Xiaomi Founder Lei Jun’s Suggestions at the “Two Sessions”: Advancing Autonomous Driving, Intelligent Connected Vehicles, and AI Terminal Industry

The most important political event in China each year, the so-called “Two Sessions,” kicked off on Tuesday.

Lei Jun, a National People’s Congress (NPC) representative, founder and chairman/CEO of Xiaomi, and chairman of Kingsoft, announced his suggestions: accelerating the mass production of autonomous driving; developing the industry ecosystem of intelligent connected new energy vehicles; promoting the high-quality development of the artificial intelligence terminal industry; optimizing the design of new energy vehicle license plates; strengthening governance in areas heavily affected by illegal infringement through “AI face-swapping and voice simulation.”

Specifically, Lei Jun proposed accelerating nationwide testing and verification of autonomous vehicles, striving to establish a convenient mutual recognition mechanism across regions and provinces by 2025, and setting up a unified management process and mechanism for autonomous vehicles nationwide. Ensuring safety as a priority, Lei suggested providing a green channel for nationwide testing and verification of autonomous vehicles to promote the rapid and mature application of autonomous driving technology.

Lei Jun also mentioned the need to clarify the expected time for mass production of autonomous vehicles as soon as possible, further expanding access and on-road pilot efforts, supporting more enterprises and vehicle models for pilot verification. The aim is to support the mass production application of functions such as high-speed highway autonomous driving and urban autonomous driving by 2026, accelerating the mass production and market launch of autonomous vehicles to provide users with a better vehicle experience.

Regarding artificial intelligence, Lei Jun proposed striving to establish an initial artificial intelligence terminal standard system by 2027 and to lead the formation of a globally leading artificial intelligence terminal standard system by 2030.

In terms of the design of new energy vehicle license plates, Lei Jun suggested exploring intelligent features in the design of new energy vehicle license plates, integrating vehicle traffic information card functions into the plates, and adding QR code information query functions to the appearance to facilitate traffic management and emergency response.

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