[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Steady and orderly expansion of scenario applications of intelligent connected vehicles] Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on the 21st that the development of China's intelligent connected vehicle industry has achieved initial results. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will deepen cross-border collaboration and integration, expand scenario applications in a steady and orderly manner, prudently promote the access and on-road pilots of intelligent connected vehicles, and accelerate the large-scale demonstration of key autonomous driving scenarios. The 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference opened in Beijing on the same day. Xin Guobin introduced at the opening ceremony that currently, the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry is in a critical window period for technological breakthroughs and commercialization to be promoted in parallel. "Intelligent connected cars are accelerating towards real-life scenarios, which have put forward higher requirements for product intrinsic safety, system reliability, cross-domain collaborative governance and the docking of international rules. Coordinating development and safety and promoting the collaborative advancement of technological innovation and industrial applications have become a common proposition of the times for the global automobile industry." Xin Guobin said that China has always adhered to safety first and innovation-driven, and steadily promoted technological innovation and high-level opening up on the basis of maintaining the bottom line of safety. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on technological research, scenario promotion, and industry governance, and work with the global industry to jointly promote the healthy and sustainable development of the intelligent connected automobile industry. (Xinhua News Agency)