The new rules say that self-driving cars must be as safe as human drivers. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made this announcement.

Buyers must know about any limits in self-driving cars.

The rules make sure people and machines work together safely. This prevents problems or bad use.

Self-driving cars must have safe ways to turn on and off the automatic driving.

For cars with a human driver, the self-driving system must check if the driver is ready to take over.

There are concerns about safety and the cost of making better self-driving systems. This has made it hard to introduce self-driving cars.

Beijing told car makers that safety rules will be enforced more strictly. This is after a fatal accident in 2025 with a Xiaomi car in assisted driving mode.

China supports the first global rules for fully self-driving cars. These rules were adopted by a U.N. agency in June. China has now made its own rules.