CHANGCHUN -- A Chinese auto maker has completed the country's first highway test of the drive-smart functions of commercial heavy-duty trucks. FAW Jiefang Automotive Co Ltd, a truck subsidiary of FAW Group, China's leading automaker, said on Tuesday that it has tested three Jiefang container trucks with autodriving functions on a section of the Changchun-Shenzhen Highway. The trucks, which have a loading weight of 40 tonnes, can perform auto cruising and automatic alarms and braking. The Lane Keeping Assist System mode allows for hands-free driving. Hu Hanjie, general manager of the company, said smart-driving vehicles are the future trend. The company aims to develop a new model with high-precision positioning abilities by 2018 and make another model based on 5G communications networks available for driving by 2020. By 2025, the company is expected to develop its first self-driving truck. Built in 1956, the company made China's first domestically produced truck. Since then, it has produced 6 million vehicles. In the first nine months of this year, it sold 198,000 vehicles, ranking first in China. tyvek wristbands ukbatman wristband24hr wristbandsilicone keychainmotivational bracelets for athletescheap rubber wristbandscustom rubber band braceletsflash drive wristband
BOAO, Hainan - The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) held a theory seminar on Thursday in Boao in China's southernmost province of Hainan. It was the sixth seminar of this kind between the two parties. Liu Qibao, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and senior LPRP officials attended the seminar. Prior to the seminar, Liu, who is also the head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, held talks with Lao officials, Chansy Phosikham, a member of the Political Bureau of the LPRP Central Committee and head of the central committee's organization department, and Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, head of the LPRP Central Committee's Publicity Department. The officials exchanged views on fields such the relationship between the two parties and strengthening media cooperation.
