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By Yin Shuanghong, People’s Daily

A mix of yellow and blue creates green, and that’s also the case with China’s efforts to combat desertification.

Thanks to the blue photovoltaic (PV) panels that block direct sunlight, reduce evaporation and lower wind velocity, as well as the moisturizing from the water used to clean the panels on a regular basis, a large portion of the yellow desertified land in northwest China is turning green, covered by lush vegetation.

However, the story is not that simple. The barbaric growth of grass on the desertified land would lower the power generation efficiency of the PV panels and even trigger fires. Therefore, sheep are raised there to consume the grass under the vast “blue sea” of PV panels.

Developing new energy, curbing desertification and increasing income for herdsmen, the  “PV+sheep farming” model is a miniature of the Chinese wisdom in sand control.

Desertification control is a protracted battle. To win the battle, it calls for both perseverance and wisdom.

In the repeated trial of strength with sand, Dengkou county in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region has developed a successful approach to prevent sand with trees, fix sand with grass and restore soil with PV arrays, while Kekeya township in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is growing cash crops such as apples, nuts and dates in shelter forests.

It is exactly because of these effective models that China has achieved the historic transition from desert displacing human settlement to green oasis replacing desert. China has blazed a special path of desertification prevention and control that follows the rules of nature and suits China’s national reality and local conditions.

These models are effective because they suit local conditions. The characteristics and water resource capacities of desertified land vary from region to region.

Even within the Kubuqi Desert, China’s seventh-largest desert, conditions differ. In the arid southern fringes of the desert, seeds of shrubs have been densely sowed by airplanes. On the northern edges, which have some water sources, arbor trees are planted as windbreaks. Along the cross-desert highways and rivers in the central part of the desert, shelter forests are grown. In the interdune lowlands and areas with shallow groundwater levels within the desert’s back-land, oases are nourished.

Only by proceeding from reality, applying a systematic thinking and developing desertification control models tailored to actual conditions, can new prospects of sand control unfold.

The best lessons are always learned from practice. Having a review of the desertification control experience of China’s Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, one could find a series of “indigenous techniques,” all of which are the fruits of the people’s hard work and wisdom.

Straw grid, known as the Chinese “Rubik’s cube” for sand control, was exactly invented in the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Learning from practice and the masses – this is where the wellspring of innovation in desertification control lies.

At a desertification control and afforestation base in the Mu Us Desert, Shenmu, northwest China’s Shaanxi province, a young man named Zhang Zhili aspires to become “a pine tree standing tall in the desert.”

After graduating from university, the man, born in the 1990s, started working in afforestation, setting up a four-person research team focusing on microbiological studies.

“If we succeed in cultivating edible mushrooms like red matsutake and penny bun under the forest, it could generate an additional income of 60,000 to 70,000 yuan ($8269-9647) per mu (667 square meters). This would encourage more people to invest in tree planting and afforestation,” Zhang noted.

From sand prevention to sand control, and to sand utilization – when desertification control harmoniously integrates with income expansion, and when new-generation practitioners apply novel concepts and technologies to “turn sand into gold,” the battle against desertification would gain a perpetuating, endogenous driving force.

Desertification is a major global ecological issue that impacts human survival and development. China is one of the countries most severely affected by desertification worldwide. China has persisted in focusing on sand prevention and control, continuously innovating and refining desertification control models, so as to contribute more Chinese wisdom and solutions to global efforts in combating desertification.

By Ding Yiting, People’s Daily

At an opencast mine operated by Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Coal Group Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of CHN Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy), a 14-meter-high electric loader was working. The machine weighing 490 tons could scoop up 16 tons of coal in its bucket.

However, there was no one in the loader’s cabin. The machine was remotely controlled by operator Zhao Xiujun three kilometers away.

“With 5G technology, tilt sensors, temperature sensors and speed sensors, we can obtain precise retrieval of bucket position information, which helps reduce dust and noise,” said Zhao.

The technology is also prevalent in the opencast mines. For instance, the high-platform radar monitoring system can rapidly identify potential dangerous zones, shorten warning time, and help increase coal production yields; the intelligent blasting system can improve the accuracy of blast hole positioning to less than 5 centimeters, reducing the time for positioning 500 holes from one day to just two or three hours.

