The conference opens in Beijing

On the morning of September 21, the 2023 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference (WICV 2023) was opened at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall). Yin Yong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Beijing, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech.

The conference, themed "Collaboration and Shared Intelligence - Towards a New Journey of ICV Commercialization", seeks to promote ICV commercialization by leveraging the strengths of government, industry, academia, research institutes, end-users, and finance. The aim is to intensify the exchange and cooperation in the global automotive industry and help China’s ICV Solutions go global. During the event, guests from relevant international associations and enterprises will engage in in-depth discussions in forums and roundtables on topics such as formulation and alignment of international standards, cooperation among multinational brands, and import and export of new energy vehicles (NEVs). There is also a global innovation outcome release featuring new technologies, products, modes, scenarios, and research results in the field of ICV.

According to Yin's speech at the opening ceremony, with the accelerating digital, intelligent, and green transformation of the industry, the intelligent industry and digital economy are booming, and ICVs have become the focus of the global automotive industry. Following the new trend of the digital era and leveraging the role of the Beijing High-level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone, Beijing will adhere to the technical route of driving automation that integrates vehicles, roads and cloud, and continue to promote the iterative development of technology, products, standards, scenarios, and data, thereby contributing to the smart mobility through more perceptible and influential development modes. Efforts will be made to enhance the performance and safety of autonomous driving in more scenarios. In addition, Beijing will continue to develop new policies and step up the formulation of regulations on vehicle-end and roadside data applications, urban freight transportation, among others. The city will seek major breakthroughs in core technologies in key areas. Industry leaders will be encouraged to carry out joint research with institutes to facilitate driving automation. The industrial ecosystem across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will be improved at a faster pace, and the scale of high-end vehicle and parts manufacturing clusters will be expanded, so as to attract more manufacturers to the region. Beijing welcomes scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and people from all walks of life across the globe to invest, innovate, and start businesses here, sharing the opportunities from the development of ICVs.

Other speakers included Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology; Wang Zhizhong, Vice Minister of Public Security; Shu Wei, Deputy Secretary of the leading Party members group, Standing Vice-Chairman, and Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of CAST; and Li Tianbi, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Transport. The Consensus on Promoting the Global ICV Commercialization (Beijing) was also released during the conference.

The event was attended by leaders from relevant departments of the central government and Beijing Municipal Government, as well as representatives from some foreign automakers and industry organizations.

(Written by Liu Feifei; Video by Chen Xing, Li Qi)