A draft amendment to China’s Road Traffic Safety Law, submitted to the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee for first review on Aug. 25, creates a special chapter on autonomous vehicles and defines autonomous and assisted driving functions. The draft says traffic-safety breaches that occur while an autonomous driving function is activated will be enforced against the vehicle’s manufacturer or importer; vehicles with the autonomous function not activated, and vehicles that only have

A draft amendment to China’s Road Traffic Safety Law, submitted to the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee for first review on Aug. 25, creates a special chapter on autonomous vehicles and defines autonomous and assisted driving functions. The draft says traffic-safety breaches that occur while an autonomous driving function is activated will be enforced against the vehicle’s manufacturer or importer; vehicles with the autonomous function not activated, and vehicles that only have assisted driving, will be regulated as conventional (non-autonomous) vehicles.