GUANGZHOU – Driverless buses outfitted with a Singapore start-up’s technology will soon ply the streets in Guangzhou, marking the latest foray by the Republic’s firms into China’s autonomous vehicle scene.
Home-grown start-up MooVita has inked a joint venture agreement with two Chinese partners that aims to eventually roll out autonomous buses in China’s Greater Bay Area and internationally.
MooVita expects to begin in 2026 with an initial deployment of 26 buses providing last-mile connectivity in the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, a township located about an hour north of the Guangzhou city centre.
This was one of 20 agreements signed on Nov 25 at a meeting of the Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council co-chaired by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and newly minted Guangdong Governor Meng Fanli. The annual meeting, held in Guangzhou in 2025, oversees cooperation between Singapore and China’s largest provincial economy.
Mr Meng, who was co-chairing the council for the first time, noted that the 180 attendees included many from the business, investment and education fields. “I sincerely welcome more Singapore firms to come to Guangdong to invest, trade or carry out other business activities,” he said.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung (centre, left) meeting Guangdong Governor Meng Fanli in Guangzhou on Nov 25.
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Mr Ong said many Singapore companies saw the province as a launch pad to the rest of China and into third markets, and that more Guangdong businesses were also expanding into Singapore with an eye on South-east Asia.