This is a vivid example of China’s efforts to promote the clean utilization of coal. Coal, a main energy source in China, accounts for over 55 percent of the country’s total energy consumption. As China accelerates the green development of energy, the coal industry is showing stronger momentum with a new image.

Green development does not mean eliminating coal consumption but rather promoting clean and efficient utilization of coal in line with national conditions.

China’s energy consumption will continue to grow steadily in the foreseeable future. Accelerating the transformation and upgrading of the coal industry and promoting clean and efficient utilization of coal is undoubtedly a practical choice to reduce pollution and carbon emissions while ensuring energy supply.

China is working to transform its coal industry towards high-end development to enhance the utilization efficiency of coal as a chemical raw material and foster new growth drivers.

For example, China’s Shaanxi Future Energy and Chemicals Co., Ltd. has produced a high-end Fischer-Tropsch wax with a high melting point, using the wax oil produced from its coal-to-oil plant. This product can be applied in plastic processing and rubber tire manufacturing, breaking the technological monopoly of other countries. Its price has remained stable and increased since this year, with all available stock already pre-ordered.

Besides, the company has developed a diesel fuel that can withstand extremely low temperatures, functioning effectively even in conditions below -20 degrees Celsius, by using high-value added absolute ethanol made from coke oven gas.

Developing high-value-added, refined, and differentiated products through technological innovation not only creates economic benefits but also ensures the stability of the industrial and supply chains.

China is working to transform its coal industry towards intelligent development to enhance safety and efficiency. Coal production is often accompanied by water hazards, fires, and rock bursts. Developing intelligent mines can mitigate high-risk situations and improve safety and efficiency.

One illustration of this is a coal mine in east China’s Shandong province, where intelligent transformation measures have resulted in a decrease in the workforce on a single working face from 15 to 5, and an increase of about 50 percent in monthly coal production.

By the end of April this year, there were 1,922 intelligent coal mining faces and 2,154 intelligent tunneling faces in China, leading to the rapid development of industries such as mining Internet of Things (IoT) and coal mining equipment manufacturing.

With a concerted approach to addressing challenges such as unbalanced construction and lack of key technological equipment, China’s coal industry will become more intelligent.

China is working to transform its coal industry towards green development for better environmental protection and lower carbon emissions.

For instance, at a mining-themed ecological tourism site of CHN Energy Zhunneng Group, another subsidiary of CHN Energy, the once ravine-riddled subsided mining areas have been transformed into a theme park where visitors can enjoy both agricultural picking activities and guided tours of the coal mining sites.

Besides, Xuzhou Coal Mining Group in east China’s Jiangsu province has repurposed coal gangue from coal washing for road construction and brick making.

To reduce carbon emissions in the coal industry, multiple regions in China are exploring carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies. For example, carbon dioxide captured from coal-fired power plants can be used in welding and the production of food-grade dry ice. As technologies advance and become more affordable, coal is expected to transition into a low-carbon energy option.

Coal is a gift from nature. China is transforming coal, the “black gold,” into “green gold,” by advancing green and low-carbon technologies and improving the structure of its coal industry, providing stronger momentum for high-quality economic development.

By He Yin, People’s Daily

International institutions have been optimistic about China’s economy and raised their forecasts for China’s growth, saying China has witnessed impressive trade expansion, out-of-expectation growth in manufacturing, and stable macroeconomic data. This fully demonstrates the international community’s confidence in the Chinese economy.

China has been consolidating and building momentum for economic recovery and growth, boosting confidence worldwide and creating new opportunities for multiple parties to benefit from its development.

The international community holds a positive outlook on the Chinese economy. Recently, the World Bank raised its forecast for China’s 2024 economic growth to 4.8 percent, 0.3 percentage points higher from the previous forecast. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also revised up China’s economic outlook to 5 percent, 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous forecast.

According to a mid-year update of the January 2024 World Economic Situation and Prospects report released by the United Nations on May 16, the outlook for China registers a small uptick with growth expected to be 4.8 percent in 2024, compared with 4.7 percent in the January 2024 forecast.

