Smart streetlights enable intelligent driving in the Nansha Mingzhu Bay Starting Area of Guangzhou

May 2019

The Mingzhu Bay Start-up Area in Nansha District, Guangzhou announced the establishment of a 7-kilometer intelligent driving demonstration section at Lingshan Island Tip. By building "smart roads" that match "intelligent vehicles," it aims to achieve efficient vehicle-road coordination and cross-domain information connectivity. Recently, the intelligent driving demonstration section support system has been successfully launched for trial operation in the Mingzhu Bay Start-up Area, with plans to commence the second phase of testing.

据了解，该系统整合了车联网、高精度传感器、无线通信等技术，将对包括“智慧路灯”等在内的智慧路侧设备进行数据采集，智慧路灯内存储的违停、噪声、闯红灯、人脸识别、无人机查违等信息将一览无遗，进一步确保智慧驾驶的稳定性和安全性。

"Technology + Geography" Advantage, Mingzhu Bay Takes the Lead in Intelligent Driving

Located in the Mingzhu Bay Start-up Area, the core of Nansha, the district continuously explores the construction of a smart transportation system by leveraging next-generation information technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Last year, the Mingzhu Bay Start-up Area announced the establishment of a 7-kilometer intelligent driving demonstration section at Lingshan Island Tip. By building "smart roads" that match "intelligent vehicles," it aims to achieve efficient coordination among people, vehicles, and roads, as well as cross-domain information connectivity.

This August

In August this year, the public consultation notice for the "Several Opinions on Further Supporting the Development of the Intelligent Connected Vehicle Industry (Trial)" in Nansha District proposed that, within the Mingzhu Bay Start-up Area, test entities will be conditionally allowed to conduct road tests with no one in the driver's seat. This means that Mingzhu Bay will be the first to usher in the true era of "driverless driving".

Driven by advancements in automotive intelligence and connectivity technologies, Mingzhu Bay has taken the lead in overcoming technical bottlenecks such as vehicle information sharing coordination and road cooperative control, establishing a support system for an intelligent driving demonstration section at Lingshan Island Tip. Recently, the initial phase of Mingzhu Bay has successfully launched the trial operation of this intelligent driving demonstration section support system and plans to commence the second phase of testing. The system integrates technologies such as Internet of Vehicles (IoV), high-precision sensors, and wireless communication, breaking through technical barriers like non-line-of-sight perception for single vehicles and vehicle information sharing, thereby addressing issues related to cooperative safe driving and road cooperative control.

The widespread deployment of the intelligent driving demonstration section support system on Lingshan Island will provide hardware and technical support for subsequent autonomous driving, vehicle-to-infrastructure cooperative driving, intelligent transportation, and other related intelligent connected vehicle testing and application demonstrations in the Lingshan Island area. It will also drive the construction of a new generation smart transportation system in the Mingzhu Bay starting area, attract more upstream and downstream enterprises from the top-tier intelligent driving industry worldwide to settle in Nansha, and accelerate Nansha's development into a smart city.

Promote "integrated" development, making smart living within reach

The key to achieving fully driverless operations within a region lies not only in the "body" manufacturing of complete vehicles, but also in equipping vehicle-road collaboration solutions to promote information interaction and sharing among "vehicle-to-vehicle", "vehicle-to-road", "vehicle-to-pedestrian", and "vehicle-to-cloud". This enables coordination between intelligent vehicles and road infrastructure, realizing the integrated construction of intelligent traffic management, intelligent vehicle control, and intelligent dynamic information services.

明珠湾起步区智能驾驶示范段支撑系统，除了在交通安全场景中具备车车碰撞、人行横道行人、危险路段等8个预警与通知功能，还包含交通流量引导、变更最佳路线以提高交通效率，预约调度智能车辆、规划新能源车自动充电等增值服务。系统还会对包括“智慧路灯”等在内的智慧路测设备进行数据采集，智慧灯内存储的违停、噪声、闯红灯、人脸识别、无人机查违等信息将一览无遗，进一步确保智慧驾驶的稳定性和安全性。

In addition, 5G signal coverage extends to the 7-kilometer intelligent driving demonstration section along Jiangling South Road, Jiangling North Road, Phoenix Avenue, and surrounding roads of the Development Building on Lingshan Island尖, providing high-speed and stable 5G network support for 5G-enabled autonomous vehicles. With the promotion of the intelligent driving demonstration section's support system, the once-imagined scenario where users can book a ride with a single tap on their mobile phones and have driverless cars automatically transport passengers to designated locations has become part of daily life in Mingzhu Bay.