Event Recap丨Automotive Global Compliance: The Security Architecture and Risk Mitigation Strategies, by Kevin Liu, CTO of Carlinx

The 2025 Volcano Engine Winter FORCE Prime Force Summit recently concluded in Shanghai. Kevin Liu, CTO of Carlinx, was invited to join the roundtable “Automotive Global Compliance: Practical Strategies” alongside experts from GAC Group, Deloitte, and Volcano Engine. The discussion focused on security architecture and risk mitigation strategies, analyzing the compliance challenges and solutions for Chinese OEMs transitioning from “vehicle export” to “ecosystem export.” Kevin Liu emphasized that, compliance now requires integrated capabilities across technology, processes, and organization, rather than standalone project for legal teams.

Speech Excerpt:

Beyond the "Era of Expansion":   Four Critical Compliance Challenges

Mounting Pressure on Compliance & Security: Regulations like GDPR are growing stricter, turning data rights and privacy into a pressing risk.

The Shift to Granular Operations: The era of rapid scale-first expansion is over. The industry now must advance into a stage of precise and granular data control.

Breaking Down Ecosystem Silos: In traditional overseas projects, OEMs, consultants, and IT/service providers often worked in silos. This created a significant "collaboration gap" between compliance requirements and technical execution.

The Tooling Gap: Even with mature compliance frameworks, the absence of digital toolchains hinders automation. " Success no longer hinges solely on market entry, but on the capability for secure operations" Kevin Liu emphasized.

The "Next-generation Global Leap": Smart Infrastructure for Corss-Border Data

Kevin Liu introduced the new concept of "Leap forward Globalization". Unlike the era of fuel-vehicle exports, Chinese EVs now go abroad with high-performance chips, intelligent cabins, and autonomous driving algorithms. "We are not simply selling cars, we are exporting an integrated ecosystem, which places high demands on the underlying infrastructure." Through deep collaboration with global cloud providers like Volcano Engine, Carlinx leverages global cloud infrastructure to solve core challenges related to data sovereignty and cross-border transfer.

Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Hyper Agent for Collaborative Compliance

A key pain point resonated across the panel: alignment. Kevin Liu identified the core difficulty as “cognitive alignment” - making complex GDPR clauses understandable to engineers, and technical architectures clear to legal staffs. “Previous reliance on manual training was inefficient and created disconnect,” he stated. Carlinx addresses this with Hyper Agent, which powers an intelligent compliance knowledge base. This allows engineers to check regulatory requirements in real time, and enables business teams to receive instant compliance guidance - turning compliance into an accessible tool rather than a legal-sector monopoly.

As a leading vehicle data intelligence provider, Carlinx serves as both a technology enabler and an ecosystem connector. The company builds a solid data foundation through Hyper Flow and Hyper Agent. Together with ecosystem partners, Carlinx aims to close the gap between strategy and implementation, building a globally competent, efficient, and secure operational framework that supports the sustainable growth of Chinese EVs worldwide.