At an Aug. 26 State Council Information Office briefing on launching the 15th
Five-Year Plan, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology vice minister
Xin Guobin said China’s new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry has strengthened
international influence — exporting to more than 100 countries and cultivating
several highly competitive leaders — but still faces prominent problems. He
flagged persistent irrational competition, aggressive design innovations being
fitted to vehicles without sufficient testing, and a small number of
product-quality and autonomous-driving safety incidents that have drawn public
attention. These issues, he said, cannot be ignored and must be tackled with
greater force during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
