It is known that there are over 400 tourist vehicles withdrawing the market due to the operation term in the original 1841 buses market in recent 2 years. In the tourist season, the capacity of tourist vehicles is too tight to satisfy the increasing passenger flow. On 5th December 2009, there are 4 bid-winning companies and 4 alternate companies for the operation right of tourist passenger transport. The 4 bid-winning companies invited bids of 400 buses (including medium and large buses) to the nationwide bus manufacturers through public bidding or negotiation tendering. Golden Dragon was the biggest winner with the order of 108 units by means of good product quality, extraordinary performance and reasonable price. In the bidding of National Express Transportation Group, Golden Dragon won the bidding of 63 medium luxury tourist buses (XML6757,XML6128, XML6126 and XML6103).
According to Ma Yongxiang, Manager of South Business Unit of National Express Transportation Group, it takes the bidding of 100 tourist vehicles, referring to high level minibuses, medium buses and large buses with over 50 seats. They selected Golden Dragon for the strong capability, good after-sales service and various models.
Guo guohua, Hainan Regional Manager of Golden Dragon showed that all buses deployed the full loading technology to meet the demand of the local Transport Bureau. The bidding buses for Hainan Automobile Transportation Group Co.,Ltd., Beijing Shouqi Group and National Express Transportation Group were capable of ridge bilge keel full loading body frame with generous appearance, widened body, smooth outline and keen sense of safety and fashion. He believed that it was the full loading technology and cathodic electrophoresis technology in accordance with the market requirements made Golden Dragon gain the opportunity for this big order.
Speaking of the local service of Golden Dragon, Manager Guo introduced that it is a system of service from pre-sale, sales and after-sales. The high efficient management system greatly gets rid of the customers" concern about the option supply. Moreover, they can promise to reply within 5 minutes and arrive at the spot (within 100km). Apart from the technology advantage, the quick and convenient after-service is also their competitive advantage in the market.
As for the full loading technology, Li Hui, the Market Manager of Shenzhen Office showed: Since 2004, Golden Dragon started to make its own full loading body and the current related technology is mature. The closed-loop design for vehicles extremely improve the capability preventing side overturning and is capable for the following advantages: light weight design technology, low-drag modeling design, optimization design of thermal management system of engine, optimal design of intake and exhaust system, optimal matching design of power system and exhaust gas recirculation technology. The interior decoration applies the exporting environmental fireproof materials in favor of drivers and passengers.
Hainan is a coastal city and the marine climate brings about the severe challenge for the anticorrosion. Aside from the full loading technology, cathodic electrophoresis technology is the other strong point, which welds the body with raw materials and connects frame, and then degreases, coslettizes and paints, finally assemblies through spray painting, floating coat and finishing coat. The priming has strong adhesion, salt fog resistance, humidity resistance and anticorrosion, superior to the similar counterpart. The test for salt fog resistance exceeds 1000 hours. Corrosion perforation will not appear within 10 years for vehicles and quality of painting equals to that of middle-class cars with extension of service life of vehicles. Golden Dragon is always dedicated to hold the customers" satisfaction and improvement of products as the responsibility. It is introduced that these bidding buses will serve the newly founded Hainan International Tourism.