BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - Tesla has proposed

to launch robotaxis in China, newspaper China Daily reported on

Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

According to the report, China may support Tesla's domestic

testing and demonstration of robotaxis but has not approved the

full implementation of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software in

China.

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment

on the China Daily report.

FSD is the most autonomous version of Autopilot software and

was rolled out in 2020. Its features include self-parking, auto

lane changes and traffic navigations.

The China Daily report comes shortly after Tesla CEO Elon

Musk made a whirlwind weekend trip to Beijing late last month,

where he made progress towards rolling out FSD.

Musk on the trip intended to discuss the rollout of FSD

and whether Tesla could secure government approvals to transfer

data overseas that could prove pivotal in its development of

autonomous vehicles, according to a person with knowledge of the

matter.