China Releases Big Plan for Autonomous Vehicles

Date04 March 2020
AuthorAtticus Zhao,Mark Schaub
Published date04 March 2020
Citationjd0059
Subject MatterCorporate
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CHINA LAW INSIGHT
China Releases Big Plan for Autonomous
Vehicles
By King & Wood Mallesons on March 4, 2020
By Mark Schaub Atticus Zhao
The world’s auto market is in the doldrums and China, as the world’s largest auto market,
has suffered almost two-years of starkly declining sales and now the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) epidemic has crashed the already anemic sales.
The automotive sector has been heading for disruption for some time now. The virus
outbreak may have pushed matters further. China signaled its intention to play a key role
in the development of autonomous vehicles when on 24 February 2020 eleven central
level Chinese governmental departments jointly issued the Strategy for Innovation and
Development of Intelligent Vehicles (the “Strategy”). [1]
The Strategy sets forth a blueprint as to how the Chinese government will boost the
development of autonomous vehicles over the next thirty years.
The highlights of the Strategy are as follows:
We are all in it together – Cross governmental cooperation
The Strategy shows that the Chinese government is united in pushing forward
autonomous vehicles. Previously, in January 2018 China’s National Development and
Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a draft Strategy for Innovation and Development of

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