A self-driving taxi arrives at an appointed location on the Daoxianghu Road in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The self-driving sector is gaining momentum in China with policy support and active participation of Chinese enterprises, reported www.ce.cn Monday.
Chinese internet giant Baidu has recently rolled out its self-driving taxi service "Apollo Go" in Yizhuang, Haidian and Shunyi of Beijing, and users can hail the autonomous cabs through the Baidu Map and the Apollo GO apps.
Data showed that more than 2,600 orders for the self-driving taxis had been received on the third day of the trial operation.
It's learned that the Apollo GO App is now available in multiple app stores including OPPO, Huawei and IOS App Store. The Apollo GO App can intelligently recommend nearby pick-up points for users and provide navigation service to help users get to the pick-up points quickly.
In order to boost the development of the self-driving technology, China has unveiled many supportive policies regarding to the internet of vehicles (IoV), and issued IoV road test licenses to relevant enterprises.
On August 7 this year, Chinese central authorities released a guide on the development of artificial intelligence (AI), proposing to initially establish an AI standard system and firstly advance it in key industries like manufacturing and transportation to serve the public by 2023.
Currently, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha and many other cities have set up the road test sections of IoV, and issued test licenses to related companies.
According to McKinsey & Company, China might be the world's largest autonomous driving market. Apart from Baidu, many Chinese autonomous driving companies have started trial operation of self-driving vehicles, such as AutoX, a Chinese autonomous driving start-up and Didi, a Chinese ride-hailing giant. (Edited by Gu Shanshan with Xinhua Silk Road, gushanshan.1987@163.com)
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