https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/daimler-permit-self-driving-testing-china/

Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler has received a permit allowing it to test Level 4 self-driving cars on public roads in Beijing. Daimler is the first international automaker to receive such permission, and says that the Chinese capital city offers, "unique and complex urban traffic situations" for testing autonomous technology.

To qualify for the permits, Daimler first had to demonstrate its autonomous prototype vehicles at a proving ground in China. Its test vehicles work in partnership and use technology from Chinese company Baidu Apollo. The prototypes will still have human drivers on board to take control in emergency situations. Daimler says they have received "rigorous automated driving training."