Company: LI
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000678
Chunk: 139

Company: Li Auto Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 139
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 eliminate defects and recalls their defective products, it must make a recall plan and completes a filing with the SAMR.
On March 29, 2022, the MIIT, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Emergency Management and the SAMR jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Safety System for New Energy Vehicle Enterprises, which proposed to comprehensively enhance the safety capabilities of enterprises in safety management mechanism, product quality, operation monitoring, after-sales service, accident response and handling, as well as network security, improve the safety of new energy vehicles, and promote the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry.
On April 15, 2022, the MIIT issued the Circular on the Filing of Online Upgrade of Automobile Software, which took effect on the same day. Pursuant to this circular, a vehicle manufacturer that has obtained the manufacturing admission for road motor vehicles must complete filings for its automobile products with online software upgrade function (also known as the OTA upgrade function) and its online software upgrade activities. A vehicle manufacturer must complete filings of its management capabilities, vehicle types and functions, and specific upgrade activities in sequence as required to implement the online software upgrade activities. In particular, the online software upgrade activities can be divided into three categories: (a) for upgrade activities not involving changes in product safety, environmental protection, energy saving, anti-theft and other technical performance, enterprises may directly conduct such upgrade activities after filing; (b) for upgrade activities involving changes in product safety, environmental protection, energy saving, anti-theft and other technical performance, enterprises must submit verification materials to ensure that the products comply with national laws and regulations, technical standards and specifications as well as other requirements; and (c) for upgrade activities involving vehicle autonomous driving functions (level 3 and above of driving automation classification), they should be approved by the MIIT.
On August 1, 2024, the MIIT issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Access, Recall, and Software Online Upgrade for Intelligent Connected Vehicles (Draft for Comments) for public comments. The notice aims to enhance the management of access and recall procedures for intelligent connected vehicles equipped with integrated driving assistance systems, and further regulate the OTA software upgrades by automotive manufacturers, thereby strengthening the collaborative management of automotive software upgrades.

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Regulations on Product Liability
Pursuant to the PRC Product Quality Law, which was promulgated on February 22, 1993 and amended on July