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 have even engaged in illegal modifications, "large tonnage with small label" (大吨小标), and "large tank with small label" (大罐小标) violations, endangering road traffic safety and damaging the image of Chinese brands.

Requirements for Manufacturers

The meeting required 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"). Manufacturers must:

• Resolutely resist irrational competition
• Guard the bottom line of product safety
• Maintain a fair and orderly market order

Specific Measures

1. Take full 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 label," and "large tank with small label" violations.

1. Conduct in-depth safety risk inspections – Systematically identify problems in production consistency, reliability, durability, and testing verification within their own operations and those of key component suppliers, and carry out thorough corrective actions.

1. Strengthen production consistency assurance capabilities – Improve systems such as certificate management, enhance incoming inspection of key components and final inspection of completed vehicles, refine production process records, ensure traceability of key processes, and guarantee that mass-produced vehicles comply with relevant national standards and management requirements and are consistent with the parameters of the type-approved models in the "Announcement."

1. Enhance vehicle function testing verification and safety assessment – Strengthen R&D testing and verification capabilities, fully evaluate vehicle safety performance, and strictly prohibit "radical innovation" that chases trends without scenario verification, as well as "illegal structures" suspected of illegal modifications or overloading.

Background and Context

Previously, 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 previously deployed Quality Improvement Special Action. On August 27, MIIT, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation decided to launch a one-year nationwide Quality Improvement Special Action, effective immediately.

Scope of Inspection

The inspection covers road motor vehicle manufacturers and their products, as well as 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 rectify various industry disorders, including vicious competition, false advertising, and price wars.

Recent Enforcement Actions

Notably, on September 23, the First Department of Equipment Industry of MIIT publicly exposed 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 vehicle parameters such as curb weight, headlight beam position, and luminous intensity 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 vehicle parameters such as acceleration noise, pollutant emissions, or fuel consumption did not meet the requirements of 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)."