Smart car tech to be developed

Source: Xinhua | 2018-01-23

China plans to push forward the development of smart cars and achieve the industrialization of key technology in the field, an official with the country’s top economic planner said yesterday.

China will unveil a three-year action plan to propose solutions for the industrialization of smart car technology such as chips and automatic driving systems, Yan Pengcheng, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference.

“Smart cars have become a strategic direction for the future development of the auto industry,” said Yan.

The NDRC will also work to establish a national innovation and development platform for smart cars by unifying different links in the industry, Yan said.

China aims to make smart car production account for half of the country’s total new vehicles by 2020, according to a draft plan released by the NDRC earlier this month.