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International Bus & Coach Forum
International Bus & Coach
Forum
Profitable Bus & Coach Operations in or with China |
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Shanghai, PRC, 16 March 2005
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Speeches
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Opening |
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Paul Laeremans, IRU President
"This IRU Forum has brought together almost
400 delegates
from all over the world. It is therefore not by chance that an
expected 100 million Chinese citizens will be visiting the rest of
the world by 2020, and the tourist industry must start to prepare
itself now to receive and serve these new clients to the best of
its ability.""However, when we consider economic development and
increased demand for tourism, we must satisfy these demands while
ensuring sustainable mobility. We must ensure that our children and
grandchildren will still be able to benefit from even better
mobility and tourism opportunities."
"Achieving goals via the 3"i" strategy
requires the active commitment of several stakeholders who are here
today: governments, bus and coach operators, public transport
authorities, tour operators and travel agents and last but not
least vehicle manufacturers. Let us use this invaluable direct
personal contact with these different actors to enhance our
creativity by offering innovative products and services along the
entire travel and tourism supply chain."
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Luc Glorieux, Director, Busworld
"The Chinese market offers such enormous
opportunities that those European colleagues that are not here today
have clearly missed the bus."
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Limei Wang, CRTA Secretary General
"The Chinese transport market is the
fastest growing market in China today. That's why this conference offers
a very good opportunity for our industry to progress on its way of
improving its safety and environmental record."
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Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General
"In today's increasing scarcity of space, energy and clean
air, investing in collective passenger transport is the winning
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Ed Dotson, World Bank
"Public transport service provision that is of poor
quality, lacking in capacity or lagging behind the market demand
for mobility encourages people to seek alternative means of
transport - which in China to date has meant bicycles, but as
GDP rises will mean motor cycles (where permitted) and cars. This
is turn fuels demands for more roads, and greater allocation of
resources for road construction - which in turn encourages
lower density land use plans based on car rather than public
transport usage."
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Feng Xingfu, Vice General Manager, Beijing Public Transport
Holdings, Ltd
"According to "Master Plan of Beijing
(2004-2020)", by 2020 the total number of travels in
Beijing will reach 52 million to 55 million per day. The ratio of
travels transported by public transport will increase from 27% in
2000 to more than 50%. Over 50% of the trips by public transport
modes will be undertaken by rail and bus rapid transit. It's
estimated that by 2008 Olympic Games, the daily travel amount will
reach 35 to 40 million person-times with 19.5 to 20.5 million
generating in urban area."
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Wang Yongli, Chairman of Board, New National Line
Transportation Group Ltd.
"In comparison with developed countries, intercity bus
transportation in China enjoys high levels of government support,
public acceptance and credibility. It has a scientific feasibility
in which the ideal for sustainable development is fully
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Bai Hong Fa,
General Manager, Golden Sponsor
"The
conference today is a special event, insofar as it creates an interchange
platform between Chinese and European businesses in the sector."
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Juan Ramos Garcia,
Chief of the Technology Section, UNECE Transport Division
"Regarding road traffic safety, it should be noted that,
in the past 30 years in Europe, while road traffic has tripled,
therefore, bringing growth and competitiveness to European
countries and prosperity to Europeans, the number of people killed
in road accidents on average per year has been reduced to one half.
In view of the results achieved, UNECE Regulations are increasingly
applied in countries all over the world, including the US, Canada,
Japan, the People's Republic of China. Work is in progress on
sixteen areas that are considered of priority importance. These
include installation of lighting devices, brakes for motorcycles
and passenger vehicles, safety glazing, pedestrian safety, lower
anchorages and tethers for child safety seats, head restraints,
heavy-duty vehicle emission test procedure, heavy-duty on board
diagnostic (OBD), motorcycle emission test cycle as well as
hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles."
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Cai Tuanjie,
Director, Vehicle Division, Highway Department of MOC
"We appreciate the support we have received from foreign
countries and we look forward for your suggestions to improve
safety, efficiency and environmental standards."
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Peng Li Xin,
Vice President, Golden sponsor,, Shanghai Diesel Engine Co. Ltd.
"Natural gas is predicted to be a primary alternative fuel in the
21st century, which is ideal for city transport. We are facing this
challenge and started already the production of EURO 3 engines."
