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On Dec. 1, the 9th Great Influence to China Buses Industry Reader Survey Activities officially kicked off. Consisting of a number of events, such as 2015 Annual Bus Award, 2015 Chinabuses.com Readership Research, China Buses Observations, China Buses Development Summit, a series of events are expected to last 40 days. During all these events, readers online are encouraged to make their own votes, experts and those involved in bus industry are all invited to hand in their papers and discuss related issues in bus manufacturing industry. On Jan. 9, 2015, China Bus Development Forum & Chinabuses.com Reader Survey and Award Ceremony will be held in Beijing. Apart from reviewing all influential events occurred in 2014, the high-profile series events will hold heated discussions about the new development trends in China’s bus industry in 2015.
The series events held by Chinabuses.com are held at every year’s end or the beginning of the new year. While recording the development history of China’s bus industry, we are hoping to track down the most significant event, the most valuable activity, the most memorable achievement and the most dynamic enterprise. By bringing out those highly reliable bus products, those elite enterprises and those innovative ideas, we aim at promoting the sustainable, sound and stable development of China’s bus industry. For the past nine years, the series events have won universal recognitions from bus experts, vehicle scholars, bus enterprises, auxiliary enterprises, and bus operators.
2015 Recommendation on Buses & Coaches to Overseas Markets officially kicked off on Dec. 3 in 2014. Co-hosted by Chinabuses.org and Allison Transmission, the election has already begun among the readers.
In 2014, China’s bus industry witnessed rapid expansion in overseas markets. In the first half of the year, China exported a total number of 39,915 units buses (including chassis), up by 79.18% year on year. The total export value stood at 1.172 billion USD, up by 36.51%. It is worth mentioning that in July alone three major export deal stood out, namely Zhongtong’s export of 2,186 school buses to Saudi Arabia, Yutong’s deal of 1,500 units buses with Venezuela, and Ankai’s export of 1,100 units of buses to Algeria. Nowadays, the overseas market has become increasingly indispensable to China’s bus makers. The year of 2014 will also be recorded in the history of Chinese buses’ overseas expansion as a turning point.
Set up in 1999, the has made it as its own mission to better promote Chinese bus products and boost the information and technological exchanges. For the past 15 years, we have witnessed the fast growth and development of the export business of China’s bus makers. In the meantime, we have been playing a significant role in strengthening the brand image of Chinese bus brands in the global market.
Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) is the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and is a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses. Allison transmissions are used in a variety of applications including refuse, construction, fire, distribution, bus, motorhomes, defense and energy. Founded in 1915, the company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and employs approximately 2,700 people worldwide. With a market presence in more than 80 countries, Allison has regional headquarters in the Netherlands, China and Brazil with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Hungary and India. Allison also has approximately 1,400 independent distributor and dealer locations worldwide.
In 1995, transmissions made by Allison were used on buses made in China. In 2003, buses made in China with Allison transmissions were exported to the overseas market. Currently, Allison has maintained very close ties with a number of well renowned bus makers in China, such as Yutong, King Long, Zhongtong, Ankai and Golden Dragon. Moreover, buses made in China with Allison transmissions are exported to over 30 countries and regions across the globe. According to Zhou Laisong, General Manager of Allison Transmissions China, “We are cooperating with China’s bus makers to promote the reliability and overall performances of bus products. We are delighted to see that more and more buses made in China have made their way to the international markets. As a manufacturer of bus spare parts, Allison knows quite well that its success depends on our customers. Because of this, we has been constantly seeking new opportunities to strengthen cooperative ties with Chinese well known bus makers and jointly expand our overseas market presence as well. ”
“Through our sponsorship in the selection of 2015 Recommendation on Buses & Coaches to Overseas Markets, we want to show to the public that we are determined to well serve China’s bus market and help bus makers in China expand their international presence,” says Mr. Zhou from Allison Transmission China.
This year, the voters are still predominantly from the large pool of readership of Chinabuses.com. According to our statistics, a total number of over 700,000 readers from our website made their votes in 2014. Apart from our readers, the high level officials from major bus operators, representatives of bus operators, distinguished bus experts, the journalists from the mainstream media, and the high-ranking officials from some bus makers are invited as act as “expert judges” to supervise the whole process of selection.
Our dearest readers of Chinabuses.org, we warmly welcome you to take part in our selection and make your precious vote for the 2015 Recommendation on Buses & Coaches to Overseas Markets through the following link page: https:///spotlight/enreview2014/