On 26th January 2024, China Association of Consumer Products Quality and Safety Promotion (CACPQSP) successfully held the Automotive Software Quality
On 26th January 2024, China Association of Consumer Products Quality and Safety Promotion (CACPQSP) successfully held the Automotive Software Quality Management System (ASQMS) Standard Promotion Working Group inaugural meeting in Beijing. Wang Kun, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the CACPQSP, Zheng Yuanhui, Secretary General of Automotive Working Committee of CACPQSP, and two Deputy Secretary Generals Lin Xiaowei and Wang Changsheng attended this meeting. More than 100 people including representatives from OEMs, technical institutions, media representatives and others participated this meeting online and offline. Representatives from Chongqing Changan, Shanghai GM Wuling, SAIC MAXUS, Dongfeng, XPENG , Great Wall Motors, Geely, Changan Ford, GAC Group, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, Leapmotor, FAW-Volkswagen, Voyah, Deepal, BAIC Foton, Mengshi Automotive, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, etc. participated the meeting on-site. BYD, Volvo, NIO, Zeekr, CATARC, Beijing Automotive Technology Center, China Quality Certification Center (CQC), Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, GRG Metrology & Test, ACCU etc. participated the meeting online. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner, CEO of ACCU X-Tech, as the person in charge of ASQMS international promotion, also attended the meeting on-site. This meeting was presided by Mr. Lin Xiaowei, Deputy Secretary General of Automotive Working Committee.
Mr. Wang Kun, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of CACPQSP, pointed out in his speech that with the rapid development of the Internet of Vehicles, intelligent driving, and new energy vehicles, software and automobiles are integrated day by day. Software quality increasingly and significantly affects the function, performance and user experience of the vehicle. The ASQMS standard for automotive software quality management system solves the gap left by the traditional quality management system in the software field in the era of new energy vehicles and intelligent vehicles. The release of the standard not only strengthens China‘s leadership in the development of global automotive intelligence and networking, but also demonstrates China‘s innovation capability and international vision in this field.
Mr. Chen Zhitang, senior SQE expert from Shanghai GM Wuling Automotive introduced the content and framework of the “ASQMS Requirements“, and Mr. Tang Lintao, chief engineer of the quality department of Chongqing Changan Automotive, analyzed the current development situation and needs of software quality management in the automotive industry. Participants expressed that with the development of intelligence and network connectivity in the automotive industry, software quality management is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The release and implementation of ”ASQMS Requirements“ comes at the right time.
Mr. Zheng Yuanhui, Secretary General of Automotive Working Committee, announced the official establishment of the ASQMS Standard Promotion Working Group and read out the current member list of 30 OEMs. On behalf of the Promotion Working Group, Mr. Wang Changsheng, read out a joint statement signed by member OEMs, demonstrating the industry‘s determination of joint efforts to promote automotive software quality management.
Finally, Mr. Zheng Yuanhui concluded the meeting. He emphasized that the Promotion Working Group will give full play to the platform role of CACPQSP, gathering industry‘s support to implement the ASQMS standard, and to unite the efforts of all parties to advance China‘s automotive software management level, and to help China move towards a leading position in the development of global automotive intelligence and network connectivity.
