To explore customers demands and promote the healthy, stable, longstanding and harmonious cooperation between enterprises, from June 21 to 23, Yan Ping, chairman of Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd., successively visited CCRE Group, Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd., Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd. and Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. to probe into automotive industry development and exchange ideas on the direction and content of further cooperation.

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        CCRE Group: formerly Xiamen Electromechanical Group Co., Ltd.. The group has three business sectors such as the core industry (construction machinery and automobile), associated primary business (investment and similar finance, real estate, trade and logistics) and other business, and mainly invests in over 20 wholly-owned, equity-participating and holding enterprises such as Xiamen XGMA Machinery Co., Ltd. and Xiamen King Long Motor Group Co., Ltd. In 2009, the group was ranked 224th among Chinas top 500 enterprises.

        Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd.: known as King Long in the industry. Founded in December 1988, King Long is specialized in bus R & D, manufacture and sale. The company has three manufacturing bases-Xiamen medium & large vehicle base, Xiamen light bus base and Shaoxing bus base as well as two holding subsidiaries-SuZhou King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. and Nanjing King Long Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
        The company boasts an annual production capacity of 50,000 buses ranging from 4.8m to 18m, which are extensively used in fields such as passenger transport, travel, group transport, public transport and special transport. The company sells products to 59 countries and regions, and has established over 40 agents and service providers overseas.

         Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd: known as Golden Dragon in the industry. Founded in 1992, it covers a total area of 350,000 m2, has modern plants with a total building area of 160,000 m2, and a staff of over 2,000. The companys bus line covers buses ranging from 4.8m to 18m and from 5 seats to 66 seats. Now, the company boasts an annual production capacity of 20,000 medium & small-sized buses and 25,000 light buses, and is a famous automobile (bus) manufacturing and national automobile export base. In the international market, Golden Dragon buses are sold to nearly 40 countries and regions such as East Europe, the Far East, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Africa, North Africa and Central America.

         Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd.: one of Chinas largest commercial vehicle manufacturers ranked among Chinas top 100 listed companies for five years in a row. With products such as Quanshun bus, Kaiyun light truck, Baodian pickup and Baowei SUV, the company pioneers the new trend of car, safety, diesel, environmental protection in the Chinese light bus market, and maintains the absolute leading role of Jiangling in the field of high-grade light bus in China. The company is Chinas largest light diesel commercial vehicle exporter and has been recognized as a national vehicle export base by the Ministry of Commerce and National Development and Reform Commission. Jiangling has become one of the two key commercial vehicle export brands supported by the ministry.

                                                         (Mai Jie)