On December 15, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced entry permits for the first batch of L3 class conditional autonomous driving models in China. The two models, each adapted to urban congestion and highway sections, will be piloted in designated areas in Beijing and Chongqing. “China's autonomous driving has taken an important step in the development process. L3 autonomous driving has entered the commercial application stage from the testing stage.” Wang Ning, director of the Automobile Industry and Technology Strategy Research Center at the School of Automobile Technology at Tongji University, told the reporter that this shows that the maturity of L3 autonomous driving technology has been recognized by authority, is initially feasible for mass production applications, and has also laid the foundation for the future development of higher-level autonomous driving.

On December 15, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced entry permits for the first batch of L3 class conditional autonomous driving models in China. The two models, each adapted to urban congestion and highway sections, will be piloted in designated areas in Beijing and Chongqing. “China's autonomous driving has taken an important step in the development process. L3 autonomous driving has entered the commercial application stage from the testing stage.” Wang Ning, director of the Automobile Industry and Technology Strategy Research Center at the School of Automobile Technology at Tongji University, told the reporter that this shows that the maturity of L3 autonomous driving technology has been recognized by authority, is initially feasible for mass production applications, and has also laid the foundation for the future development of higher-level autonomous driving.