Asia Tech Wire (Oct 18) -- The Chinese government has yet to approve Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, according to China Daily.

Tesla has been actively seeking to launch the FSD feature in the Chinese market, and this year there has been a steady stream of news that the feature is about to land in China.

In this regard, a number of people familiar with the matter revealed that the Chinese government supports Tesla's early and pilot test of some FSD functions under the premise of following existing laws and regulations.

However, the Chinese authorities have not yet approved the introduction of FSD into China, and the relevant assessment work is still in progress, Friday's report noted.

Tesla's AI team posted a message on social media platform X in early September that it expects to launch FSD in China and Europe in the first quarter of 2025, but pending regulatory approval.

However, it seems that Tesla's plan to launch FSD in China has not advanced as expected.

Experts said that the core issue of whether FSD can quickly land in China mainly lies in how to collect basic geographic information and other data and how the data is safe and compliant.

At present, Tesla has commissioned qualified Chinese companies to carry out relevant surveying and mapping activities.

The people revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk Musk had proposed to the relevant Chinese authorities to directly access some non-sensitive video data, in order for the company to use it to train Autopilot, its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS).

He also took the initiative to suggest that there could be a specialized government team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of such video data to ensure data security.