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Autonomous vehicles are the future of the auto industry. Instead of being defined by traditional technologies and performance, automobiles in the future will be defined by software."

Wang Jin, head of Baidu Inc's autonomous driving business unit. The company signed an agreement on May 16 with the government in Wuhu, Anhui province, to jointly build China's first trial operation zone for fully autonomous driving vehicles.

(China Daily European Weekly 05/20/2016 page24)