Since the launch of its big data strategy in 2013, Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, has become a hotbed for venture capital investment and an example for the nation's big data industry.
The city's digital economy is an important engine for high-quality development.
One example is PIX Moving, a key project on autonomous driving. It was launched at the end of March on the Big Data Avenue, an important platform for Guiyang's autonomous driving in the sector.
Walking into the PIX Moving factory, a black-and-white driverless car catches visitors' eyes.
"This is the PIX driverless car that we independently developed and manufactured," said Cao Yuteng, chief operating officer of PIX Moving.
He added "to speak more vividly, it is a 'mobile space' with a driverless chassis that can be used in various ways, such as for logistics, ride-sharing, security patrol and even for retail and leisure."
PIX Moving has been pursuing one vision since 2013: to make cities better places.
"We hope to change the shape of cars through driverless operation and then change the city in order to make urban spaces flexible and solve many urban problems in the process of movement," said Cao.
In the factory, there are several offices separated by glass where a diverse workforce focus on the vehicles of the future.
Chuan Yu, CEO of the company, said that Guizhou has magnetism with tech companies.
"Because big data in Guizhou is developing rapidly, the local industry in Guiyang is attracting the same industry and related industries into Guiyang and even Guizhou in a faster and more direct way.
"Take the 2018 International Big Data Industry Expo as an example, PIX Moving has established cooperation intentions with enterprises such as Udacity from the United States, Gefertec from Germany and Sasken from India." Chuan said: "It is because Guizhou is developing big data and China Unicom is building a 5G base station in Guiyang that PIX Moving benefits from 5G networks, providing assurance for the driverless system."
Guiyang has not only the enthusiasm for developing big data but also the policies and resources to grow the industry. "Provincial, municipal and district governments attach importance to the development of the big data industry and have introduced policies to solve our problems of driverless test areas and test section demarcation."
"Because of the advantageous conditions of climate and electricity prices, Apple, Huawei and Tencent have set up data centers in Guizhou," said Chuan.
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From left: An autonomous driving car is displayed at at the 2019 China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang. An intelligent robot attracts attention during the event. |
(China Daily 10/01/2019 page12)
