Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for visiting President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.
At the invitation of Xi, Noboa is on an eight-day state visit to China starting Sunday. This is his first state visit to China.
A 21-gun salute was fired at the Tian'anmen Square.
A military band performed the anthems of Ecuador and China, respectively.
Noboa, accompanied by Xi, reviewed the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The two heads of state then returned to the reviewing stand to watch a march-past performed by the Guard of Honor.
Noboa's entourage include Ecuador's minister of foreign affairs and human mobility, secretary general of public administration, planning, and cabinet of the presidency, among others.
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and other Chinese officials also attended the welcome ceremony.
Xi holds welcome ceremony for Ecuadorian president
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla's certification that its new Cybercab meets all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).
The probe, formally designated as an Audit Query, was opened on Sept. 3 and covers an estimated 1,000 Cybercab vehicles, according to an NHTSA investigation document made public on Friday. It will examine the process and technical data Tesla relied upon when certifying the Cybercab, as well as related issues. Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercab vehicles in Austin, Texas, on Thursday and notified the agency that it had certified the vehicles as compliant with all applicable FMVSS. Tesla also told the NHTSA that it plans to gradually expand commercial deployment of the Cybercab to include additional vehicles and locations.
The vehicles lack permanently attached conventional manual controls, such as a brake pedal, gas pedal, steering wheel and mirrors, according to the NHTSA.
The agency said the inquiry will examine, among other issues, the extent to which Tesla's certification depended on determinations that certain FMVSS are inapplicable to the Cybercab.
In the United States, the NHTSA establishes vehicle performance requirements, while automakers must certify that their vehicles meet applicable standards before entering the U.S. market, subject to agency oversight to confirm compliance. The NHTSA said it conducts investigations when certified vehicles appear not to adhere to those requirements.
U.S. regulator opens probe into Tesla Cybercab self-certification
