A Japanese delegation visits the Wineries and vineyards of Rioja Alavesa in the Basque Country

VITORIA, Spain, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A Japanese delegation, made up of 16 sales representatives, importers, chefs, specialized journalists, and influencers, is currently traveling through different parts of the Basque Country, in the southwest Atlantic of the European Union, visiting producers of txakoli, cider, and Rioja Alavesa wines. Mariko Ichikawa and Yosuke Sato, Tokyo Wine School, are showing particular interest in Basque restaurants. Mrs Amaia Barredo, Minister of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture, and Fisheries of the Basque Government, highlighted this morning in Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa, "the Quality of the Basque Country in the food and gastronomy sector" and "the commercial, gastronomic, and cultural ties that Japan and the Basque Country are fostering."

Amaia Barredo believes that "the Basque Country is opening a great door to relations with Japan in the food, gastronomy and beverage sectors." This morning, Barredo presented the Rioja Alavesa vineyards and wineries in Laguardia to a delegation of sixteen Japanese salespeople, importers, chefs, specialized journalists, and influencers. During these days, they will also visit Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Last October, a delegation of Basque wineries sparked interest in Basque wines and ciders in Osaka and Tokyo. "This welcome is very special for those of you who make up the Japanese delegation who are visiting our country these days to learn about our most emblematic products: Rioja Alavesa wines, txakolies, and ciders," the Minister told the Japanese delegation.

"The Basque Country and Japan maintain an excellent cultural relationship in terms of identity and human values. This closeness has also grown and intensified in recent years in the culinary field. This collaboration is reflected in various initiatives and projects that seek to promote and strengthen ties between the two countries," Mrs Barredo commented.

In the culinary field, the Basque Country has enjoyed significant recognition in Japan, driven by public and private projects such as collaborations between chefs and sommeliers, restaurants in Japan promoted by Basque chefs, and those managed by Japanese chefs trained in the Basque Country: chefs Yoshitsugu Yamamoto -Osaka- and Ryusuke Nakano, Hokkaido

The Basque Government is promoting collaborations in Japan, including the launch of the "Euskadi Japan 2023" initiative, a multi-sector program with promotional activities in the institutional, business, cultural, gastronomic, and tourism sectors, and "Basque Week," featuring traditional Basque culinary and sports experiences.

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A Japanese delegation visits the Wineries and vineyards of Rioja Alavesa in the Basque Country

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, GAC's independently developed Quark E-Drive power domain control system has achieved the world's first dual certification for deeply integrated ASIL D functional safety and information security, accredited by DAkkS, Germany's national accreditation body. The certification was evaluated and issued by SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. (SGS), a globally recognized certification authority.

ISO 26262 is the internationally recognized core standard for automotive functional safety. Within this framework, ASIL D represents the highest automotive safety integrity level, requiring near-zero tolerance for safety-critical failures. Achieving an ASIL D certification accredited by DAkkS signifies that the certified product meets the highest globally accepted standards for automotive safety.

The certified Quark E-Drive power domain control system has been in production use since February 2025, and is now deployed across multiple models under GAC's brands - HYPTEC and AION. As the industry's first electric drive power domain system based on deep integration using a single main control chip, the solution significantly reduces chip count, minimizes risks associated with chip-level failures, and boosts motor controller efficiency to as high as 99.9%. The certification confirms that GAC has completed the system's full product development lifecycle in strict compliance with ISO 26262:2018 functional safety and ISO/SAE 21434:2021 information security standards.

Throughout the project, GAC Technology Research Center worked closely with SGS experts, strengthening safety design across all development phases while ensuring engineering feasibility and an optimal user experience.

Zhao Hui, Vice President of SGS China, commented: "The successful certification highlights GAC's strong team and robust development systems. We are pleased to support the safety of the Quark E-Drive and look forward to closer collaboration."

This milestone represents a major breakthrough for GAC in e-drive safety and sets a new global benchmark for the intelligent electric vehicle industry.

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GAC's Quark Electric Drive Achieves the World's First DAkkS ASIL D Functional Safety and Information Security Dual Certification