Four Ministries Summon Key Truck, Bus and Motorcycle Firms Over Production Consistency and Testing Issues

Recently, the First Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Department of Atmospheric Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Department of Quality Development of the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly held a symposium with key manufacturers of trucks, buses, special-purpose vehicles, trailers, and motorcycles.

The meeting briefed participants on the current safety situation of vehicle products and deployed key tasks including product safety hazard inspections and supervision checks.

Key Concerns Raised

The meeting emphasized that recently, certain automobile and motorcycle products have shown deficiencies in production consistency and testing verification. Some cases even involved illegal modifications, "large tonnage with small labels," and "large tank with small labels" — violations that endanger road traffic safety and damage the image of Chinese brands.

Requirements for Manufacturers

The symposium called on automobile and motorcycle manufacturers to implement the requirements of the Special Action for Production Consistency and Quality Improvement of Road Motor Vehicle Products (hereinafter referred to as the "Quality Improvement Special Action"). Companies were urged to:

• Firmly resist irrational competition
• Safeguard product safety bottom lines
• Maintain a fair and orderly market competition environment

Specific Measures

1. Take responsibility for product safety – Strengthen compliance awareness, strictly follow the "Announcement" management requirements when applying for product access, and resolutely resist illegal modifications, "large tonnage with small labels," and "large tank with small labels."

1. Conduct in-depth safety risk inspections – Systematically identify problems in production consistency, reliability, durability, and testing verification — both within the company and among key component suppliers — and carry out thorough corrective actions.

1. Strengthen production consistency assurance – Improve the certification management system, enhance incoming inspection of key components and final vehicle inspection, refine production process records, and ensure traceability of key processes. Mass-produced vehicles must comply with national standards and management requirements and remain consistent with the parameters of the type-approved models in the "Announcement."

1. Enhance vehicle function testing and safety assessment – Strengthen R&D testing and verification capabilities, fully evaluate vehicle safety performance, and strictly prohibit "radical innovation" that lacks scenario-based verification or "illegal structures" suspected of enabling illegal modifications or overloading.

Background and Broader Context

Prior to this, the First Department of Equipment Industry of MIIT also held a symposium with key passenger car manufacturers to deploy safety hazard inspections and supervision checks for passenger vehicles.

This latest symposium was convened to accelerate the implementation of the Quality Improvement Special Action, which had already been launched.

On August 27, MIIT, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly decided to launch a one-year nationwide Quality Improvement Special Action, effective immediately. The inspection targets include:

• Road motor vehicle manufacturers and their products
• Relevant road motor vehicle inspection and testing institutions

Key Issues Targeted

The special action focuses on four areas:

• Production consistency
• Reliability
• Durability
• Testing verification of new technologies

The initiative aims to address widespread problems in the road motor vehicle industry, including vicious competition, false advertising, and price wars.

Recent Enforcement Actions

On September 23, the First Department of Equipment Industry of MIIT publicly disclosed a batch of typical cases identified during the 2025 motorcycle product production consistency supervision and inspection work. Examples include:

• Chongqing Liyang Hongben Motorcycle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Meishida Electric Tricycle Co., Ltd. — Sample vehicles had parameters such as curb weight and headlamp beam position and luminous intensity that did not meet the requirements of national standards, including the Technical Conditions for Motor Vehicle Safety Operation.

• Chongqing Wanhu Electromechanical Co., Ltd. and Jiangmen Junhao Motorcycle Co., Ltd. — Sample vehicles had acceleration noise, pollutant emissions, or fuel consumption levels that did not meet national standards, including the Limits and Measurement Methods for Acceleration Noise of Motorcycles and Mopeds and the Limits and Measurement Methods for Motorcycle Pollutant Emissions (China Stage IV).