China Charts Course for Self-Flying Cars

China’s aviation industry regulator is collecting feedback on a draft roadmap for the future use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in a sign that policymakers are betting on the broad commercial and civilian uptake of self-flying drones and cars.

The roadmap — which was published on Monday by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) — provides a peek at how the government expects UAVs to be used in the following decade through the fleshing out of phased goals and targets.