International financial institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and UBS have recently revised upward China’s growth forecast in 2024.

All these indicators demonstrate that China remains an important stabilizer and driving force of global economic growth.

The foundation for China’s stable economic growth is continuously consolidated.

Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese economy has been steadily recovering and turning for the better. In the first quarter of 2024, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.3 percent year on year, with three drivers of economic growth – consumption, investment, and exports performing well, and the four major macroeconomic indicators of growth, employment, inflation, and international balance of payments generally remaining stable.

According to the General Administration of Customs of China, in the first quarter of 2024, China’s total import and export of goods expanded 5 percent year on year in yuan terms, and the foreign trade in goods stood at 10.17 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion). Historically, for the first time, the country’s foreign trade scale has exceeded 10 trillion yuan during the same period, while the growth rate has hit a six-quarter high. Besides, China’s trade with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and other BRICS nations has shown a growth rate that surpasses the overall growth rate.

China has played a positive and significant role in providing cost-effective products to global markets as a world manufacturing powerhouse and creating demand for products from other countries as a major consumer market of the world.

The momentum of China’s economic growth is becoming increasingly evident.

Pursuing high-quality development, China’s manufacturing has stood out with new technologies and products. According to the data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) output surged 30.7 percent in the first five months of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier to 3.93 million units, while NEV sales hit 3.9 million units, marking a rapid increase of 32.5 percent. Such robust expansion has driven up the market share of China’s NEVs to 39.5 percent in May this year, up from 36 percent a month earlier.

New forms and models of foreign trade in China have also gained momentum. In the first quarter of 2024, China’s imports and exports of intermediate goods increased by 4.4%. Meanwhile, the country’s cross-border e-commerce trade rose by 9.6% year on year to 577.6 billion yuan. The number of overseas warehouses established by Chinese enterprises for cross-border e-commerce purposes rose by 11.8%.

These developments reflect the improvement of China’s economic structure and efficiency, the rapid growth of new quality productive forces, and the steady enhancement of new development momentum.

China has been opening its door wider and wider to the outside world.  

China continues expanding high-level opening up and sharing its development opportunities and dividends with all parties in the world, marked by increased market access, accelerated opening up of the modern service industry, enhanced services for foreign investors on an equal footing, and stronger protection of intellectual property rights and legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors.

Walter Doring, chairman of the Academy of German Hidden Champion, said that over 90 percent of some 500 leading German enterprises have engaged in partnerships with China, adding that collaboration with China is indispensable for any enterprise aiming to lead the global market.

China’s sustained and stable economic growth is instrumental for global economic recovery.

With the robust domestic market, China contributes over 30 percent of the global economic growth. China is not only the world’s most promising and vast market but also a major trading partner of over 140 countries and regions. With the expansion and upgrading of the consumer market and technological innovation, China’s economy will continue to grow steadily, generating even greater positive spillover effects on the world economy.

In the face of a complex and fast-changing international landscape, the Chinese economy has the confidence and strength to forge ahead.

As China advances modernization through high-quality development, its mega-market of over 1.4 billion people will continuously unleash new demands and growth vitality.

China is ready to continue sharing opportunities with other countries, so as to achieve common development and constantly write stories of win-win cooperation.

By Weng Yufei, Jin Bo, People’s Daily

North China’s Tianjin Port is always bustling with vitality. Every day, the port welcomes a steady stream of over 100 colossal container ships, with more than 20,000 heavy-duty trucks thundering across its vast expanses.

According to Wang Bin, a manager with China Ocean Shipping Agency Tianjin Co., Ltd., the cargo and container throughput of the port has been rising steadily.

“We are obviously busier this year than the last,” said Wang, who has been working at the port for two decades.

Ports are a “barometer” of the economy. As a gate to the sea of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in north China, Tianjin Port handled 9.58 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first five months of this year, up 5.1 percent year on year, hitting a historical high.

