Shenzhen Pushes Forward Legislation on Autonomous Vehicles

The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen is close to enacting the country's first legislation on intelligent connected vehicles including autonomous cars. The city's legislative body conducted a second review Monday of draft rules on the administration of intelligent connected vehicles and will hold a third review in August before the measure becomes law, Caixin learned. The booming metropolis of more than 17 million people is a leading Asian financial center and one of China's wealthiest cities. Currently, new vehicles need to be included on a list of manufacturers and products released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and must meet certain national standards before they are allowed to hit the road. As China has yet to establish a national standard for intelligent connected vehicles, the MIIT list doesn't include any Level 3 autonomous vehicles.