Meituan-Dianping to test driverless delivery this year

Chinese group-buying and dining information platform Meituan-Dianping said that it will start trial operation of driverless delivery vehicles this year and promote it on a large scale in 2019, its CEO said on Saturday.

"We have been exploring driverless delivery since two years ago and have upgraded more than 60 proprietary technologies," said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan-Dianping, at the China Development Forum held in Beijing.

Wang noted that driverless technologies have natural advantages in China and the company's driverless delivery plan will make 24-hour delivery no longer a dream.

Meituan-Dianping is one of the country's largest e-commerce platforms and has been featuring a wide variety of services from food to films and hotel reservations.