CEO of Tesla and tech mogul Elon Musk met with Premier Li Qiang, China’s second-ranking official, in Beijing on Sunday.
According to a media report, Musk intends to transmit data gathered in China to another country to train its algorithms and enable Full Self Driving (FSD) in that nation.
China does not have access to FSD, but other nations such as the US have.
The news follows closely following a US research that linked Tesla’s autonomous driving modes to at least 13 collisions, including one fatality.
Premier Li Qiang pledged that China would “always” be open to foreign businesses.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that during their meeting, Li had promised the country would do more to help foreign firms.
“China’s very large-scale market will always be open to foreign-funded firms,” Li was quoted as saying.
“China will stick to its word and will continue working hard to expand market access and strengthen service guarantees.”
After meeting Li, Musk wrote on X, which he also owns, that it was an honour, adding that the two “have known each other now for many years”.
Musk has a lot of commercial interests in China; he visited the country most recently in May and June of last year.
Musk used to mock Chinese EVs, but this year he called their producers “the most competitive car companies in the world”.
According to a state-sponsored media agency, he expressed satisfaction with the advancements made by electric vehicles in China on Sunday.
We earlier reported that Shortly after lowering pricing in the US, Tesla, the leading manufacturer of Electric Vehicles (EVs), has announced steep price reductions in China and Germany as it deals with diminishing sales and escalating competition in key countries.
