Policy News

China's industrial regulator expressed willingness to strengthen cooperation with New Zealand in NEVs, charging infrastructure, and low-carbon sectors.

China will strengthen capacity monitoring in the battery sector and intensify oversight of production consistency and product quality.

China plans to require passenger vehicles to default to a state where acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes less than five seconds upon each startup.

China's market regulator is discussing how to define false marketing, with a crackdown on exaggerated and false marketing in the auto industry likely next.

The Ottawa government is reportedly considering scrapping the 100 percent tariff on Chinese EV imports, aligning with China on the EV issue.

"Semi-solid-state batteries" will be named "solid-liquid batteries" in China to prevent public confusion with solid-state batteries, according to a local media report.

CAAM deputy secretary-general called for a 3 percent tax rate in 2026 and 7 percent in 2027, rather than the currently planned 5 percent rate for both years.

China will implement an export license management system for pure electric passenger vehicles, effective January 1, 2026.

China has released an automotive industry growth stabilization plan aimed at achieving key economic development goals for the sector.

The campaign will target illegal profiteering, exaggerated and false advertising, and malicious defamation targeting the automotive sector.