinese automakers to avoid frequent and large price adjustments overseas and not to disrupt market order.
On July 8, 2026, an institution under China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a security alert claiming that the AI tool Claude Code poses hidden dangers such as sending information back; Anthropic responded that the mechanism is an anti-abuse feature and that its service has not been made available in mainland China.