A woman takes a self-driving taxi at an appointed location on the Daoxianghu Road in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Transport has recently unveiled a guideline to promote development and application of the self-driving technology, encouraging localities to carry out pilot and commercial operations such as self-driving vehicle sharing, ferry connections, and smart parking service, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Thursday.
The country will promote the pilot and demonstration application of self-driving technology. It will support the development of self-driving cargo transportation service and self-driving passenger transportation service, and encourage the development of new self-driving businesses.
According to the guideline, by 2025, positive progress will be made in the research on the basic theory of self-driving, and important breakthroughs will be made in the development and test verification of key technologies such as intelligent road infrastructure and vehicle-road collaboration.
The release of the guideline is a practical need to implement major strategies such as building the country's strength in transportation, and promote domestic technology and industrial development, said Pang Song, an official of the ministry. (Edited by Hu Pingchao with Xinhua Silk Road, hupingchao@xinhua.org)
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