Pandaily's Digest #20201207
Baidu earns first permit in China for fully driverless roads tests; Chinese crowdfunding website Qingsong Health holds annual public welfare party; AutoNavi joined Feishu with enterprise car
Baidu Earns First Permit in China for Fully Driverless Road Tests in Beijing
Baidu Inc. on Dec. 4 was granted the first permit by the Beijing transportation authorities for five of its vehicles to conduct fully driverless road tests.
The approval makes Baidu the first and only company to be permitted to conduct driverless tests, where no safety driver is placed in the autonomous driving vehicles on public streets in the city of Beijing.
Tens of Millions of Commuters in China Suffer Hour-Long Commutes, Report Says
The China Academy of Urban Planning and Design recently looked at 36 Chinese metropolises, and found more than 10 million people suffering from a one-way commute time of more than 60 minutes, accounting for 13% of all commuters.
Chinese Crowdfunding Website Qingsong Health Holds its Annual Public Welfare Party
On Dec. 3, Qingsong Health (“easy fundraising” in Chinese), a leading crowdfunding website in China, held its Fourth Funding Charity Ceremony with ELLE and Charity Times in Beijing.
Alibaba-Backed AutoNavi Joined ByteDance’s Office Suite APP with Enterprise Car
AutoNavi has reached a deal with Feishu, Bytedance’s Office Suite APP, also known as Lark, and will be integrated within Feishu to provide enterprise car service for the platform’s users.
China VC Weekly: Food delivery, Supplements, Biopharma and more
This week’s VC landscape has been dominated by smaller players with the biggest round raised barely reaching $122 million.
Chinese Phone Maker Gionee Found Guilty of Implanting Malware in More Than 20 Million Devices
A Chinese court has found phone manufacturer Gionee guilty of intentionally implanting malware in more than 21.75 million smartphones to generate revenue from users.
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