Baidu and Xiongan New Area Sign Strategic Agreement to Develop Smart City
December 20 2017 - 1:06PM
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) and the Administrative Committee of
Xiongan New Area in China’s Hebei province have signed a strategic
collaboration agreement to develop the new economic zone into a
smart city powered by intelligent transport, the application of
conversational AI, and cloud computing infrastructure. Xiongan New
Area will be developed into an “AI City”, which will become a new
model for smart cities in the future.
Wang Dongfeng, Secretary of the CPC Hebei
Provincial Committee, Xu Qin, Deputy Secretary of Hebei Provincial
Committee and Governor of Hebei Province, Robin Li, Baidu Chairman
and CEO, and Qi Lu, Baidu Group President and COO, attended the
signing ceremony. In addition, Baidu and the government of Hebei
announced a plan to jointly establish a national AI lab to boost
the development of AI research.
In April 2017, China announced plans to
establish Xiongan New Area, a new economic zone about 100
kilometers southwest of Beijing aimed at driving growth of the
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Xiongan will become an innovative
development model and will feature innovations, reforms and pilot
programs.
“It is a great honor for Baidu to participate in
Hebei province’s AI City plan and the development of Xiongan New
Area. The establishment of Xiongan will be critical for the
millennium to come. Xiongan represents the city of the future, with
AI as an indispensable element,” said Robin Li, Chairman and CEO of
Baidu. “With Xiongan, we hope to explore the construction of AI
infrastructure to develop the area into an efficient,
environmentally-friendly and convenient AI City. We hope to make
Xiongan a new model for the world’s future cities.”
Baidu will leverage its capabilities in AI, big
data, autonomous driving and cloud computing to develop Xiongan
into a model smart city with intelligent services in various areas
including transportation, education, security, healthcare,
environmental protection, robo-advisory services and the smart
home. Baidu will also work with Xiongan to establish AI pilot
projects for smart public transportation and autonomous
driving.
On Wednesday, the first Apollo Committee meeting
was held in Xiongan, with members exploring the development and
management of autonomous cars in the city. First announced in April
2017, Apollo is an open platform that provides a comprehensive,
secure, and reliable all-in-one solution that supports all major
features and functions of an autonomous vehicle. It has attracted
over 70 global and Chinese partners, including OEMs, Tier 1
suppliers, developer platforms and technology start-ups. The Apollo
Committee is composed of members from 10 companies including Baidu
and Apollo partners Bosch, Continental AG, Daimler, Ford, NVIDIA,
Chery, BAIC, FAW and King Long. Baidu Group President and COO Qi Lu
has been appointed as the first Apollo Committee Chairman.
The member companies will discuss the
development of urban autonomous driving and management, and will
promote the drafting of related laws and regulations, developing a
model city for autonomous driving that can be reproduced and
promoted externally. In addition, the Committee will work with
partners to create a more efficient and safer AI City for smart
transportation.
A fleet of Apollo cars made their debut in
Xiongan on Wednesday. Apollo showcased its extensive capabilities
by demonstrating multiple types of cars, scenarios and dimensions,
supported by its partners.
About Baidu
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Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex world
simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten ADSs
represent one Class A ordinary share.
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