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Beijing began wiring Yizhuang for autonomous driving in September 2020, fitting intersections with lidar, radar and AI cameras so vehicles read the road through roadside infrastructure as well as their own sensors; coverage now spans 600 square kilometres across Yizhuang, Tongzhou and Shunyi
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Paid robotaxi service opened in November 2021, permits first allowed no driver at the wheel in April 2022, and Baidu won the city's first fully driverless paid permit in March 2023
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Since April 2026 a nationwide freeze on new autonomous-driving permits has blocked fleet expansion, though existing Beijing services keep running
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The city reports 38 million kilometres of cumulative autonomous test mileage, 35 test companies and 1,098 test licence plates as of June 2025 — its own figures, from its own zone
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the November 2021 paid permits covered 67 vehicles on 350 km of road
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the April 2022 'driverless' permits covered 14 vehicles that still carried a safety supervisor in the front passenger seat; the first genuinely unattended paid permit, in March 2023, covered ten
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The airport route opened in 2024 runs with a safety operator in the driver's seat
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the 600 km² is a 60 km² Yizhuang core plus 440 km² in two outer districts, with 1,115 intersections fitted, while the 3,000 km² is an announced target
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Beijing has issued four different approvals that the word 'driverless' would cover, and each one names a different arrangement
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The city's own headline figure is test mileage, which measures how much driving was done, not how much of it was unattended
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after more than a hundred robotaxis froze at once in another city, new permits stopped nationwide with no stated end date
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src-421c1740076f240cPrimary. States the zone was launched in September 2020, 600 km2 of intelligent roadside infrastructure, 38 million cumulative autonomous km, 35 test companies, 1,098 test plates. Self-reported.
src-a926dafb0acdaca8Primary. Breaks the 600 km2 into the 60 km2 Yizhuang core plus 440 km2 in Tongzhou and Shunyi, cites 1,115 intersections fitted with roadside equipment, and frames the ~3,000 km2 build-out as a plan, not built.
src-370431b163468621Dates the first paid robotaxi permits (Baidu and Pony.ai) to 25 November 2021, in a 60 km2 area with 350 km of roads and 67 vehicles. State-linked outlet.
src-8cd5fe23643edaa428 April 2022: 14 vehicles allowed to carry passengers with no operator behind the wheel, but a safety supervisor still in the front passenger seat.
src-68cd8cab23455680Operator claim: 17 March 2023, 10 vehicles cleared to carry paying passengers in Yizhuang with no driver or safety operator aboard. Vendor source.
src-864921ee83c67d26Pony.ai's ~40 km airport route, including expressway at 120 km/h, runs with a safety operator in the driver's seat.
src-a170f02e4adff96fArticle of 1 January 2025 on the municipal Autonomous Vehicle Regulation passed 31 December 2024 and effective 1 April 2025: a 48-article law covering L3+ personal cars, buses, taxis, freight and municipal service vehicles after testing and safety assessment.
src-e69ab306214dad7dCounterweight. After more than 100 Apollo Go robotaxis froze simultaneously in Wuhan on 31 March 2026, regulators stopped issuing new autonomous-driving permits nationwide, with no stated end date. Existing services were not shut down.