On September 23, 2026, MIIT announced an approval-stage public review of two recommended national standards, including Road Vehicles-Software Update Engineering. The public display runs from September 24 through September 30, 2026.

The selected project concerns engineering governance across the vehicle software-update lifecycle, including over-the-air update processes. It is not yet a published standard, has no announced implementation date and is not presented by MIIT as a mandatory GB standard.

Vehicle manufacturers and software suppliers should use the review period to compare existing update-management, release-control, traceability, rollback and cybersecurity evidence against the draft available through MIIT's standards platform. No immediate type-approval, labelling or market-access change follows from the notice alone.

Impact

Impact assessment: Medium.

Key reasons: The project may become a reference for vehicle software-update engineering and OTA governance, but it remains a recommended-standard draft.

Who is affected?

Vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), Tier 1 suppliers, automotive software providers, OTA platform teams, cybersecurity teams and compliance personnel.

Conclusion:

Conduct a gap review and submit technically supported comments before September 30, 2026. No mandatory certification change applies from the draft notice alone