How Changan Auto Achieved Dual ITU DevOps Certification and Boosted Efficiency

Background

On May 29, 2024, China’s Cyberspace Administration, State Administration for Market Regulation, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the Information Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027) , emphasizing the promotion of internationalization of information standards, deeper participation in ISO, IEC, ITU, and alignment of domestic and international standards.

CAICT DevOps Evaluation

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronized assessment based on the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps standard, enabling mutual recognition of certifications and reports. This assessment aligns with the national action plan and meets the practical needs of enterprises.

Changan Auto Project

At the 24th GOPS Global Operations Conference on October 18, 2024, CAICT announced that Changan Automobile’s Digital Base Gaia Platform passed the ITU DevOps international standard assessment, the domestic DevOps Level‑3 Continuous Delivery assessment, and the System and Tool Standard Platform Excellent‑level assessment, demonstrating leading domestic capabilities.

Assessment Unit: China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Interview

Q: Please introduce your company and the project you evaluated.

Ren Zhe (General Manager, Changan Auto Big Data Center): Changan Automobile, a leading Chinese automaker with 162 years of history and 12 manufacturing bases worldwide, has built a global R&D network across six countries. The Gaia platform provides a unified workbench for software teams, enabling one‑stop digital software development management, halving delivery cycles and multiplying innovation speed.

Q: How does passing the DevOps assessment make you feel?

Ren Zhe: It confirms our high level of automation, quality control, and team collaboration, reflecting our continuous improvement and commitment to technical innovation.

Q: Why did you decide to join the DevOps assessment?

Ren Zhe: To improve R&D efficiency and quality, stay competitive, optimize team collaboration, and meet risk‑management and compliance requirements.

Q: What benefits has the assessment brought to your company?

Liu Liang (Senior Digital Engineer): It has accelerated automation, improved CI/CD speed and product quality, reduced costs, enhanced resource utilization, and strengthened security and compliance.

Q: What challenges did you encounter during the assessment?

Mu Xiyu (Senior Manager): We faced gaps in automated test coverage and CI pipeline stability; we addressed them by expanding test cases, building custom data generators, parallelizing tests, tightening dependency management, and enhancing monitoring and rollback mechanisms.

Q: What is the biggest takeaway from this year’s DevOps implementation?

Mu Xiyu: Significant gains in development and delivery efficiency, stronger cross‑team collaboration, improved stability and scalability, and the establishment of a continuous‑improvement culture.

Q: What are your plans for the future?

Mu Xiyu: Integrate security as code into CI/CD, enhance monitoring and feedback, and continue advancing automation and intelligent operations.

Q: How do you see the future of DevOps?

Mu Xiyu: DevOps will evolve toward full automation with AI, tighter DevSecOps integration, widespread IaC and cloud‑native architectures, deeper cross‑team collaboration, and become a core driver of enterprise innovation.

Industry Participation Statistics

As of October 18, 2024, the automotive industry has completed numerous DevOps assessments, with detailed counts shown in the accompanying charts.

Further Information

For more details on the ITU DevOps international standard, see the linked article.

Internationalization of DevOps Standards – 2024 Review

Contact CAICT for assessment inquiries: Zhang Jianyi (tel: 158 1031 7021, email: [email protected]) and Bai Hanyong (tel: 159 1076 9206, email: [email protected]).