IT Daily Briefing: China's First Mandatory L2 Assisted Driving Standard Released, DeepSeek Outage, Alipay AI Assistant Open Beta, and More
English summary
On July 2, 2026, China's MIIT officially issued the first mandatory national standard for L2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), co-drafted by Huawei, Xiaomi, BYD, Tesla, NIO, and XPeng, with enforcement starting January 1, 2027. BYD stated that its DiPilot system already exceeds the new standard. XPeng launched the MONA L03 SUV pre-sale at 143,800 yuan, featuring a 1,500 TOPS Turing chip and a second-generation VLA intelligent driving system. Ant Group's AI assistant 'A Bao' entered open beta on Alipay without invitation codes. DeepSeek experienced web and API service degradation but was restoring functionality. Huawei HarmonyOS 6 device count surpassed 70 million.
Chinese summary
2026年7月2日，工信部正式发布国内首个L2级辅助驾驶强制性国家标准，由华为、小米、比亚迪、特斯拉、蔚来、小鹏等联合起草，2027年1月1日起实施。比亚迪表示其天神之眼智驾系统全系性能优于新国标。小鹏MONA L03 SUV开启预售，14.38万元起，搭载1500TOPS图灵芯片与第二代VLA智驾系统。蚂蚁集团AI助手“阿宝”在支付宝公测，无需邀请码。DeepSeek网页及API出现服务性能下降，正在修复。华为鸿蒙OS 6终端设备突破7000万。
Key points
China's first mandatory L2 ADAS standard released, effective Jan 1, 2027, co-drafted by major automakers and tech firms including Huawei, Xiaomi, BYD, Tesla, NIO, and XPeng.
中国首个L2辅助驾驶强制性国标发布，2027年1月1日起实施，由华为、小米、比亚迪、特斯拉、蔚来、小鹏等联合起草。
BYD claims its DiPilot ADAS system already exceeds the new L2 standard across all models.
比亚迪称其天神之眼智驾系统全系性能优于新国标。
XPeng MONA L03 pre-sale starts at 143,800 yuan, includes a 1,500 TOPS chip and second-generation VLA intelligent driving system.
小鹏MONA L03预售价14.38万元起，搭载1500TOPS芯片与第二代VLA智驾系统。
Ant Group's AI assistant 'A Bao' open beta on Alipay, no invitation code required.
蚂蚁集团AI助手“阿宝”在支付宝开放公测，无需邀请码。
DeepSeek experienced web and API service degradation; fix was being implemented.
DeepSeek网页和API出现服务性能下降，修复进行中。
HarmonyOS 6 devices surpassed 70 million, taking only 46 days to grow from 60 million to 70 million.
鸿蒙OS 6终端设备突破7000万，从6000万增长到7000万仅用时46天。