BEIJING, Oct 17 (Reuters) - China will boost cooperation

with other countries in standards and regulation, and study

policies to facilitate cross-border data flows, its industry

minister said on Thursday when outlining the future for

connected vehicles, according to state media.

Jin Zhuanglong made the remarks at the opening of an

intelligent connected vehicle conference in Beijing where he

vowed to accelerate the formulation of network security and data

security standards, state television CCTV reported.

He didn't give specifics for the policy timeline.

Cybersecurity concerns in the world's largest auto market

were heightened this week after China's state security ministry

said an unidentified foreign company conducted illegal mapping

services in the country under the guise of autonomous driving

research.