Auto, tech specialists form alliance to guide future collaborations

China's automobile industry has founded a strategic alliance, hoping to spur research and developing in intelligent and connected vehicles, while national guidelines are on the way.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is expecting intelligent vehicles to rise up and lead the industry's future development, after the success of the new energy vehicle sector was somewhat undercut by fraudulent subsidy claims.

"Intelligent and connected vehicles will be the breakthrough point for the country's automobile industry to transform and upgrade," said Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, in his speech last week in Beijing during the founding ceremony of the China Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles.