State Administration for Market Regulation official discusses vehicle recall data and safety defects
According to IT Home, Xiao Lingyun, head of the Industrial Products Division at the SAMR Defective Product Recall Technology Center, stated that half of the vehicles recalled in China in 2025 were voluntarily recalled by manufacturers. He noted that by the end of 2025, China had implemented 3,265 auto recalls involving 121 million vehicles, with recalls triggered by investigations accounting for 53.14% of the total volume.
Key facts
- 01Xiao Lingyun stated that a recall of nearly 8 million vehicles occurred in the Chinese market on August 21, attributed to safety defects from new technologies.
- 02He revealed that over 2 million vehicles have avoided large-scale accidents through improvements in the 'sandbox' regulatory system.
- 03The official emphasized that while autonomous driving testing is sufficient, it is often based on standards, whereas real-world driving involves non-standard conditions.
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