How Changan Auto Achieved Leading‑Edge DevOps Certification in China and Internationally

Background

On May 29, 2024, the Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Information Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027)". The plan stresses the internationalization of IT standards, deeper participation in ISO, IEC, ITU and other bodies, and alignment of domestic and international standards.

Assessment Initiative

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. The assessment scope, certificates, and reports were upgraded to meet the national action plan.

On July 25, 2024, at the 3rd XOps Industry Innovation Development Forum in Beijing, CAICT announced the dual‑certificate results for the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps standard.

Changan Automobile’s Project

Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. entered the assessment with the project "Digital Foundation Gaia Platform Continuous Delivery". The project successfully passed the ITU DevOps international assessment and the domestic DevOps "System and Tool Standard – Continuous Integration" excellent‑level evaluation, demonstrating that Changan’s capabilities are at a leading domestic level.

Interview Highlights

Q: Please introduce your company and the project you evaluated. A: Changan Automobile, a major Chinese automaker with 162 years of history and 40 years of vehicle manufacturing, participated with the Gaia platform, which provides a one‑stop digital software development management solution, automating pipelines, continuous integration, and deployment to improve delivery speed, quality, and developer productivity.

Q: How do you feel about passing the DevOps standard assessment? A: It validates our digital transformation and DevOps achievements, thanks to CAICT experts, our team, and partners.

Q: Why is an end‑to‑end, integrated toolchain important for DevOps? A: It boosts efficiency, reduces errors, accelerates delivery, offers better visibility and monitoring, and ensures consistency and compliance across development and operations.

Q: What considerations guided your participation in the System and Tool Standard assessment? A: We focus on delivering higher efficiency, higher quality, and higher reliability, with three key dimensions: delivery value, delivery quality, and delivery efficiency.

Q: What changes did the assessment bring to your teams? A: For developers, the toolchain enables efficient collaboration, secure software, and rapid agile organization building. For leadership, it provides a panoramic view of R&D performance for precise decision‑making.

Q: How did the assessment improve your project? A: Quality pipelines now perform static and dynamic scanning, enforce quality gates, and ensure healthy asset delivery, reducing software risk.

Q: What are the future plans for DevOps at Changan? A: After the current assessment, a Level‑3 (comprehensive) evaluation of the Gaia platform is planned for October, further advancing digital transformation.

Technical Details

The quality pipeline includes:

Source management: supports code and artifact configuration for quality control.

Static scanning: code style, defect, vulnerability detection, and component analysis.

Dynamic scanning: runtime error and memory leak detection.

Quality gates: automatic compliance checks before release.

The end‑to‑end pipeline covers:

Development pipeline: automated code‑to‑deployment flow with quality gates and one‑click environment deployment.

Integration testing pipeline: multi‑branch merging, security scanning, rapid test environment provisioning, and strict quality control.

Production pipeline: artifact to release flow with flexible admission criteria, automated audits, and visual monitoring.

Statistics

As of July 2024, the automotive industry has submitted a notable number of DevOps domestic standard assessments, with data visualized in the accompanying chart.

Further Information

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

Contact CAICT for DevOps standard assessment inquiries:

CAICT – Bai Hanxiong, Phone: 159 1076 9206, Email: [email protected]

CAICT – Bai Lu, Phone: 153 1152 6860, Email: [email protected]

CAICT – Zhang Jianyi, Phone: 158 1031 7021, Email: [email protected]

Efficient Operations Community – Wei Huanxin, Phone: 185 0025 5645, Email: [email protected]