At the crack of dawn, Wang arrived at the Yuanhang International Ore Terminal, the largest ore terminal of Tianjin Port, where the massive bulk carrier “Cape Asia” was ready to discharge its mammoth cargo of 171,400 tons of iron ore.

Since November 2023, the terminal has witnessed a dramatic surge in its operations. From February to April this year, the terminal’s monthly throughput has maintained double-digit growth compared to the same period last year, reaching a new high in the last five years.

Completing his work at the ore terminal, Wang immediately made his way to the roll-on roll-off terminal, or ro-ro terminal, to handle relevant procedures.

“This year, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of ro-ro vessels, so I have to make more frequent trips to the terminals,” said Wang.

As a major auto import and export hub in north China, Tianjin Port exactly mirrors the surge in China’s automotive exports.

After lunch, Wang rushed back to his office. “I need to handle the work for the liner service between Tianjin Port and Ethiopia, and coordinate the container operations,” he explained.

Wang noted that the liner service has seen a notable increase this year, leading to a container shortage caused by the high volume of cargo. As someone who routinely liaises with Ethiopian shipping companies, Wang said this was an unprecedented situation for him.

Tianjin Port maintains trade connections with over 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions worldwide. It has close ties with “old friends” and is also gaining more “new friends.” On May 6, Tianjin Port launched a direct container shipping route to the east coast of South America. On May 15, a direct route to the east coast of the United States was opened. On May 16, it launched a new direct shipping route to Central America.

“Tianjin Port remains committed to expanding its shipping routes and will never cease its steps of opening up,” said Liu Yakun, Wang’s colleague who is responsible for container shipping businesses. According to Liu, enterprises have been showing a strong demand since the launch of the three new routes.

The port’s increasing regional presence has unleashed its potential for transshipment to and from the inland.

At 4:00 P.M., Wang arrived at the Huisheng Terminal. Across the street, heavy-duty trucks loaded with containers were departing the Tianjin Xingang North Container Central Station for destinations as north as Jilin and as west as Xinjiang. Cargoes from 14 provinces were being shipped out from Tianjin Port via sea-rail intermodal transportation.

On the other side, a project to expand the station is currently underway. “The uptick in foreign trade in specific inland provinces has boosted the need for sea-rail intermodal transportation, creating a highly optimistic market outlook.” said an employee of the station.

As dusk fell, Wang concluded his work at the Huisheng Terminal and made his way to the world’s first smart zero-carbon container terminal at Tianjin Port. While the three 200,000-ton berths of the terminal were occupied by massive vessels, not a single staff member was visible. Instead, Level-4 autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) transport robots hauled containers, with operators in the central control room maneuvering levers and buttons based on real-time video feeds to load and unload containers. Several wind turbines were spinning vigorously outside the central control room, supplying electricity to the terminal. The terminal has achieved self-sufficient green power supply, resulting in zero carbon emissions throughout the entire process.

Currently, all container and dry bulk cargo berths at Tianjin Port are covered by shore power, and multiple terminals have achieved self-sufficient green power supply.

“When I started working here, some of the terminals were just dirt lots; 20 years later, the terminals have been increasingly intelligent and clean,” Wang said.

Tianjin Port has been constantly enhancing its smart port construction with the continuous growth of ships and gradual expansion of the port. This year, the port launched an intelligent container terminal control system with fully autonomous and controllable software and hardware. It has also introduced China’s first integrated intelligent system for general cargo with independent intellectual property rights.

Intelligent systems have greatly improved the operational efficiency of the port. For instance, the maximum daily unloading volume of the traditional berths at the Yuanhang International Ore Terminal increased by nearly 90 percent following its transition to automated operations.

Deep into the night, Tianjin Port’s terminals were still bustling with activities, marked by increased throughput volumes, a constant flow of vehicles and vessels, and intelligent machinery working tirelessly. The activities of a single day at Tianjin Port vividly showcase the dynamic momentum and robustness of the Chinese economy.

By He Yin, People’s Daily

All sides must assume their responsibilities for history and the people, keep to the right direction, and work together to build a community with a shared future for humanity, said Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Xi made the remarks in a video address at the opening ceremony of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on June 12.

