China is on the fast lane when it comes to developing self-driving cars in the industry with the help of a veteran engineer.

While the United States is being cautious on allowing these driverless vehicles on the streets, engineer Gansha Wu who worked with Intel Labs China for 16 years wants to establish a start-up in China. He organized a group of technology experts from Google to make his project possible. 

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"His team is an unusual collection of supertalent," said former head of Google in China Kai-Fu Lee. 

"They combine a mechanical expert from a university, a top computer vision expert and machine learning from Google as well as Gansha and his team of semiconductor experts. Gansha is an excellent leader that binds these people together."

Experts say that there's a big chance that self-driving cars in China will be a success because of the government's support. Two car manufacturers have already started testing self-driving cars in public.

Uisee Technology, Wu's company, plans to introduce their car invention at the Consumer Electronics Show next year.

Tech company Baidu started developing driverless vehicles about two years ago. They have already customized a BMW 3 Series and results showed that it had "successfully completed rigorous, fully autonomous tests under a variety of environmental conditions," according to Yibada.

During the study, the vehicle showed basic and important functions such as slowing down if a car is detected ahead, changing lanes, and making right, left and U-turns if needed.

Aside from Baidu, a company called Leshi Internet Information & Technology and Great Wall Motors have also contributed the same effort in the industry.

With the fast paced-development in China, Xavier Mosquet, managing director at Boston Consulting Group, said that the country will be recognized as one of the biggest market when it comes to self-driving cars in just 15 years.

TagsSelf-Driving Car, Google, Intel Labs China, Google China, china, Gansha Wu, Baidu, Leshi Internet Information & Technology, Great Wall Motors