Big effort needed on smart vehicles

China is calling for more global efforts to develop intelligent connected vehicles to accelerate the commercial use of related technologies, a top official said on Thursday.

"China welcomes more countries to participate in the development of the nation's intelligent connected vehicles, including technology, manufacturing, talent and safety supervision," Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said at the World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference.

Miao noted that the Chinese government has always paid great attention to intelligent connected vehicle development and taken it as a vital way of relieving burdens from transportation, energy consumption and environmental pollution.