Zhang Haiming is an automobile maintenance engineer as well as a two-conference vehicle support engineer from Yuchai.

He is 29 years old, joined Yuchai after graduation and has been working with Yuchai for six years. Right before the opening of the two conferences in 2011, he was dispatched from the northwest region of Yuchai to Beijing as part of the team of vehicle support to the two conferences.

Excited about first experience of serving two conferences

This is my first time to serve the two conferences, he told the journalist of chinabuses.com, adding, But Yuchai has given vehicle support to the two conferences for seven years, Im so gloried to undertake such a great task!

When being asked whether he was transferred from northwest to Beijing to serve the two conferences, Zhang said smilingly, It is a normal personnel transfer, after taking everything into account, the headquarters assign the important task to me of providing technical support to Beijing. It is good, as a different post and environment is more passionate and challenging and can keep us diligent.

Speaking of the feeling of providing vehicle support to the two conferences, Zhang said smilingly, I feel a bit excited, fresh and stressful, we should never delay delegates from the important conferences due to vehicle failure.

Actually, Beijing is the political, economic and cultural center of China, and Tiananmen Square was the center in center during the two conferences. Zhang spent most of his work hours around the square, where he, together with the other three vehicle supporters on the team, was in charge of vehicle failure troubleshooting. Though he could only stare at the dazzling two-conference stars from a distance due to security restriction, but it has been enough for him. A sense of excitement, pride, responsibility and mission surged his heart.

Heavy duty, easy work

As one of the passenger transport companies undertaking vehicle transport during the two conferences, to do well the work of vehicle support, Shouqi Group had established the two-conference vehicle support leadership group before the Spring Festival in 2011. In February, Shouqi organized the technical staff of all machinery plants to attend the coordination meeting for supporting plants, defining their responsibilities for technical support, the rescue process and other requirements during the conferences, requiring that the repair plant should store various wearing parts. Zhang was exactly transferred to Yuchai Beijing Office to be prepared for two-conference support with other colleagues.

Speaking of the pressure from vehicle support, Zhang Yanzhong, a veteran head with over two decades experience in support management during the two conferences, made representative remarks, Having served the two conferences for years, I have been used to the nervousness. Every time vehicles drove out of the station, I was nervous for fear of problems. Despite Shouqis years service experience and my over two decades experience, I dare not slack off at all. Only after I completed and reported a days work could I relax.

As a technical engineer stationed at the engine plant, Zhangs task seemed not as heavy as we may imagine. The reason was exactly that no failure occurred on the vehicle engines in his charge.

He was proud of that. First, these engines are good, can effectively reduce failure through proper maintenance. We are confident of Yuchais products, he told the journalist, adding, Nonetheless, no errors are allowed for two-conference vehicles, none of us could guarantee there would be no failure, just in case, we cannot but give support through meticulous inspection, fast repair and sufficient reserved vehicles.

According to the source, a three-level (station, repair group and repair plant) support system was exercised on two-conference vehicles. Drivers should strictly perform three inspections a day, repair teams should make information communication smooth, make timely response and conduct diagnosis, repair and follow-up treatment promptly. Some minor problems could usually be solved in few minutes. The repair plant should be in charge of repairing faulty vehicles that could not be repaired on the scene. Also, there were reserved vehicles. Shouqi has 150 buses for the two conferences, including 25 reserved ones.

It was the meticulous work that supported the fulfillment of the task of two-conference vehicles.

Zhang is inspecting a vehicle engine

Collaboration for same task

Zhang is responsible for stationed maintenance and subordinate to a repair team. His team of four members is in charge of technical support to vehicles before Tiananmen Square. He told the journalist, members of a repair team may differ in responsibilities, but have their respective specialties, making teamwork more efficient. Basically, a repair team should be staffed with a skillful maintenance worker and an experienced electric control engineer, with other staff adjusted according to situation.

Zhang is an electric control engineer. Years experience of working for Yuchai familiarizes him with the structures, performance and troubleshooting of various engines. Using diagnostic equipment can effectively increase the efficiency in current engine failure diagnosis. Over the past year, he frequently headed to Yuchais engine maintenance stations for maintenance support, went around service stations in the country for technical instruction and support, and accumulated rich experience. What impresses him most is the special support campaign organized by Yuchai annually, in which Yuchais technical support staff offers field services freely

However, for two-conference support, not every support staff can work separately. There were hundreds of passenger transport, bus and parts enterprises involved in the two conferences, if every enterprise hoes its own potato, the task of vehicle support will be unimaginable.

two-conference vehicle support is not merely the task of a single plant, but that of all. It is a common and glories task, said Zhang.

The task was to ensure two-conference vehicles serve the conferences safely and steadily and are displayed to the country and the world comfortably and agreeably. Fulfilling this task relied on mutual assistance and collaboration.

Zhangs primary task was engine maintenance and relevant technical support. As a matter of fact, the engines in his charge operated in good condition. His primary work was to check some common and trivial vehicle failure and to make repair suggestions, such as oil leakage, air leakage handbrake relay valve, seat strut failure, speed sensor and remote door controller. In a word, we will solve any other problem that we can find, and will inform other technical staff if we cannot solve it. Everyone here work for the same task.

Zhang was just one of the stationed staff supporting the conferences, there were ten such stations during the conferences in Beijing. He is just an employee with Yuchai Beijing Office, but there were over 30 Yuchai service stations involved in support.

For the same goal and task, the technical and management staff of every enterprise headed to the first line of two-conference vehicle support, helped each other and made collaborative efforts to wind up vehicle support to the two conferences in 2011.

Luo Dan, chinabuses.com