This book explores the significance of automated vehicles from a Chinese perspective, bringing a wide range of scholarship to bear on the question. This project takes a deep dive into Chinese ethical and legal perspectives on automated vehicles, providing a valuable resource for the general public. It also prompts readers to compare and contrast Chinese and Western viewpoints regarding the use of automated vehicles as future transportation and their impact on human-machine relationships. By dedicating individual chapters to specific issues such as programming, safety, liability, privacy, and data protection, this book enables policymakers and general readers to gain a clear understanding of the societal implications of automated vehicles shaped by culture and law. Additionally, by including survey results from two representative Chinese cities with distinct cultural and legal backgrounds, it caters to the need for insights into general Chinese perspectives on the ethical and legal issues surrounding automated vehicles. This book will interest policymakers, technologists and scholars.

Chunyan Ding, Professor of Law at City University of Hong Kong, specializes in tort law, health law, privacy and data protection, and comparative civil law. She has authored “Medical Negligence Law in Transitional China” (2012) and has contributed over fifty journal articles and book chapters in her areas of expertise.

Ruiping Fan, Chair Professor of Philosophy at City University of Hong Kong, specialises in bioethics and comparative philosophy, focusing on Confucian cultural resources. With 190+ published articles and chapters, he authored “Reconstructionist Confucianism”, “Contemporary Confucian Bioethics”, “Contemporary Medicine and Confucian Thought” and (co-)edited 12 volumes in his research fields.