How Changan Auto Earned Top‑Tier DevOps Certification and Boosted Delivery

Policy 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)”, stressing the internationalization of information standards, deeper involvement in ISO, IEC, ITU and other bodies, and the coordination of domestic and international standards.

CAICT Synchronized Assessment

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 certificates and reports. The assessment was upgraded in scope, certification and reporting.

3rd XOps Industry Innovation Forum

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

Changan Automobile’s Project

Changan Automobile entered the evaluation with the “Digital Base Gaia Platform Continuous Delivery” project. The project successfully passed the ITU DevOps international standard assessment and the domestic DevOps “System and Tool Standard – Continuous Integration” excellent‑level assessment, indicating that Changan’s capabilities are at a leading domestic level.

Interview Q&A

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

A: Changan Automobile, one of China’s four major automotive groups, has a 162‑year history and 40‑year car‑manufacturing experience, with 12 manufacturing bases worldwide. The “Digital Base Gaia Platform Continuous Delivery” provides a one‑stop digital software development management platform, automating processes, continuous integration and deployment, reducing errors and significantly improving delivery speed and efficiency.

Q: How do you feel about passing the DevOps system and tool standard assessment?

A: The successful assessment validates our digital transformation and DevOps achievements. We thank CAICT experts, our team and partners for their support.

Q: Why is an end‑to‑end, integrated toolchain important for DevOps?

A: It boosts efficiency, reduces errors, accelerates delivery, provides better visibility and monitoring, ensures consistency and compliance, and enables higher‑quality, safer software.

Q: What considerations did your company have when participating in the system and tool assessment?

A: We focus on delivering higher efficiency, higher quality, higher reliability and sustainable value, with three key dimensions: delivery value, delivery quality and delivery efficiency.

Q: What changes did the assessment bring to your team?

A: It reinforced our platform’s role in system and tool standards, helped development teams collaborate efficiently, build trustworthy software, and gave leadership a clear view of R&D performance for rapid decision‑making.

Q: What improvements were reflected after the assessment?

A: The quality pipeline now performs static and dynamic scanning of code and artifacts, enforces quality gates, and ensures healthy asset delivery. The full‑process pipeline standardizes development, integration testing and production stages, providing end‑to‑end automation and visibility.

Q: What challenges did you encounter during the assessment and how were they solved?

A: Cultural shift from siloed development and operations required education, senior support and cross‑functional teams. A “product study club” was created to promote training and cultural change.

Q: What are the next steps for DevOps at Changan?

A: In October we will undergo a Level‑3 (comprehensive) assessment of the Gaia platform, further advancing digital transformation.

Q: What is your view on the future of DevOps?

A: Future DevOps will integrate AI and machine‑learning, emphasize security, consolidate technology stacks and embrace AIOps, while remaining customer‑centric, agile and automated.

Platform Overview

The “Digital Base Gaia Platform” serves as a unified workbench for developers, integrating standard tools, services and functions to support one‑stop development, communication and collaboration, thereby improving software development efficiency.

Industry Participation Statistics

As of July 2024, the automotive industry has the following numbers of enterprises that have passed the domestic DevOps maturity model assessments:

Standard Details

The ITU DevOps international standard originated from a project led by CAICT in July 2018 in Geneva, involving representatives from more than 20 countries. In July 2020, the ITU‑T Study Group 13 approved the DevOps international standard Y.3525, which defines requirements for cloud service development and operation management.

The domestic DevOps standard “Research and Development Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model” was jointly drafted by CAICT, the Cloud Computing Open Alliance, the Efficient Operations Community, BATJ and major enterprises, and has been issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Contact Information

For DevOps standard assessment inquiries, contact CAICT representatives Bai Hanxiong (phone 159 1076 9206, email [email protected]), Bai Lu (phone 153 1152 6860, email [email protected]), Zhang Jianyi (phone 158 1031 7021, email [email protected]).