China announces GB 47955-2026 for Driving Assistance Systems

"China speed" means new requirements for DMS in China take effect starting Jan. 1 2027

In automotive, everyone now likes to talk about “China speed.” Established global OEMs are heavily criticized for their slow pace of technological adaptation while the new Chinese OEMs innovate three or four times faster in areas such as driving automation software, human-machine interaction (HMI) and software-defined architectures.

But “China speed” works two ways.

Following a serious of high profile fatal crashes involving Chinese New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) running “innovative” driving automation software, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has published a new national standard (GB 47955-2026) called “Intelligent Connected Vehicles Combined Driving Assistance.”

You can watch the video of this crash below.

While the basis for the new European General Safety Regulations (GSR2) was first passed in May 2018, the rules did not come fully into effect until the start of this month, with the requirement for advanced driver distraction warning systems becoming mandatory in all vehicle types.

Admittedly there were legislative delays from Covid over that period, but the runway in Europe was about eight years.

China’s road safety regulators are simply not playing around. The headline introduction date for the new legislation is Jan. 1 2027.

“China speed” means the highly innovative Chinese OEMs now have less than six months to meet the new standards. The activity for ADAS and DMS decisions is set to be frantic for the remainder of 2026.

Let’s look at how the new regulations are set to impact the DMS market.