China Autonomous Driving Study Tour & Executive Immersion
China has built the world's most advanced autonomous driving ecosystem — from government-licensed L4 robotaxi fleets operating at city scale to vertically integrated OEMs shipping millions of ADAS-equipped vehicles. For Swedish and European AD industry leaders, understanding this system is no longer optional. Our programme gives executives direct access to the companies, platforms, and manufacturing infrastructure driving China's autonomous mobility revolution.
Three Routes, One Ecosystem
Each route is fully facilitated by a dual-track team of AD industry experts and local concierge specialists. All logistics, interpretation, and executive-level access are handled end-to-end.
North Route
Software & Algorithm Benchmark
Beijing → Qingdao → Shanghai → Taicang → Suzhou
Focused on L4 platforms, AI foundation models, ADAS mass-production speed, port automation, and EU homologation. Best for R&D leaders and algorithm teams.
South Route
Hardware & Manufacturing Benchmark
Guangzhou → Shenzhen → Changsha → Suzhou → Shanghai
Focused on OEM vertical integration, smart manufacturing, consumer ADAS, heavy vehicle autonomy, and EREV technology. Best for operations leaders and product managers.
Comprehensive
Full Ecosystem Deep-Dive
Shanghai → Suzhou → Beijing → Guangzhou → Shenzhen
Complete coverage of all 16 capability layers across 7+ cities. Visits to 14-15 companies spanning L4 platforms, OEM manufacturing, consumer ADAS, heavy autonomy, smart logistics, and charging infrastructure. Best for C-suite, board members, and mixed delegations.
The 16-Layer Capability Stack
China's autonomous driving ecosystem is an integrated system, not a collection of individual companies. Our programme maps 16 interconnected layers so you see the full architecture.
Featured Companies
Each company is selected for its specific role in the capability stack — not for name recognition alone. Visits are arranged at executive level with pre-visit briefing and post-visit debriefing.
Baidu Apollo
China's largest L4 autonomous driving platform. Government-licensed robotaxi fleet operating commercially across multiple cities. Visit Apollo Park to understand how AI foundation models (ADFM) power city-scale deployment.
Pony.ai
Dual-track robotaxi and robotruck autonomy — the closest Chinese peer to European truck-focused autonomy companies. Active partnerships with Toyota and SANY.
Momenta
Unique among Chinese AD companies for EU homologation experience — a direct bridge for European companies entering China. Mass-production ADAS supplier to Mercedes-Benz.
BYD
World's largest EV manufacturer. Vertical integration from Blade Batteries to semiconductors to consumer ADAS. Understand how vertical integration accelerates AD deployment at scale.
Huawei (ADS 3.0 & MDC)
Multi-OEM autonomous driving platform powering multiple Chinese vehicle brands. Visit to understand the GOD network architecture and partnership model reshaping automotive supply chains.
Qingdao Port (A-TOS)
The world's most advanced fully automated container port. AI-powered Terminal Operating System handles millions of containers with zero human ground intervention.
Who This Programme Is For
Each audience segment maps to a recommended route. For mixed delegations, the Comprehensive route provides depth for all five segments.
Strategic positioning, competitive intelligence, partnership prioritisation. Comprehensive route recommended.
Technical benchmarking: AD architecture, AI models, safety validation. North Route recommended.
Consumer ADAS UX, HMI design, driver trust building, feature prioritisation. South Route recommended.
Manufacturing automation, warehouse robotics, port automation, charging infrastructure. South Route.
Regulatory frameworks, innovation zone governance, university-industry collaboration. Comprehensive route.
Multiple audience types. Comprehensive route strongly recommended — depth for all five segments.
Why China's AD Ecosystem Matters Now
China's autonomous driving industry is not a distant competitor — it is a fast-moving system that European AD stakeholders must understand first-hand. Chinese L4 platforms operate government-licensed commercial services at city scale. Chinese OEMs ship ADAS-equipped vehicles at volumes that generate more real-world data in a quarter than European competitors collect in a year. The partnership landscape — from Huawei's multi-OEM platform to Momenta's Mercedes collaboration to XPeng's Volkswagen joint development — is reshaping global automotive supply chains in real time.
For Swedish companies — from Zenseact's L4 R&D to Einride's truck autonomy to Scania's heavy vehicle strategy — China is simultaneously a benchmark, a partner ecosystem, and a competitive forcing function. The question is not whether to engage, but how to engage intelligently. Our programme provides the structured, expert-facilitated lens through which to answer that question.
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