A driverless monorail transit system, the first developed in China, was tested on Jan. 10, 2018 in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The unveil of “Yungui” has aroused great interests among people both at home and abroad.

The video reporting the news on and Youtube has wowed the crowd. Many commented on the project as “a great achievement”, using such words as “awesome” and “amazing”.

The system "Yungui" can keep safe distances from others, detect malfunctions, monitor passenger flow and use facial recognition, all automatically.

It was developed by China's leading new energy vehicle maker BYD and telecom giant Huawei.

The system is expected to be put into trial commercial operations in the second quarter of this year.