China News Service, Beijing, June 17 (Reporter Pan Xulin) The reporter learned from the Motor Vehicle Driving Training Branch of the China Road Transport Association that the Fifth International Forum on Motor Vehicle Driving Training and Road Traffic Safety was held in Wuhan on the 16th.

Experts at the meeting said that technological empowerment is promoting the transformation and upgrading of China's driving training industry, providing a strong guarantee for road safety and healthy development.

  The theme of this forum is "Technology and Security".

During the two-day conference, in addition to industry authorities, more than 300 experts from driving training institutions, research institutions and universities conducted exchanges and discussions on the innovative application of technology in the driving training industry.

At the same time, experts and scholars from France, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan were invited to participate in the seminar online.

  Yan Wenhui, vice president of China Road Transport Association and executive chairman of this forum, said in his speech that driving training institutions, as the first line of defense for traffic safety, are also innovating and seeking changes, embracing technological innovation, and technological empowerment is promoting the transformation and upgrading of the driving training industry.

At present, some advanced driving schools in China have introduced VR (virtual reality) and AI (artificial intelligence) technologies into teaching, leading the transformation and upgrading of the driving training industry, and high-quality development. The driving skills and traffic safety awareness of trainees have been comprehensively improved. , An orderly, harmonious and civilized road traffic environment plays a positive role in promoting.

  According to statistics from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, as of the end of May 2021, the number of motor vehicles nationwide has reached 382 million and the number of drivers has reached 467 million.

  Meng Qiu, the second-level inspector of the Department of Transportation Services of the Ministry of Transport, said in his speech that China’s driving training industry is still in a critical period of reform, innovation, transformation and upgrading. Two-way mutual aid and integrated development.

  Yuan Lei, secretary-general of the China Road Traffic Safety Association, said that the application of technology in the driving training industry provides a brand-new model and idea for promoting the digital development of the driving training industry and improving the skill level of drivers and the awareness of safety and civilization.

  At the meeting, domestic experts conducted discussions around the theme of the forum.

Zeng Cheng, deputy director of the Automobile Transportation Research Center of the Highway Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, introduced the development and application advantages of automobile driving simulation training technology in his speech; Zhao Xiaohua, a professor at Beijing University of Technology, looked forward to the new technology and data-driven driving training industry. Opportunity: Duan Guijiang, professor of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and chief scientist of Yixian Technology, delivered a speech on the transformation of artificial intelligence-driven driving training to digital intelligence and automation.

  It is reported that since 2016, the International Forum on Motor Vehicle Driving Training and Road Traffic Safety has been held for four sessions and has become an academic event for business exchanges in the driving training industry. (Finish)