Chen proposed that local authorities should gradually ease restrictions on car purchasing and use in big cities, which are used as a measure to ease traffic congestion. Instead, Chen said local governments should improve their level of urban management, adding big data and AI can also be used to manage traffic flow.

Chen suggested that regions with optimum conditions for speeding up the development of intelligent-connected vehicles should do so.

He said regions such as the Yangtze River Delta region can build pilot zones for highly automated driving road testing, like those at Shanghai International Automobile City.

Chen also proposed accelerating the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G and broadband networks to support the development of intelligent-connected vehicles.