SAMR official: no trading safety for launch speed in smart vehicles
Speaking at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles conference on October 22, Li Changqing, a second-level inspector at the State Administration for Market Regulation's quality development bureau, said the intelligent connected vehicle industry must pursue innovation and safety priority together and must end the short-term practice of sacrificing safety for launch speed, IT Home reported. He said SAMR, jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, carries out regular ICV safety management and inspects products that draw public attention and carry major quality-safety risks, alongside a crackdown on exaggerated and false advertising, a compliance guide on automotive pricing conduct and action against vicious price wars. Li disclosed that China has conducted more than 3,200 vehicle recalls involving over 120 million vehicles, and that from January to September 2026 there were 617 ICV recalls covering 20.39 million vehicles, of which 14.53 million, or 71.23%, were completed after defect investigations, administrative talks and on-site verification.
The figures indicate that most ICV recalls in the first three quarters of 2026 were pushed by regulators rather than initiated by companies, as Beijing pairs software and OTA defect oversight with curbs on advertising and price competition.
IT之家 10 月 22 日消息，市场监管总局质量发展局二级巡视员李常青 10 月 22 日在 2026 世界智能网联汽车大会上明确表态，智能网联汽车产业必须坚持创新驱动与安全优先相统一，杜绝牺牲安全性换取上市速度的短视行为。
李常青明确，市场监管总局坚持问题导向和底线思维，联合工业和信息化部常态化开展智能网联汽车安全管理，深入提升产品质量专业能力，加强对舆论关注度高、存在较大质量安全隐患的产品进行监督检查。从源头上堵住创新设计带来的潜在隐患，同步开展汽车广告乱象的专项整治，发布《汽车行业价格行为合规指南》，开展联合整治夸大宣传、虚假宣传和恶性“价格战”的专项行动，坚决遏制低价低质竞争，推动行业从“卷价格”转向“拼质量”，让无视安全的企业付出应有代价。“将坚决打击夸大、虚假宣传，决不能让营销话术成为安全隐患的‘遮羞布’。”
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