NDRC formulates strategy to spur development of intelligent vehicles

Meng Wei, Spokeswoman and Vice Chairman of Policy Research Office of National Development and Reform Commission made a statement on a recent press briefing, saying NDRC has begun drafting National Intelligent Vehicle Innovative Development Strategy.

NDRC conducted a research on China's intelligent vehicle innovative development. Generally speaking, China enjoys a profound basis of auto industry, advanced telecommunication and network technologies and huge market demands, which will provide a good platform for the development of China's intelligent vehicles. NDRC will join hands with other departments to carry out the following work:

Ⅰ. NDRC will enhance top-Level design and formulate overall strategy

NDRC has begun drafting National Intelligent Vehicle Innovative Development Strategy, which will make clear the strategic direction, development target, major approaches, key tasks, and protective measures for China's intelligent vehicles. The new strategy will be the roadmap and guideline for the development of China's intelligent vehicles, and the short-term plans would also be put forward to ensure the strategy to be started as soon as possible and to be implemented in good order.

Ⅱ. NDRC will concentrate good resources and establish innovative platform

China will gether mainstream car manufacturers, leading high-tech companies, key scientific research institutions and financial institutions, investment funds, and other relevant organizations to establish a market-wide entity to support the development of intelligent vehicles, and form a national innovative development platform for intelligent vehicles.

Ⅲ. NDRC will focus on core technologies and reinforce the ability to tackle the difficulties on scientific research

NDRC will provide great supports to make breakthroughs for the core technologies in some important areas, including intelligent vehicle system and parts, on-board intelligent operating system and calculation platform, high-precision map, Beidou high-precision positioning, 5G network and on-board communication, meeting application requirements of advanced intelligent vehicles.

Ⅳ. NDRC will offer more supporting policies and complete regulation standards for intelligent vehicles

To speed up the legislative process for China's intelligent vehicle sector, NDRC will formulate such regulations as on application of auxiliary driving function, road test of intelligent vehicles, and automobile insurance management.

Ⅵ. NDRC will create utilizing conditions and promote test and application for intelligent vehicles

China will facilitate the coordinated development between urban planning and construction and intelligent vehicles, conduct information upgrading for road infrastructure, and accelerate the construction of intelligent transportation system. China will also speed up the establishment of test approach and evaluation system for intelligent vehicles, select some certain sections of expressway and specific industrial park zones to carry out real road test of intelligent vehicles, and support some certificated regions to carry out application of intelligent vehicles in an orderly manner.