Three Departments Including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Reiterate on NEVs: Avoid "Cut-throat Competition" and Never Cut Corners or Pass Off Inferior Products as Superior Ones

On June 19, the Equipment Industry Department I of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Quality Development Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Fire Supervision Department of the National Fire and Rescue Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "three departments") jointly held a video conference on strengthening the safety management of new energy vehicles (NEVs) to study and deploy the safety management work for NEVs this year.

The conference pointed out that China's NEV industry has achieved remarkable results, which are hard-won and need to be cherished. All relevant parties should thoroughly study and implement the important speeches and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, adhere to the principle of balancing development and safety, maintain a clear mind, spare no effort to prevent and mitigate safety risks associated with NEVs, enhance safety levels, and continuously consolidate the favorable situation of industry development.

The conference required that vehicle producers and power battery producers should consciously assume the main responsibility for product quality and safety, do a good job in risk prevention in areas such as product design verification, manufacturing, and after-sales service, strictly fulfill their obligation to inform, guide consumers to use vehicles correctly, refrain from exaggerated and false advertising, and resolutely uphold the safety bottom line. They should adhere to long-termism, avoid "cut-throat competition," and must not cut corners, use inferior materials, or sacrifice product performance and reduce product quality to achieve short-term "cost reduction and efficiency enhancement."

In the next step, the three departments will further strengthen work coordination, promote information sharing, organize safety hazard investigations and defect investigations, increase the intensity of production conformity supervision and inspection, urge enterprises to enhance the effectiveness of safety monitoring platforms, seriously investigate and handle enterprise violations, resolutely maintain a favorable order for industry development, and promote the high-quality development of China's intelligent connected NEV industry.

Representatives from local departments of industry and information technology, market regulation, and fire and rescue, the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Technical Center for Defective Product Recall of the State Administration for Market Regulation, relevant NEV producers, power battery producers, industry organizations, and inspection and testing institutions attended the conference.