On April 7, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the “Guidelines for the Management of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Production Enterprises and Products Admission (Trial)” (draft for comments).
Once these management guidelines come into effect, intelligent connected vehicle production enterprises will be subject to legal regulations when collecting, using, and protecting personal information, and are prohibited from disclosing sensitive information related to national security.
Regarding the targeted use of Tesla’s in-car cameras in recent times, the draft for comments states that personal information and important data collected and generated during operations in China should be stored within China.
Taking a reverse-thinking approach, this is not an attempt to marginalize Tesla, but rather a standardization. It can even be said that this is necessary to provide the policy support that Tesla needs, to help them carry out localization work under clear industry rules, and to create iterative features such as FSD beta that require the collection of a large amount of road data.
In fact, the MIIT has also left a loophole, stating that if data needs to be transmitted abroad, relevant departments need to be notified. Therefore, if this document can be executed, it is still positive news for Tesla’s development in China in the long run. Why did the MIIT consider standardizing the relevant rules only now, after the precedent set by the mobile industry? Perhaps it is because no other companies have encountered the same public opinion pressure before Tesla.
According to the MIIT website, the public can provide feedback in the following ways:
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By mailing opinions via postal mail to: Equipment Industry Division I of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, No. 13, West Chang’an Street, Beijing (Postal Code: 100804). Please indicate “Guidelines for the Management of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Production Enterprises and Products Admission (Trial) Feedback” on the envelope.
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By emailing comments to: qiche@miit.gov.cn; or by faxing comments to: 010-66013726.
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