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Wang Wenbin, Vice
General Manager, Zhengzhou Yutong Corporation, China
"Although we are facing many challenges for Chinese
manufacturers, we are certain that China will become the centre of
bus and coach manufacturing in the world. We are looking forward for
cooperation and partnership with foreign partners."
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Jan Vandooren,
Marketing and Sales Manager, Shanghai Sunwin Bus Corporation, China
"Within a time span of 5 years, the actual polarization
between the Chinese and European brands will be dramatically
reduced. The Chinese brands will further upgrade and improve the
reliability of their products whereby the European brands has to
reduce the cost price by localizing the main components. This
development will give China a strong platform for
export."
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Pedro Ortun-Silvan,
Director, European Commission, DG Enterprise
"China is the fastest growing destination market of tourism with 20
millions incoming tourists in 1995 and growing to 42 millions
tourists in 2003. In 2004, 1 million Chinese citizens visited the
European Union."
"The China National Tourism Authority has been given the task to
create 40 millions jobs in tourism in the next 7 years."
"Beijing Olympic games and the Shanghai World Exhibition will add
significantly to the importance of China as a tourist destination.
It will soon become the World's n1 in outgoing destination of
tourist traffic."
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Bernard Bialylew,
Director, Gullivers Travel Associates, China
"For inbound tourism in Europe you must have Chinese drivers in
Europe and vice versa. Chinese drivers should speak English."
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Pascal Linglez,
Federal President "Coach Services", Belgian Association of Bus &
Coach Operators
"Belgian coaches have transported many tourists all around Europe
over the past years. Key to success in Belgium:
- English speaking drivers
- Open-mindedness
- Europe tours starting in Belgium
for US tourists."
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Peter Krausz,
IRU Head - Goods Transport & Facilitation, Geneva
"The international harmonisation of training offerings
helps to increase road safety, environmental protection and
quality of service. It also enhances the image of the
profession by strengthening road transport personnel's ability to
respond effectively to tomorrow's challenges." |
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Mark Schaub,
King & Wood, PRC Lawyers, Shanghai, China
"Many foreign investors have failed and blame the Chinese partners
and blame the foreign investors. Be realistic when you come to the
Chinese market. In China, all markets are very competitive.
Check expectations, the market, the legal requirements and industry
requirements. Be friends with your Chinese partners."
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Zheng Peng,
Deputy Manager, Beijing Xianlong Assets Management Co. Ltd., China
"Joint ventures' aims in
China for foreigners:- increase market share
- improve products
- reduce costs
Chinese interest in joint ventures:
- Management skills grow
- Knowledge grow
- Management expertise grow
- Competitiveness grow
- Quality grow"
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Andrés Cosmen Menéndez-Castanedo,
Chairman of ALSA, China
"Foreign bus companies seeking partnerships in China need
to invest a lot of time in building relationships that will last
into the years ahead. This time-consuming, but essential task is
essential for doing business in the largest passenger transport
market in the world."
"We are invited to do business in this great country,
China, and for this reason we must take into consideration the
Chinese characteristics and adapt to the local conditions. This is
necessary not only for the service provided to passengers but also
for the management of the companies."
"Working together side by side, the companies and the
transport authorities, is the best way to help the improvement of
the mobility of the Chinese people."
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Closing |
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Hans Rat,
UITP Secretary General
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Luc Glorieux,
Director, Busworld
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Paul Laeremans, IRU President
"Whether in China or elsewhere in the world, optimal
benefits can only be achieved by working together in close
cooperation with international governmental and non-governmental
institutions, national and local governments, all modes of
transport and other players in the tourism industry, such as tour
operators, travel agents, tourist authorities and hotels and
restaurants.""The 2004 Agreement between the European Union and China
to facilitate tourism to and from China, is a milestone opportunity
for the travel and tourism industry to put its entrepreneurial
spirit into high gear, and seize the many opportunities created by
this historic development which will increase tourist flows in both
directions."
"Road passenger transport will always be a key
player in the mobility chain and in promoting tourism. As such, we must also
continue to search for cooperation with governments and authorities to achieve
the international harmonisation of all social, fiscal and technical rules
governing competition to create equal opportunities in the market for all
actors, thereby increasing economic and social integration, as well as the
prosperity of countries and regions.
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