BAIC ups next-gen tech drive

Automaker seeing in new mobility era with investment in smart, electric cars

Beijing Automotive Industry Corp, one of China's five leading automakers by sales revenue, is adopting more digital technologies and forming partnerships with companies in other sectors to upgrade its product range, amid the wider industry shift toward developing intelligent connected vehicles.

Eager to compete with other established rivals both from the domestic and overseas markets, BAIC Group unveiled its five-year plan this year. It aims to equip all of its products with world-leading self-driving or intelligent connected technologies by 2020.