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Catena-X ↔ CAAM/VDA: China–Europe automotive trusted data space
EU–ChinaEU–China bridge evidence A verified
Both sides name each other. CAAM (2025-04-24): CAAM, VDA and Catena-X signed a strategic cooperation agreement at Auto Shanghai. Catena-X: tripartite LoI with CAICT and Sungent (Suzhou, 2025-07-17); China–Europe pilot with 25 Chinese companies (IAA 2025); cross-border data ecosystem with CAAM and VDA China, Zhonglian/众链数智 as operating partner (2026-07-22); CAAM (2026-08-03) reports the ecosystem signing, first use case battery passport. Inference: Catena-X architecture is implemented in the open-source Eclipse Tractus-X; the bridge is on data-space standards and interoperability, open-source code reuse by Chinese side not documented. Government source: Jiangsu Data Bureau (reprinting Suzhou Data Bureau, 2026-05-08) reports the launch of the Catena-X Automotive Network China Digital Clearing House by Sungent, Catena-X, CAICT, Cofinity-X and GIZ.
- since
- 2025-04-24
- scale
- industry associations; 25 Chinese companies in the pilot
- note
- Round 6 (2 Nov). Leads ChatGPT (EU side) + DeepSeek (CN side), all five pages fetched by Claude. Third verified EU–CN bridge.
Sources
- http://www.caam.org.cn/chn/1/cate_3/con_5236714.html
- http://www.caam.org.cn/data/chn/8/cate_81/chn/1/cate_1/con_5237259.html
- https://catena-x.net/news/catena-x-expands-global-collaboration-tripartite-letter-of-intent-signed-in-suzhou/
- https://catena-x.net/news/catena-x-showcases-breakthrough-china-pilot-with-25-companies-unveiled-at-iaa/
- https://catena-x.net/news/catena-x-launches-worlds-first-cross-border-automotive-industry-data-ecosystem-between-china-and-europe/
- http://jszwb.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2026/5/8/art_19420_11766938.html