Apollo convenes the second Xiong'an Council. Zhang Yaqin: Join hands with multiple parties to explore future intelligent transportation

As a model room for future urban life, Xiongan New Area is developing at a speed that exceeds the times. On November 2, the second Baidu Apollo Council was held in Xiongan. Guests from Bosch China, Continental, Daimler, Ford, NVIDIA, Chery, BMW, Volkswagen, BAIC, FAW, Xiamen Golden Dragon, China Mobile, China Unicom and other guests attended the meeting and discussed how to better promote the implementation of driverless technology and policies and regulations, and the development of intelligent transportation. At the meeting, Baidu announced that the Apollo Xiongan Intelligent Transportation Research Institute was officially unveiled, and it will combine resources from government, enterprises, academia, and research to create an intelligent transportation demonstration area. China Mobile and China Unicom joined the Council as observers, and Volkswagen Group (China) also announced that it would join the Baidu Apollo platform as a member of the Council, and announced the launch of the first cooperation project around autonomous parking (Valet Parking), igniting another powerful engine for the launch and implementation of global autonomous driving technology.

(Dr. Zhang Yaqin, President of Baidu, delivered a speech at the Council meeting)

It is the first anniversary of autonomous driving in Xiong'an, and Baidu's autonomous driving team has also delivered excellent results on the spot - the fleet has entered regular operation and phased results have been achieved. Baidu Apollo's autonomous driving fleet has been driving towards the future on the land of Baiyangdian at a steady "Chinese speed", and Xiong'an, which carries the "millennium plan", has also demonstrated its responsibility to the world.

(The second Baidu Apollo Council meeting)

It is not only a test field for new technologies, but also a research institute. After a year of preparation, Baidu Apollo Xiong'an Intelligent Transportation Research Institute was officially unveiled. The government, enterprises and third parties jointly built and created a domestic intelligent transportation pioneer. The institute will focus on unmanned vehicles, intelligent road networks and vehicle-road collaboration, and focus on five work areas: policy and regulatory innovation research, autonomous driving scene application, intelligent road network facility construction, vehicle-road collaboration platform testing, and intelligent transportation education and training. With the help of Baidu Apollo's huge ecological group, with the model of "government-enterprise linkage and multi-party co-construction", it will innovate practices, output standards, create national demonstration projects, and accelerate industrialization and promotion and application.

(Intelligent Transportation Research Institute unveiled)

At this meeting, the member companies of the Council made a series of plans for the development of autonomous driving scenarios in Xiongan in the coming year, and welcomed Volkswagen Group (China) to join Baidu Apollo Open Platform as a member of the Council to jointly promote the development and implementation of autonomous driving. The first joint R&D project between the two parties on autonomous parking will use the e-Golf model equipped with the Apollo system, and jointly develop and test L3 and L4 related autonomous driving technologies. At present, the first joint R&D project on autonomous parking (Valet Parking) has been launched. This technology has the characteristics of low cost, wide application, high safety and good interactivity.

(Group photo of Baidu Apollo's second board of directors)

Baidu's AI technology should be fully "embedded" in Xiongan New Area. Baidu President Dr. Zhang Yaqin said: "The development of Xiongan New Area has entered the fast lane. Baidu will work with all sectors to build Xiongan into an internationally leading smart city benchmark. The Apollo Xiongan Council will support innovation and pioneering exploration through forward-looking research. It will study the norms and standards for various fields of smart transportation and future cities, and jointly promote the development of global autonomous driving and future cities."

Open sharing and vehicle-road collaboration are the development directions that Baidu Apollo has always adhered to. On September 14, Baidu Apollo announced at the media communication meeting that it will officially open source vehicle-road collaboration by the end of 2018. On October 29, Baidu reached a comprehensive cooperation with the Changsha Municipal People's Government and the Hunan Xiangjiang New District Management Committee based on the Apollo open platform. The two parties will work together to build an "autonomous driving and vehicle-road collaboration innovation demonstration city" and build Changsha into an autonomous driving city. By the end of 2019, Changsha will operate 100 Apollo driverless taxis.

It is believed that under the "Apollo+Xiong'an" model, Xiong'an will set a global benchmark for a smart travel city with zero congestion. As the world's most dynamic open platform for autonomous driving, Baidu Apollo is collaborating with 133 ecological partners to jointly plan for the future of the autonomous driving industry. Through artificial intelligence technology, smart transportation and smart cities will be built, and future technological life will be put on the agenda.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.