On the afternoon of Oct. 29, sponsored by Bashi Group and co-sponsored by Sunwin and Daewoo, 2013 Shanghai New City Bus Launch Ceremony and Delivery Ceremony was held in Traffic Hub Station in Caoxi Road. The batch of new city buses including 30 Sunwin new buses which will be put into operation in line 49. And this is a new measure of energy-saving & emission reducing and public traffic priority Bashi Group taking to respond to government’s call.
    On the base of traffic development characteristics in Shanghai, Sunwin and Bashi Group jointly developed this three-door low floor Volvo bus. The wide three-door can allow passengers to get on and get off bus quickly and reduce the bus stop time. The bus can load 92 passengers and the low floor of the bus can be convenient for passengers. Meanwhile, the bus is equipped with National V engine which cna reduce the emission significantly.
    Mr. Xu Jie, general manager of Bashi Group, Mr. Hankan Karlsson, executive deputy president of Volvo, Mr. Zhang Lichun, general manager of Sunwin, Mr. Gong Deqing, deputy party secretary of Jiushi Group, Mr. Hong Renchu, deputy general manager of Jiushi, general manager of Daewoo, and Mr. Zhang Biwei, deputy general manager of Bashi were on stage. And leaders from Volvo, Sunwin and Daewoo made the speech respectively. And the outstanding drivers from Bashi Group made the ribbon cutting for the new buses. And leaders from municipal governmental department, and bus manufacturers as well as media reporters attended the ceremony. Meanwhile, the top management from Volvo group and VBC specially come to Shanghai to attend this ceremony together with Sunwin management.

——From Marketing & Sales Dept.