China-Africa industrial incubator project starts First test zone for self-driving cars opens

Commencement ceremony was held for the first China-Africa industrial incubator project on Dec 18 in the export processing zone in Nairobi, Kenya. Once completed, the incubator would be the platform that provides convenience for small and medium-sized Chinese companies that enter the African market. The project could help strengthen cooperation between Chinese and African companies and Kenya welcomes more Chinese investors to seek opportunities in various fields, according to AdanMohammed, Cabinet Secretary forMinistry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives at the ceremony. With a planed investment of $200 million, the project is estimated to be completed in three years. French car maker Renault, together with local partners, has opened China’s first experimentation zone for self-driving cars in the central Chinese city ofWuhan. An electric autonomous driving car by Renault will operate on a 2-km-long lakeside road in the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City inWuhan, capital of Hubei Province, starting this weekend. Visitors will be allowed to test and experience the autonomous vehicle in the zone, which was jointly built by the Renault Group, its SinoFrench joint venture Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company and Wuhan Caidian Ecological Development Group. According to the car maker, autonomous systems can make car travel safer, less stressful and more enjoyable by making decisions in tedious conditions, such as congested traffic.