A center for the testing of self-driving cars has opened in Beijing's Haidian District.

The 13 hectare closed zone is the first of its kind in China. It allows vehicles to be tested under as many as one hundred different road conditions. This includes simulating driving on urban and rural roads, and navigating around obstacles vehicles would encounter when driving on real roads, like other vehicles, pedestrians, and bus stations.

In January, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was also reported to have completed the country's first draft regulations for road tests of self-driving cars, to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles.