AsianFin -- China has established a comprehensive industrial chain system for intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) technologies, spanning smart cockpits, autonomous driving, and cloud-based connectivity and control, according to a Wednesday report in Science and Technology Daily.

At a press conference on the upcoming 2025 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference (WICV 2025) in Beijing, Guo Shougang, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said China’s ICV industry is expanding rapidly.

From January to July 2025, the country sold 7.76 million new passenger cars with Level-2 driving-assistance functions, representing a penetration rate of 62.58 percent. Over 3 million vehicles were also fitted with 5G and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, Guo noted.

China is also fast-tracking the development of 20 pilot cities for “vehicle-road-cloud” integration, with more than 35,000 kilometers of test and demonstration roads already open, he added.