Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source A delegation of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers visiting the US today said that they had met with San Francisco city officials to discuss technology innovation, autonomous vehicles and social welfare policies.
The lawmakers met with San Francisco officials, including Mark Chandler, director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce, to discuss technological innovation, smart transportation and social welfare policies, the delegation said in a statement.
They also met with members of the San Francisco Taipei Sister City Committee to promote local-level exchanges between Taiwan and the US, the statement said.
While in San Francisco, several lawmakers rode in autonomous vehicles operated by Tesla and Waymo, and described the commercial deployment and integration of self-driving cars into the transportation system as impressive, it said.
Earlier in the trip, the delegation visited the KMT's US headquarters, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in San Francisco and several longstanding overseas Chinese community organizations, where they held discussions with community representatives.