Yutong Bus

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Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Yutong Bus), its head office located in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, is a large-scale enterprise group in bus making industry.

Yutong Bus was established in 1963 whose predecessor is Zhengzhou Bus Repairing Factory. In 1993, it was renamed as Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. Located in Zhengzhou Yutong Industrial Park, it covers an area of 1.12 million sq m with a daily capacity of over 170 unit buses.

Till now, it has grown up into the largest and the most technically advanced manufacturing base of large and medium-sized buses around the world and become China’s largest professional bus manufacturer with its sales volume ranked second worldwide next to that of Mercedes-Benz.

Sales

In 2007, sales amount of Yutong Group reached high up to RMB 12,588,000,000, taking up over 22% of the domestic market share. In the same year, 25,522 units of Yutong buses were sold through out the whole year, making Yutong Group once again enter into world top 5 considering the sales volume. And among them, 3,319buses were exported with the export amount up to USD187 million, increasing 92% compared with the corresponding period last year. Till now, the possessed number of Yutong buses all over the world exceeds 120 thousand, making Yutong an international large-scale bus manufacturing enterprise.

In 1997, Yutong Bus became the first domestic bus enterprise listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange with its stock code 600066，becoming a long-established blue-chip potential stock in China’s A stock market. The main economic indicators of the enterprise have been growing rapidly for ten continuous years. Yutong Bus has obtained AAA credit from ICBC for eight consecutive years and was awarded by BAAV “The Best Export Marketing Campaign of the Year 2006”, “The Best Marketing Campaign of the Year 2007” and “Coach Builder of the Year” in 2002, 2005 and 2006.

As a leading enterprise in China’s bus industry, the turnover of Yutong Group reached 15 billion yuan in 2009 with a sales volume of 35,194 units of large and medium-sized buses, construction machinery and special vehicles, a rise of 11.1 percent year-on-year.

Awards

In Apr. 2006, “Three Ministries and Commissions” such as Science and Technology Department embarked jointly on the pilot work of enterprises with independent innovation, and Yutong Bus was designated as such an enterprise. In Aug. 2006, Yutong Bus was titled “National Vehicle CBU Export Base Enterprise”. And in the same month of this year, Yutong passed the special investigation carried out by General Administration of Quality supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the P.R.C and won the first “Certificate for Product Exemption from Export Inspection” in China’s vehicle industry. In Nov. 2006, Yutong brand won “China Brand Award of the Year”(NO.1 in China’s bus industry) issued by World Brand Lab. In 2007, the value of Yutong brand has increased by RMB 471 million and grows up to RMB 7.487 billion, which makes Yutong brand continue to hold the title of No.1 Brand in China’s bus industry for successive four years. According to State Statistics Bureau, Yutong Group ranks 324 in “China’s Top 500 Enterprises” and at the same time stood 41 in “China’s 500 Most Competitive Enterprises of the Year 2006” as the only bus enterprise to enter into this list.

Position within the Industry

Now, after many years’ development, Yutong Bus has achieved a premier position in the bus field with its integrated enterprise strength and also formed its unique enterprise culture and advanced management concept. With market oriented, Yutong Bus carries on its R&D based on the market and programs its products rationally. It has powerful R&D strength, the first post-doctoral science and development working station in the bus industry of China equipped with the world-class test device and instrument, and also the first state-level technology center in the bus industry of China. Yutong Bus has established the entire-process quality control supervision system in order to guarantee the quality of the product. In 2004, Yutong Bus was evaluated by an internationally recognized quality authentication institute—Germany Quality System Authentication Company (DQS), and successfully passed ISO/TS16949: 2002 authentication, which is the first authentication in China’s bus industry, indicating that China’s bus industry represented by Yutong Bus has been progressively geared to the international quality management.

Yutong Group has begun its establishment of management information system since 1994, and at the present time, it has successfully introduced and put into practice the SAP management system and CRM (Customers Relationship Management) system, thus upgrading the inner management level of the enterprise with different information technology.

Places of operation

Zhengzhou Yutong buses are in service in 26 countries/regions, including:

* Sudan as public transport

* Cuba as long distance transport and public transport

* Egypt as tour buses

* Hong Kong SAR as tour buses

* Uruguay as public transport

* Philippines

* Iran

* People’s Republic of China

* Russia

* Jamaica

* Singapore

 

Products

* ZK6891HG city bus

* ZK6108HG city bus

* ZK6118HG city bus

* ZK6118HA 11-meter series

* ZK6120H 12-meter series

* ZK6120HR 12-meter series

* ZK6752H

* ZK6115D front-engine bus