He stressed that all sides need to foster an international environment for peaceful development, follow the trend toward open development, and harness the historic opportunity for innovation-driven development.

What he said fully demonstrated the emphasis that China lays on global development and the country’s strong support for the common development of the Global South.

The world today is undergoing faster changes unseen in a century. Peace and development is confronted with new challenges. At the same time, the aspiration for peace, development, and cooperation of people from all countries has become even stronger.

Since its inception, the UNCTAD has been making voices for developing countries, vigorously advancing South-South cooperation, advocating North-South dialogue, and promoting a new international economic order.

In Xi’s video address, he elaborated on China’s advocacy for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. This is conducive to promoting global common development and prosperity.

Fostering an international environment for peaceful development is a necessary prerequisite for achieving global development.

History has proved that only by adhering to peaceful development and win-win cooperation can the world achieve long-term stability and universal prosperity.

Standing at a crossroads where the world must choose between unilateralism and multilateralism, and between lose-lose and win-win, China has always stayed committed to its original aspiration of forging ahead hand in hand with fellow developing countries.

China holds that all countries, major ones in particular, should pursue true multilateralism, advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world, abide by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and support a more effective role of UNCTAD and other multilateral agencies.

UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said that multilateralism is the antidote to challenges such as trade protectionism, and she appreciates China’s support for multilateralism and South-South cooperation.

Following the trend toward open development is the only way to achieve global progress.

Economic globalization, like rivers converging into the sea, is an inevitable course of history. The problems associated with economic globalization can only be resolved through its continued development; unilateral actions and protectionism will only backfire.

China believes the world should advocate a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, properly resolve development imbalance and other issues, and make the global governance system more just and equitable.

As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, “We must channel the courage and wisdom of those who built UNCTAD, to reimagine a world where trade is a force for shared prosperity — not geopolitical rivalry. Where global supply chains are source of green innovation and climate action — not environmental damage”.

Harnessing the historic opportunity for innovation-driven development is an inevitable choice to achieve global development.

The ongoing new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, led by digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), is cultivating new quality productive forces and bringing new development opportunities to countries, particularly developing ones.

It is important to build an open, inclusive and non-discriminatory environment for the digital economy, follow the people-centered, AI-for-good principle and strengthen AI-related rules and governance within the framework of the United Nations, actively advance green transition, and help developing countries join the trend of digital, smart and green development.

It is necessary to adhere to innovation-driven development, strengthen cooperation in areas such as new industrialization and AI, accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, and provide all people with a future full of opportunities.

China will always be a member of the Global South and the developing world. It has always been taking actions to promote global development.

China has proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilizations Initiative, with the aim of assisting global modernization and achieving shared prosperity.

While pursuing its own development, China also helps other developing countries accelerate their development. Through high-quality development, China is comprehensively advancing Chinese modernization, which will undoubtedly bring new and greater opportunities to global development.

In 2023, China’s total import and export of goods reached $5.94 trillion, with outbound investment of $147.85 billion, contributing 32 percent to global economic growth. China will continue to be the largest engine driving global economic growth.

Development concerns the well-being of all humanity. All parties should bear in mind the future and well-being of mankind, pursue peaceful, open and innovation-driven development, build international consensus on development, and foster new growth drivers for global development.

China is ready to work with all parties to help implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensure that more development gains will be shared more fairly by people across the world, and usher in a bright future of peace, security, prosperity and progress for the world.

By Wang Zhou, People’s Daily

In recent years, autonomous driving scenarios have become increasingly common in Beijing, the capital of China, especially in the Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone located in the city’s Economic-Technological Development Area, or Beijing E-town.

If you go to E-town from the Beijing Daxing International Airport, autonomous cabs are at your service. If you are on a visit to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center, you can take self-driving buses for a tour. The streets of the city, which are spick-and-span every morning, are also cleaned by autopilot sanitation vehicles at midnight.

In the Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone, more than 800 autonomous driving vehicles manufactured by 29 automakers have obtained the approval for road testing. The testing mileage of these vehicles has totaled nearly 30 million kilometers.

