China News Service, April 29. According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Transport held a regular press conference in April on the 29th.

According to Sun Wenjian, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Transport continues to promote the development and application of technologies such as autonomous driving and vehicle-road coordination, and actively builds "new infrastructure" application scenarios.

At present, seven closed-field test bases for autonomous driving have been identified in three batches, located in Beijing, Xi'an, Chongqing, Shanghai, Taixing, Xiangyang, and Yizhuang.

Data map: The self-driving taxi is ready to welcome passengers to board the car.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong

  Sun Wenjian said that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the pilot application of autonomous driving is being organized. Preliminary considerations are to arrange a number of pilot projects around road transportation, urban travel and logistics, transportation in the park, and port operations. The path of deep integration of autonomous driving technology and transportation will better promote the application of technology.