Changan Auto’s Dual DevOps Certification: Boosting Delivery Speed and Quality

Recent policies from the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other agencies have highlighted DevOps and BizDevOps as core capabilities for digital transformation, urging enterprises to adopt task‑oriented, cross‑departmental teams and demand‑driven development models.

The 2023‑2024 action plan emphasizes building agile development and operations capabilities, and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission calls for rapid‑response R&D‑Ops systems and enterprise‑level collaborative platforms. The China Securities Association also promotes standardized source‑code management and integrated DevOps tools.

Gartner predicts DevOps will reach production‑mature status between 2024‑2027, and in October 2023 the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched an organizational‑level DevOps assessment based on the "DevOps Capability Maturity Model".

On September 26, 2025, the 4th XOps Industry Ecosystem Innovation Forum in Beijing announced the dual ITU and domestic DevOps certification results. Changan Automobile’s "Digital Foundation Gaia Platform" V3.0 passed the ITU international standard assessment and the domestic "DevOps Capability Maturity Model" evaluation at Level 4, confirming its leading position in the automotive sector.

Changan’s Gaia platform V3.0 provides a unified workbench for software developers and operations engineers, integrating tools, services, and monitoring to enable one‑stop development, full‑chain fault tracing, and a halving of demand‑to‑delivery cycles.

Q&A Highlights

Q: Please introduce your company and the project.

A: Changan Automobile, a major Chinese automaker with 163 years of history, operates 14 manufacturing bases worldwide and has over 18,000 R&D staff. The Gaia platform V3.0 unifies development, testing, deployment, and monitoring, automating the entire software lifecycle.

Q: Why is the organizational‑level DevOps platform assessment important?

A: It validates that Changan’s DevOps system is mature and integrated, not a collection of isolated tools. The platform creates a complete automation loop from code commit to monitoring, enabling daily or hourly releases and accelerating business innovation.

Q: What metrics demonstrate the project’s impact?

A: • Deployment frequency – some modules now support real‑time, on‑demand deployment. • Lead time for changes – reduced from an average of two weeks to as fast as two hours. • Change failure rate – dropped from ~10% to under 2% thanks to automated testing and quality gates. • Automation coverage – exceeds 95% across compile, build, test, and deployment. • Mean time to locate issues – shortened from 30 minutes to 10 minutes.

Q: What are the next steps for the Gaia platform?

A: Three focus areas – “Deepening” (AI‑driven build scheduling and enhanced root‑cause analysis), “Generalizing” (replicating success across more teams and projects), and “Ecosystem‑building” (integrating cloud‑native stacks and eventually leveraging AI for software development).

The platform is positioned as the core engine for Changan’s transition to a smart, low‑carbon mobility company, enabling rapid, high‑quality software delivery that underpins future innovation.

Industry Context

CAICT’s organizational‑level DevOps platform assessment, based on YD/T 3763.8‑2021, covers project and development management, continuous delivery, testing, automation, technical operations, and DevSecOps, guiding enterprises toward integrated DevOps capabilities.

China’s BizDevOps standards, derived from XOps initiatives, aim to align business value creation with technology delivery, spanning from requirement definition to service operation.

For further information, contact CAICT representatives Liu Zhaowei (130 2106 0029, [email protected]) or Bai Hanxiong (159 1076 9206, [email protected]).