China is planning to draw up standards on smart, internet-connected vehicles as well as autonomous driving, one of the nation's latest efforts to take the lead in the fast-evolving sector.

By 2020, the country is expected to formulate at least 30 sets of standards which will basically be capable of supporting driving assistance and low-level autonomous driving, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in a document released on Tuesday.

The standards will cover aspects including function safety, information safety, human to machine interfaces, information recognition and interaction, and auxiliary controls.