Professor Wang Ying, Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute

From June 2 to 5, 2025, the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Sustainable Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) together with its Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1), the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) under the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), and the Secretariat of the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) co-hosted the Road Safety Week conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

The conference featured a series of thematic sessions, including special sessions focused on UN legal instruments for road safety: a Special Session of the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) (Special Session I) and an Informal Session of the 22nd Meeting of the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) (Special Session II). The event brought together stakeholders from multiple regions across Asia and Europe to share practical experiences in promoting road safety. It fostered multi-stakeholder dialogue and collaboration to strengthen commitments towards building safer road transport systems and discussed how to address the challenges posed by emerging technologies—such as Automated Driving Systems (ADS), connected vehicles, and cybersecurity—to road safety concepts.Professor Wang Ying from the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, invited as an academic expert by the UN Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1), participated in Special Session I. She delivered a thematic report on China's autonomous driving development and legal regulation, and introduced conference delegates to China's progress and regulatory experiences in areas such as autonomous vehicle road testing and demonstration applications.