how convenient is life in china? japanese college students visiting shanghai visit baidu and meituan
2024-09-04
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how many possibilities are there for future life?
on september 2, japanese college students visiting shanghai went to baidu apollo autonomous driving center and meituan to feel the strong pulse of chinese technology and the changes and conveniences that technology has brought to the daily lives of chinese people.
self-driving cars are so stable!
"get in the car!" there have been numerous reports about driverless technology, but for this group of japanese college students, riding in a driverless car was their first time. rubbing their hands and lining up, the students were eager to try it out.
photo caption: japanese students take a photo with a driverless car at baidu apollo driverless center. photo by zhang jian
although the weather was average that day, it did not affect the driving experience of the driverless car on the real road. "it feels smoother than i thought!" jasmine seige from chuo university exclaimed as she looked at the road ahead, and then asked the chinese students sitting next to her about the popularity of driverless technology in china. when she learned that driverless taxis have been on the road in some places, she showed an incredible expression: "wow, really? in japan, i haven't heard of driverless cars really on the road yet."
indeed, the speed of development of driverless technology in china has surprised many people. in 2013, baidu launched the driverless car project. just eight years later, baidu released the l5 car robot, which completely liberates human hands, feet and brains, can analyze users' potential needs, proactively provide services, and even has the ability to self-learn and upgrade. today, driverless taxis can be seen in some cities in china.
"i like the feeling of driving, and i will give priority to driving myself." having said that, hasegawa aya from chuo university is still looking forward to the application of driverless cars. "if i become lazy and tired of driving in the future, i will definitely use driverless technology."
drone food delivery is so fast!
scanning wechat and confirming the location at huangxing park, japanese college student koharu hayakawa ordered a cup of his favorite milk tea. soon, the phone displayed "drone pickup is picking up the goods". in just 17 minutes, a drone appeared over the park, attracting cheers from students. at this time, the phone screen displayed "the goods have been delivered". after entering the last 4 digits of the phone number, hayakawa took out the carton of milk tea from the food collection cabinet next to him.
while drinking milk tea, hayakawa exclaimed that the operation was very convenient. he often used the meituan app to order takeout when studying in china, but this was the first time he had a drone deliveryman deliver food. "this is fast, will not be affected by traffic jams, and can ensure that the food is delivered in the most delicious condition." when he learned that he could now place an order on his mobile phone while traveling on the great wall and receive takeout delivered by the fourth-generation meituan drone, hayakawa exclaimed: "oh? is it so convenient?"
caption: japanese students are trying out this lightweight meituan drone.
what amazed the japanese students was that the seemingly large meituan drone actually weighed only 7 kilograms. at the meituan integrated command center in yangpu district, two japanese girls easily lifted the meituan drone for demonstration: "oh! it's so light! much lighter than i thought!"
it should be said that observing and experiencing the perfect combination of technology and chinese people's daily life in this way not only shocked the japanese students, but also gave them unlimited imagination about the future. maybe now, or maybe in the future, these japanese college students will open their minds and work with young chinese people to create a more imaginative future.
the “one hundred japanese college students see china·shanghai station” event was hosted by the chinese embassy in japan, co-organized by xinmin evening news and japan oriental daily news, and strongly supported by shanghai people's association for friendship with foreign countries and shanghai media group.
xinmin evening news reporter qi xu intern zhang jing zhang xiaoan
