When the old camel bell long Silk Road ushered in the silent entry of silver body, Baidu Apollo Go was carrying Chinese intelligent manufacturing across the Eurasian hub. Relying on the policy of Dongfeng and the consensus of the the Belt and Road, this handshake with Kazakh enterprises enabled China's autonomous driving to take root in Central Asia for the first time and continue to write a new narrative of smart travel in the global landscape.

On July 16, 2026, the eve of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Baidu announced that its autonomous driving travel platform, Apollo Go, had reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan's TPH in Shanghai, and the two sides planned to work together to launch automated driving related services in Kazakhstan.This cooperation marks the first entry of domestic autonomous driving vehicle business into the Central Asian region. Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Zaslin Madiyev, witnessed the entire signing process. Relying on the relevant policy support of national science and technology industry going to sea, the concept of the Belt and Road co construction will continue to be implemented, and the cooperation project will be implemented steadily. Keywords: Kazakhstan, driverless, the Belt and Road

By May 2026, the Apollo Go business has covered 27 cities around the world, distributed in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other overseas cities, and accumulated more than 22 million orders for automated driving trips.Editor/Gong Ziwei