In his meeting, Shigeng said: 'China is committed to opening to the outside world and structural reforms. Communication and information sharing between Japan and China have become increasingly important.' In response, Miao Wei responded by saying: 'China and Japan are important The economic and trade partners are willing to further expand their cooperation in various fields.'
According to reports, the two parties agreed during the talks that the two countries will cooperate in the auto testing rules for road driving and the establishment of international standards for communications infrastructure. At the same time, according to the agreement reached this time, both countries will be in Beijing in July this year. Hold business-level consultations and organize technical development seminars between the officials and the people of both countries during the year.
The report said that it is the first time that China and Japan have reached a consensus on auto-driving cooperation at the government level. Japan hopes to popularize the advanced technology of Japanese companies in the Chinese market.
From the point of view of autopilot technology, according to the KPMG International’s self-driving car preparation index recently released, rankings were made in terms of policies and regulations, technology and innovation, infrastructure, and user acceptance. Japan ranked 11, China ranked 16.
Among Asian countries, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan have higher scores than China. The advantage of Singapore is that the country's policies and regulations for autonomous vehicles are relatively perfect, and consumers' acceptance is also relatively high. Japan, South Korea, based on this, Toyota, Modern manufacturers have also begun to develop self-driving cars.
Regardless of technical strength or execution power, self-driving cars are still the No. 1 in the United States, and other countries in Europe and Japan and South Korea belong to the second echelon. Although China’s policies and regulations are not the lowest, they are technological innovation, infrastructure construction and consumers. There is still a long way to go in terms of acceptance.
Therefore, cooperation between Japan and China should have much room for imagination.