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The Secretary for Transport and Logistics Ms Mable Chan together with the Legislative Council LegCo Panel on Transport continued their visit to Beijing today September 4 The Director of Highways Mr Tony Yau and the Commissioner for Transport Miss Winnie Tse also joined the visit
Ms Chan called on the Ministry of Transport MOT this morning and met with the Safety Director of MOT and Director General of the Transport Service Department of MOT Mr Cai Tuanjie to exchange views on issues including smart traffic transport infrastructure shipping and logistics
Ms Chan and the LegCo delegation later visited the Beijing Innovation Demonstration Zone for Coordinated Development of Smart City Infrastructure and Intelligent Connected Vehicles and two autonomous driving enterprises in Yizhuang Beijing and took test rides in autonomous vehicles AVs to experience in person the latest developments and realworld application of autonomous driving in the city
Ms Chan said The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been promoting the development of AVs in Hong Kong in an active and orderly manner through a multipronged approach by providing policy support and regulatory backing Our development in autonomous driving is moving towards largescale deployment of driverless AVs for commercial operation In addition to the AirRail Intermodal Service AV trial between Hong Kong West Kowloon Station of the Express Rail Link and Kowloon Station of the Airport Express the ongoing fully driverless AV trial on the Airport Island marks another milestone in our advancement of autonomous driving Beijings experience in areas such as its safety management regime commercial operation model and emergency response mechanism provides invaluable reference for Hong Kong in refining our policies on smart traffic and addressing the challenges posed by highdensity traffic conditions
Ms Chan added that this visit to Beijing demonstrated the positive interaction between the executive and the legislature She also took the opportunity to exchange views with the LegCo Members on various issues including smart traffic and road management
Ms Chan concluded the twoday visit to Beijing and will return to Hong Kong this evening
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