Zhuhai, a city in south China's Guangdong Province neighboring Macao, launched on Friday a dedicated mini-bus service connecting a key port and a major hospital, as part of its efforts to deepen the integration of medical resources in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).
The GBA brings the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions together with nine mainland cities in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai.
Under the newly-launched shuttle service scheme, mini-buses carry patients between Hengqin Port and the Hengqin Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.
During the first-phase operation, two self-driving mini-buses have been put into service. The vehicles run in both directions every half an hour.
Patients said that the service has greatly shortened travel time, making it easier for them to seek medical treatment.
Zhuhai starts dedicated bus service to boost medical integration with Macao
Industries based on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are likely to see their scale top 1 trillion yuan (about 144.9 billion U.S. dollars) in five years, according to China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Currently, the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System has entered a phase of rapid development featuring market operation, industrial application and international cooperation.
BeiDou's high-precision services are employed across various fields, including transportation, logistics, agricultural machinery, and deep-sea fishing. Additionally, its short message service offers a reliable backup for emergency response and disaster relief.
The NDRC stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to implement the project for large-scale application of BeiDou and strive to expand the Beidou industry's scale to exceed 1 trillion yuan within five years.
In the future, China will continue to foster the development of new BeiDou technologies and products, implement major projects for the large-scale application of BeiDou by expanding its use in consumer markets, public services, and emerging fields such as autonomous driving, the low-altitude economy, and intelligent robotics, as well as enhance the quality of international services to provide secure and user-friendly public services to more countries around the world.
China's BeiDou industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan in 5 years
China's BeiDou industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan in 5 years
