Wuxi to host internet of vehicles pilot area

Jiangsu (Wuxi) Internet of Vehicles Pilot Zone, the first national-level pilot zone in the country, unveiled its implementation plan on Friday, which marks another major step for the city's development of its internet of things industry.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved in early May the construction of the pilot zone in Wuxi. According to the implementation plan released by the Industry and Information Technology Department of Jiangsu on Friday, by the end of this year, Wuxi will build a 6-square-kilometer core application area for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), which enables vehicles to communicate with each other and everything around them. Another 260 sq km of the city will have V2X network coverage. There will be up to 500 5G base stations in Wuxi by December 2019.

The area with V2X network coverage will expand to 1,200 sq km in Wuxi by the end of 2022. The penetration rate of the internet of vehicles in the city will be more than 50 percent by 2022, according to the plan.