On October 11, the 2019 China International Digital Economic Expo was held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, with the theme of "Digital economy leading high-quality development"，news from hbqnb.com (Journalist Zhang Yue). During the exhibition, Baidu and Cangzhou signed a strategic cooperation agreement under the witness of leaders such as Wang Dongfeng--Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, and Director of the Standing Committee of Hebei Provincial People's Congress, Xu Qin--Deputy Secretary of Hebei Provincial Party Committee, Governor of Hebei Provincial Government, Secretary of Hebei Provincial Leading Party Group. So far, Baidu has reached in-depth cooperation with several important cities in Hebei Province, such as Xiongan, Baoding, Cangzhou, in auto-driving, artificial intelligence and other fields. The first economic belt of intelligent industry in China has been initially formed, releasing a strong Wild Goose Queue effect for the industrial intelligence upgrade in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. At the same time, a new breakthrough has been made in the auto-driving policy in Hebei. Baidu has been awarded the first 30 auto-driving manned test licenses in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region issued by Cangzhou. Apollo auto-driving fleet will launch a large-scale test in Cangzhou, Hebei, at the end of October.
Li Zhenyu, Vice President of Baidu and General Manager of Intelligent Driving Group, said at the meeting: "In recent years, Hebei Province has actively promoted the deep integration of Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and real economy, and achieved the rapid development of the digital industry. With the gradual deepening of cooperation between Baidu and "Xiong-Bao-Cang"(Xiongan-Baoding-Cangzhou), economic belt of intelligent industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has initially formed. In the future, Baidu will invest in the construction of the economic belt of intelligent industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, taking advantage of artificial intelligence, auto-driving and other technical advantages, and joining forces with more cities in Hebei."
(Baidu and People's Government of Cangzhou have reached a comprehensive cooperation)
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intelligent Industrial Economic Zone surrounds Beijing. At present, it has covered three major cities in Hebei Province, Xiongan, Baoding and Cangzhou, forming a layout from inland hinterland to Bohai Bay. During the digital expo, Baidu and People's Government of Cangzhou formally reached a comprehensive cooperation. Both sides will work together to speed up the deep integration of artificial intelligence, auto-driving, cloud computing, big data and other technologies with the economy, society and other fields of Cangzhou to create "Intelligent Cangzhou". In addition, in December 2017, Baidu and the Administrative Committee of Xiongan New Area signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and the two sides carried out in-depth cooperation in many fields such as smart travel, cloud infrastructure. Up to now, Apollon, the first L4 self-driving minibus with volume production in China, has safely run 11,000 kilometers and received more than 15,000 people in the Xiongan Citizen Service Center. In Baoding, based on the core technical advantages of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and intelligent transportation, the two sides jointly promote the construction of intelligent transportation in Baoding. Three large-scale artificial intelligence cloud computing centers will be located in Baoding, providing a strong technical base and computing support for the upgrade of the combination of 5G and IoT industry, and jointly create a new model of intelligent transportation city and pilot model area of artificial intelligence demonstration. The Traffic Information Control System (TICS) has now helped to reduce traffic delay by 20%-30%, effectively alleviating local traffic congestion.
(The People's Government of Cangzhou issued Baidu the first batch of 30 autopilot manned test licenses)
It is worth mentioning that on the first day of the exhibition, the People's Government of Cangzhou officially issued the first 30 auto-driving manned test licenses to Baidu. This is the first time that auto-driving manned test licenses are issued in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It is a milestone event in the development of the North China Intelligent Network industry. Baidu Apollo Robotaxi testing scope is further expanded- at the end of October this year, the auto-driving fleet will launch large-scale tests in Cangzhou, setting a benchmark for the development of auto-driving in northern China.
(First batch of autopilot manned test licenses in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region)
In addition, Red Flag EV--the first L4 auto-driving passenger vehicle with volume production, jointly developed by Baidu and FAW Red Flag also appeared in several exhibition areas. According to reports, this Red Flag EV is produced by China's first L4-level auto-driving passenger vehicle production line in the factory. It has been upgraded and optimized in the auto-driving software and hardware, the volume production capacity of the production line in the factory, in-vehicle human-machine interaction, safety redundancy guarantees and cloud fleet management, which are all the latest results of Apollo auto-driving technology iteration. Also appearing on the Baidu booth were the Neolithic L4 auto-driving mini-operating car, Woxiaobai--the Smart Walker 5G unmanned sweeper and other products.
(Baidu Exhibition Area of 2019 China International Digital Economy Expo)
Along with further development in digitization and intellectualization in Hebei Province, now Hebei has become an important "demonstration point" for the development of intelligent economy in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. In the future, Baidu will take advantage of its deep accumulation in artificial intelligence, auto-driving, cloud computing and other fields to join forces with more cities in Hebei Province to become the builder for transportation power in the new era and bring more citizens a "smart life" within reach.
