{"id":"d862ce9b-6383-4ae4-99d2-86d166523c22","slug":"china-robotaxi-permit-suspension-2026","kind":"regulatory_action","headline":"China suspended new robotaxi/AV permits nationwide after the Apollo Go Wuhan outage","summary":"Reported Apr 29 2026: MIIT (with the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Public Security) froze issuance of new AV permits (no new fleet additions, tests, or city expansions) after ~100 Apollo Go robotaxis stalled in Wuhan on Mar 31 2026; existing services continued. A sector-wide regulatory action anchored here to the apollo-rt6 proximate trigger (applies industry-wide: Pony.ai/WeRide/all). 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