[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Guo Shougang: Autonomous driving is in a critical period of leaping from usability to ease of use and is about to enter the commercial promotion stage] On October 22, Guo Shougang, director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference on October 22 that global driving assistance has achieved large-scale application, and autonomous driving is about to enter the commercial promotion stage. "Global intelligent connected cars have entered a new stage in which the large-scale implementation of assisted driving and the exploration of autonomous driving are parallel. Autonomous driving is in a critical period from being usable to being easy to use." Guo Shougang said. (every sutra)