Such achievements are inseparable from the National Innovation Center of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (CICV) located in E-town.

At the Taiheqiao base of the CICV, People’s Daily journalists boarded a test vehicle. A safety supervisor in the driver’s seat took his hands off the steering wheel, and then the vehicle performed a series of tasks including accelerating, decelerating, turning, overtaking and lane changing.

The ride was impressively smooth and the vehicle surprisingly intelligent. Even when some of the traffic markings on parts of the road were blurred, the vehicle could still operate “by the book”; when a pedestrian suddenly appeared on the zebra crossing in front of the vehicle, the vehicle didn’t “panic,” but decelerated smoothly after its laser radar detected the pedestrian.

“To develop intelligent and connected vehicles, we need to integrate vehicles, roads, big data and cloud computing technologies into one system, so that we can better achieve intelligent mobility. This is the integrated vehicle-road-cloud solution we have been exploring,” said Zheng Jihu, executive vice director of the CICV.

On the test roads for autonomous driving in E-town, when traffic congestion happens at an intersection 500 meters ahead, intelligent traffic light poles will quickly upload relevant information to the cloud. The cloud then transmits this to intelligent connected vehicles, telling them to promptly find a smoother route.

The demonstration zone is equipped with roadside sensors, intelligent traffic signal control systems, and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication systems. It enables comprehensive connectivity between vehicles and road infrastructure, as well as vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity, facilitated by laser radars, millimeter-wave radars, and AI cameras.

“Through the deep integration of vehicles, road infrastructure, and cloud computing platforms, we effectively solve the problems of information asymmetry and lack of coordination in traditional traffic systems, significantly improving the safety, efficiency, and comfort of the transportation system,” said Zheng.

At the end of February this year, under the guidance of the CICV, a demonstration route for the application of intelligent and connected vehicles was opened, connecting the Baodi Station of the Beijing-Tangshan Intercity Railway and the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Tech Town. The 11.3 km road has a designed maximum speed of 70 km/h, with a one-way trip taking only 18 minutes at the fastest.

The demonstration route adopts a vehicle-road-cloud integrated solution, which enables intelligent and connected buses running on it to respond promptly to emergencies, detect pedestrians and vehicles, automatically decelerate to avoid collisions, and automatically stop at stations, said Tang Fengmin, an executive of the CICV.

According to Tang, one-way travel time has been reduced by 47 percent. This provides support for subsequent expansion and connection to more application scenarios.

Currently, the CICV is equipped with 22 professional laboratories and a trial production center. These laboratories are able to test whether an autonomous driving vehicle is able to “see” and “hear.”

In an in-the-loop laboratory of the CICV, a newly launched self-driving car appears stationary but has already “driven” tens of thousands of kilometers during several months of testing.

A test vehicle on a vehicle test bed is similar to a person running on a treadmill wearing a virtual reality headset, as simulated road environments are shown on a large screen.

Tests that would take two to three weeks on real roads can be compressed into just one to two days on the test bed. The CICV has collected over 1 million real-world scenarios nationwide, allowing test vehicles to adapt to all situations.

Unlike traditional vehicles, which primarily focus on real-world road testing for their dynamic performance, testing for intelligent and connected vehicles is mainly done through digital modeling. This requires a rich scenario library to enable the testing and verification of algorithms for driving perception, decision planning, and intelligent control.

The CICV has established a leading domestic scenario database for intelligent and connected vehicles, a virtual vehicle and human-machine interaction testing environment, and a wireless communication testing environment for complete vehicles. This can support full-scenario testing and application services from virtual simulation to real vehicle verification during the entire vehicle development process, potentially saving 70 percent of research and development costs for enterprises.

Utilizing the platforms it has built, the CICV is actively promoting and formulating relevant standard systems.

“Information security and communication security are prerequisites for the application of intelligent and connected vehicles, but there has always been a lack of unified standards and clear norms. The CICV has released a series of standards, providing a basis and direction for the information security testing of our products,” said Xiao Ping, product manager of truck business at Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company.

In recent years, the CICV has released more than 20 standards to facilitate the construction of an integrated vehicle-road-cloud standard system.