Li Changqing, second-level inspector in SAMR’s Quality Development Bureau, told
the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that innovation must be
balanced with safety. He said firms should embed safety across R&D, verification
and iteration, and regulators will prohibit sacrificing safety for speed and
prevent deployment of “aggressive innovation” lacking scenario validation. Auto
manufacturers must bear primary product quality and safety responsibility,
strictly fulfilling accident-reporting and defect-recall obligations, and are banned
from concealment or underreporting; inadequately validated products must not be
put into service. He also urged aligning enterprise quality initiatives with
stronger supply chains and coordinating domestic governance with international
mutual trust.
