From November 11th to 13th, the 2020 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference with the theme of "Intelligent New Era, Vehicle Connected and New Life" was held in Beijing. The conference was co-sponsored by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, and the China Association for Science and Technology.

As the country's first national-level professional event for intelligent connected vehicles and the world's largest international exhibition themed on new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, the conference has attracted many outstanding companies from home and abroad manufacturing intelligent connected vehicles and key components.

As a representative of bus companies in the field of intelligent network connection, Ankai brought driverless buses to the exhibition and will participate in the first intelligent driving commercial vehicle competition held at the same time as the conference. With highly automated and intelligent technology performance, it presents people with the beauty and wonder of future travel ，which has promoted the further development of Chinese intelligent networked vehicle technology.

Helping future travel, autonomous driving has attracted much attention

On November 2, the State Council officially released the "New Energy Automobile Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)", proposing to promote the coordinated development of electrification, interconnection, and intelligent technology. In February of this year, 11 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the "Smart Vehicles Innovative Development Strategy", which also identified smart connected vehicles as a strategical selection for a powerful automobile nation from a national perspective.

Intelligent connected Vehicles are the general trend. At the conference site, the autonomous vehicle exhibition area represented by Ankai driverless buses was crowded with people and became the focus of the entire exhibition. Cai Qi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee, Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Chen Jining, Mayor of Beijing, Huai Jinpeng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Executive Vice Chairman, and First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, Liu Zhao, Deputy Minister of Public Security , Liu Xiaoming, Deputy Minister of Transport, Zhao Houlin,International Telecommunication Union(ITU)  General Secretary and other leaders attended the opening ceremony and visited the autonomous driving exhibition area to visit the operation display of Ankai buses and other autonomous vehicles to understand the automation level of China’s intelligent networked vehicles.

Ankai self-driving bus realizes the digitization, informatization and intelligence capabilities of the entire distance based on smart intersections and smart stations through the intelligent perception system around the body and the "smart brain" in the bus, allowing the bus to accurately pass the route and reach the destination safely Ground.

It is shown that Ankai unmanned buses start steadily under the attention of all participants. It decelerates automatically after passing the speed limit signs and stop automatically when encountering obstacles. All these actions are completely without human intervention. Such highly intelligent driving performance has won high attention and praise from the on-site media and audience.

Ankai Bus is setting a benchmark for the industry with its leading autonomous driving technology, creating more possibilities for future travel.

Leading by technology, Ankai boosts industrial innovation and upgrading

Intelligent connected vehicles are an important support for building a strong manufacturing country, a network power country, and a transportation power country, and it is also a key direction for the upgrading of China’s automobile industry and the cultivation of new growth drivers.

As a bus company that took the lead in the field of new energy and driverless driving, Ankai Bus has carried out basic data exploration and R&D reserve many years ago, and participated in the research and development of key national projects, and promoted driverless road testing and testing. Many cutting-edge achievements have been gathered in the fields of R&D, debugging, and technology accumulation. As early as 2017, Ankai self-driving bus was tested in Shenzhen, becoming China's first self-driving bus to be tested on public roads.

Relying on cutting-edge technology, Ankai driverless buses have been put into operation on open roads in many cities such as Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin, Hefei, Macau, and exported to Japan, which has promoted the application of intelligent driving technology in real scenarios and further accelerated The development process of commercialization of intelligent driving.

As the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiao Yaqing said at the opening ceremony: "At present, with the in-depth integration of automobiles and various industries such as information communication, artificial intelligence, and the Internet, intelligent networked vehicles have entered a new stage of rapid technological evolution and accelerated industrial layout.

As a member of the transportation industry, Ankai Bus has been actively participating in it, and continues to carry out technological innovation and upgrading, and promote the transformation of the automobile industry to achieve new development with leading technology. In the future, driven by a new round of technological revolution, Ankai Bus will continue to work hard and continue to use technological innovation to promote the intelligent upgrade of public transportation and help with beautiful travel in future.