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China's Draft Rules on Vehicle Modification Highlight Safety and Environmental Protection, Opens Public Comment

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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has begun soliciting public opinion on the "Administrative Measures for Vehicle Modification," jointly drafted by multiple government departments. The first national policy document to systematically regulate vehicle modification, it is a key move to foster new growth in the automotive aftermarket. The Measures, which currently target non-commercial passenger vehicle modifications, create two categories: Class 1 covers modifications such as body color and interior/exterior trim that do not affect safety or environmental performance, while Class 2 covers modifications to systems such as braking and suspension that do. The ministry has drawn up a first list of 43 modification items — 29 Class 1 and 14 Class 2 — and would require automakers to keep a "one vehicle, one file" modification record.

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Highlighting “Safety” and “Environmental Protection,” Measures for the Administration of Automobile Modification Open for Public Comment

IT之家, November 13 — According to CCTV News reporter today (the 13th) learning from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Measures for the Administration of Automobile Modification, jointly compiled by multiple departments, has begun soliciting public comments. This is the first policy normative document to be issued at the national level to systematically advance automobile modification management, and a key measure to cultivate new growth points in automotive aftermarket consumption.

According to IT之家, the Measures for the Administration of Automobile Modification currently mainly targets the modification of non-commercial passenger vehicles, which are large in volume and wide in coverage, and implements Category 1 and Category 2 modification management. Among them,

  • Category 1 modification refers to modification of body color, interior and exterior trim, etc. that does not involve safety, environmental protection, or other performance.
  • Category 2 modification refers to modification of braking systems, suspension, etc. that involves vehicle safety, environmental protection, or other performance.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has formulated the first batch of modification item list, totaling 43 items, including 29 Category 1 items and 14 Category 2 items. In terms of management, automobile enterprises are required to establish a “one vehicle, one file” vehicle modification file.

The report pointed out that the Measures highlight “safety” and “environmental protection.” Automobile enterprises are required to formulate modification technical plans, and systems and parts used for modification shall comply with relevant technical standards; for modification items with a relatively large impact on vehicle safety, environmental protection, and other performance, the modification technical plan must undergo technical review by national-level testing institutions.

Experts said that for automobile modification items that may have a relatively large impact on vehicle safety and environmental performance, the Measures require automobile enterprises to ensure that modified models and corresponding systems and parts obtain test reports; for each modified vehicle, the modification enterprise must issue a completion conformity certificate to the vehicle owner. This indicates that while orderly opening up the modification market, the Measures strengthen safety control over the systems and parts used for modification as well as modified vehicles.

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