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On September 25, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang took a ride on a Yutong coach, investigating Chinese brands doing business abroad. He made detailed inquires about Yutong’s production, sales and services in Cuba. The person-in-charge from Yutong Cuba revealed that the bus brand has exported a total number of 5,000-plus vehicles to the country. In addition, by cooperating with a local auto maker, Yutong has already assembled over 1,600 units buses in Cuba with its own technologies.
Premier Li boarded a Yutong coach, making inquires about the operation of the vehicle from the coach driver. The driver expressed his satisfaction with the vehicle, saying he has been driving Yutong coaches for six years. “It is very fast, very stable and highly comfortable. So far, I have not encountered any safety problems at all”, says the driver.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (Left) Takes a Ride with a Yutong Coach in Cuba
In 2005, Yutong officially entered Cuban market. So far, Yutong buses have exceeded 90% of the overall bus fleet in the nation, becoming a well-known bus brand in the country. Since its entry into the country, Yutong bus fleet has been playing an essential role in supporting the local economic development and improving the country’s public transport system. By providing technologies to a factory in Cuba, Yutong has created many job opportunities and set up a good example for Chinese brands going abroad.
Concluding his visit in Cuba, Premier Li told staff members from Yutong that the company must make all-out efforts to explore business opportunities in Caribbean region and Latin America and deepen cooperative ties with countries in the region. Premier Li stresses the importance of international production capacity cooperation and Chinese brands doing business abroad, which is the key to China’s success in its transformation of economic development mode. Now, the only way out for manufacturing enterprises, like Yutong, to maintain its overall competitiveness is by making relentless efforts to improve product quality, technologies and services. Only by actively taking part in the international competition can Chinese manufacturing industry realize its upgrading and transformation.