China Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles

On September 11, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments jointly issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Industry.

The plan proposes that by 2030, China's advantages across the full industrial chain of intelligent connected new energy vehicles will be further consolidated, and the country will join the ranks of world automotive powers. The plan also sets a number of quantitative targets, including the penetration rate of new energy vehicles and energy consumption. Among them, capacity-warning and adjustment measures have been written into an industry five-year plan for the first time.

Executives at a number of automakers have studied the plan, and policy research departments at the relevant companies have organized learning sessions, with the contents to be communicated across their companies subsequently.