Hu Wen, COO of Pony.ai, a world’s leading self-driving car company, said the company has settled in Nansha for only 5 months but it has already completed a large amount of trial rides. “Next we will cooperate with Nansha government and develop an autonomous ride-sharing fleet to serve the public in Mingzhu Bay Area. This plan could be realized in 2 to 3 years,” said Hu Wen.

When asked about the most impressive thing in Nansha, Hu Wen said he was amazed by the efficiency of its business registration process. “It took us less than one month from negotiation to receiving our business license here,” he said.

A signing ceremony is held during Nansha’s sub-forum. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]

During the forum, a batch of cooperative agreements was signed between Nansha and industrial giants including China Resources Group and China Railway Transportation Logistics. These agreements cover a wide range of areas, such as Headquarter economy, logistics and innovation with a total investment of over 30 billion yuan.

In addition, Nansha also signed a number of MoUs with overseas enterprises, such as, Ernst & Young, KPMG Advisory and CNBC, aiming to better the district’s business environment and further promote the district on the global stage.

Reported by Jasmine Yin

Edited by Wing Zhang