HUAWEI partners with MIIT subsidiary

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s EIDC (Equipment Industry Development Center) signed a strategic collaboration agreement with telecom giant HUAWEI to develop the intelligent connected vehicle industry during the WICV (World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference) on September 25th.

HUAWEI, EIDC signing ceremony; photo credit: MIIT EIDC

Per the agreement, the EIDC and HUAWEI will sincerely cooperate in auto industry regulations, technology criteria, tests evaluation system, and platform establishment to promote further the quality and development of China's ICV industry.

The EIDC is a direct public subordinate of the government institute MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), responsible for providing management support and regulation suggestions for the equipment industries. The center is in charge of organizing policy and regulation symposiums regarding the intelligent connected vehicle segment and coordinating the ICV workgroup (ICV-2035)'s working progress, accelerating the innovative ecosystem construction and industrialization process.

In May 2019, HUAWEI established an intelligent vehicle solutions business unit (BU) to provide incremental parts to ICVs. HUAWEI adheres to its "platform + ecosystem" strategy and focuses on building operating systems for autonomous driving, smart cabin, and vehicle control domain platforms, helping automakers produce better cars.

The current COO of the BU, Wang Jun, said earlier, HUAWEI has invested more than $1 billion in auto parts R&D this year, with a team of over 5000 members, and put over 30 intelligent vehicle parts products on the market.