(JW Insights) Jul 12 -- Chinese internet giant Tencent and automaker Changan Automobile signed a strategic cooperation agreement in southwestern China's Chongqing on July 11, reported Pandaily.

Building upon their previous collaboration, the two parties will strengthen cooperation in multiple areas such as intelligent cockpit, navigation and maps, autonomous driving, overseas ecosystem, and corporate digital transformation. Together, they aim to promote higher-quality digital transformation and support Changan Automobile's expansion into overseas markets, said the Pandaily report.

In terms of navigation and maps, both parties will promote the next generation of intelligent in-car navigation products for human-vehicle co-driving scenarios, creating an innovative navigation and driving experience.

In terms of autonomous driving, both parties will jointly explore feasible cooperation points in the development toolchain and cloud platform construction for autonomous driving research and development, aiming to accelerate the implementation of Changan's autonomous driving research.

In terms of overseas ecosystem, Tencent will actively provide advantageous resource support for Changan Automobile's global business layout, fully leveraging the advantages of Tencent Cloud and global ecological resources to help Changan Automobile better explore overseas markets and jointly explore new growth opportunities abroad.

In terms of enterprise digital transformation, both parties will promote the transformation and upgrading of Changan Automobile in various fields, such as digital marketing, enterprise collaborative office, smart park, and smart factory.

In the future, both parties will take deepening strategic cooperation as an opportunity to engage in broader and deeper frontier explorations, create a cross-border benchmark of ‘data-reality integration,’ and contribute together to the development of China's automotive industry, said the Pandaily report.

(Li PP)