The General Administration of market supervision, the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of transport, the Ministry of emergency management and the General Administration of Customs recently jointly issued the notice on the trial implementation of the vehicle safety sandbox supervision system to jointly launch the pilot work of vehicle safety sandbox supervision. As a useful supplement to the traditional supervision, Sandbox supervision is a flexible supervision system for technological innovation. The notice said that vehicle safety sandbox supervision is a mechanism for in-depth safety testing of cutting-edge technologies applied to vehicles in the post market stage. The main purpose is to guide enterprises to find problems, improve design and reduce risks. According to the notice, the supervision of automobile safety sandbox adheres to the bottom line of product safety, adopts the catalogue list system, and is carried out on a trial basis in some models and regions to ensure that the system is appropriate, safe and controllable. The objects of sandbox supervision are cutting-edge technologies such as environmental perception, intelligent decision-making and collaborative control used in vehicles, or new functions and modes such as automatic driving at all levels and remote upgrading. The vehicles involved in sandbox supervision must pass the market access conditions such as the announcement of road motor vehicle manufacturers and products, obtain the compulsory certification certificate, and the operating motor vehicles shall meet the relevant standards of operation safety. The notice proposes that it is difficult to foresee the potential risks of applying for entry into the cutting-edge technology or new function and new mode of sandbox supervision based on the existing scientific cognition. Enterprises applying for sandbox supervision, including relevant automobile vehicles, parts, Internet technology, data services, network operation, software and system supply, need to actively fulfill the main responsibility of quality and safety, jointly study and evaluate unknown risks with regulatory authorities, and have necessary testing and emergency disposal resources. (Xinhua News Agency)