Between October 27 and 29, 2025, the 2025 World Automobile Standards and Innovation Conference was held under the theme “Standards and Regulations as the Link, Gathering Global Efforts to Promote the Sustainable Development of the Automotive Sector.” Organized by the China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC), the conference aims to foster a new global ecosystem for automotive standards characterized by broad consensus, synergistic coordination, and sustainability.
As a key global platform, the conference focused on the coordination of technical standards and regulations, innovation in standardization concepts, and China’s practical experience, while gathering international and domestic industry expertise to share cutting-edge practices. Participants from international organizations elaborated on ISO’s mission in the automotive sector, discussing the current state, future direction, and collaborative pathways for international regulations to provide a global perspective on improving the standards system. Domestic representatives from organizations including the China Association for Standardization and leading companies such as BYD and iFlytek delivered keynote speeches. Their topics covered the core value of standardization for the auto sector, the upgrade of New Energy Vehicle standards, safety regulations for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, the application of AI in auto standardization, and balancing industrial efficiency with sustainable development, offering practical references for the sector’s development.
Moreover, multiple significant milestones were yielded to serve global auto standards cooperation. A major outcome was the establishment of the “Automotive Standardization Cooperation Between SAC/TC114 and ARSO (African Organization for Standardization).” This initiative will deepen collaboration in three key areas: sharing technical standards, exchanging practical experiences, and aligning with international standards, aiming to enhance Africa’s automotive technical and standardization capabilities. Concurrently, China-Africa Automotive Standards and Regulations Cooperation Dialogue was first convened as a high-level platform to discuss promoting China’s standardization experience, Africa’s standards landscape, and localization practices that led to the identification of key cooperation areas and planned actionable projects. Besides, CATARC and the Moroccan Institute for Standardization signed a MoU to promote their cooperation in automotive standardization alignment, mutual recognition of auto parts certification, and technical exchanges.
The conference also featured the inauguration of the China Automotive Standards Internationalization Center (Bangkok) and the launch of the Digital Platform of Global Automotive Standards and Regulations, integrating “AI + Standardization.” This series of key outcomes marks a solid step by China in advancing the global digitalization and internationalization of automotive standards. For foreign enterprises, this necessitates strategic adjustments to both technological development and market approaches. They must accelerate the alignment of their R&D and production processes with these China-influenced standards, particularly in emerging fields like NEVs and intelligent connected vehicles.
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