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EHang and Jiujiang Municipal Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement


Source: Jiujiang Bureau Industry Management Office

 

On February 2, the Jiujiang Municipal Government and EHang signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi province. Bao Chenggeng, deputy mayor of the municipal government, and Fang Xin, chief operating officer of EHang jointly witnessed the signing.

Before signing the contract, Bao Chenggeng met with Fang Xin and his party. On behalf of the municipal government, Bao Chenggeng extended a warm welcome to Fang Xin and his party, and expressed his gratitude to EHang for its strong support in building a modern comprehensive transportation system and building a new smart city in Jiujiang. He also briefly introduced the economic and social development of Jiujiang in recent years.
He said that Jiujiang is currently concentrating on promoting high-quality development. The two parties have huge space and potential for expanding cooperation. He hopes to take the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement as an opportunity to promote the implementation of commercial operation scenarios for the application of intelligent aircraft and autonomous logistics.

Fang Xin thanked Jiujiang for its strong support to EHang, and introduced the layout and development of EHang. He expressed that he is excited and encouraged by Jiujiang’s confidence in high-quality development and strategic deployment in recent years. EHang will take Jiujiang as a key strategic development area, seize opportunities for high-quality development, give full play to its own advantages in intelligent aerial vehicles and autonomous logistics, provide more solutions for Jiujiang, and contribute to the modernization of Jiujiang.

Shu Ruipeng, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, and Qiu Xi, general manager of EHang Jiangxi Branch, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties. According to the agreement, the two parties will jointly promote in-depth operational cooperation of aerial intelligent aircraft and autonomous logistics in the fields of smart city management command and dispatch center, urban tourism, fire emergency, medical rescue, ecological environmental protection, and modern logistics, and build an urban ecosystem and public service system for manned autonomous flight.

The main leaders of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, the Municipal Culture, Broadcasting and New Tourism Bureau, the main leaders of the Gongqingcheng City Government, Ruichang City Government, and the Management Committee of Balihu New District participated in the event.