Speaking of Beijing Automotive Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Auto Group), most people living in Beijing are probably familiar with it. Because vehicles of Beijing Auto Group can be seen in every street of Beijing within five minutes. Beijing Auto Group was built in 1998, it runs taxi biz, tour bus transportation and vehicle rental service etc. It has 7,200 employees, with 5,294 units of taxis and rental cars. The total assets exceed 1.2 billions, it's regarded as an exotic flower in the area of Beijing tourism and renting.
 
Looking back on Chinese tourism market, it was affected by the extrinsic factors of financial crisis, influenza A (H1N1), limited tourism resources and old vehicle etc, as a result, the tourism industry was in an unprecedented difficulty. As a famous brand in Chinese tourism industry, which measures did Beijing Auto Group take in the passed 2009? And any good suggestion for Chinese coach enterprise in vehicle aspect? With these questions, China Buses Net interviewed Wang Jingang, the vice president of Beijing Auto Group.

Vice President of Beijing Auto Group Wang Jingang

Prestige is a kind of accumulation
 
Beijing Auto Group is a limited liability company of multi-component subjects of investment restructured by Beijing Taxi Company (founded on July 1, 1973) according to the corporate governance structure of modern enterprise's system and norm. After many years' development, Beijing Auto Group illuminated Chinese tourism industry and became the famous brand. Beijing Auto Group has been always responsible for the traffic service of national people's congress, also, it served the NPC & CPPCC for continuous 30 times. Its figure was often seen in many reception work, such as national political activities and biz affairs.
 
When talking about the development history of Beijing Auto Group these years, Vice President Wang said' The development of today's Beijing Auto Group owes to the dedication from all employees of Beijing Auto Group. These years, Beijing Auto Group proceeds with vehicles' procurement, strengthen vehicle management and advance service consciousness. Its recognition and good fame is actually a kind of accumulation.
 
Quality is the root of everything
 
As a main instrument of production for tourism enterprise, superb quality and reliable function of coach is the premise and root for everything. After many years' accumulation, Beijing Auto Group has formed a set of mature system on vehicles' procurement, the main task is its quality, management reinforcement and prohibiting breakdown halfway. About this, Vice President Wang said' after these years' accumulation, Beijing Auto Group has formed a procuring process during procurement, namely, premised on the product quality, based on vehicle model and referred. Quality is the root of everything, because it concerns the fame of a company. For the model, the vehicle itself should be a scenery with its decent appearance and comfortable seat.'

Golden Dragon  Bus for Beijing Auto Group Tourism Bus

'Golden Dragon is really very good'
 
Beiing Auto Group has 650 units of commercial public vehicles, 170 units of them are new ones purchased for Beijing Olympics, the brand covers Golden Dragon, Yutong , King Long and Futian Euro V etc, but Golden Dragon occupied the most with more than 50% share. Vice President Wang mentioned many times that ‘Golden Dragon is really very good.' Another unwritten rule for Beijing Auto Group's procurement is habitual and tentative procurement, it's certainly the trend of pursuing stable development for an enterprise.
 
Since its cooperation between Beijing Auto Group and Xiamen Golden Dragon from 1998, there's tacit understanding between them. From the first trial for Coaster till ‘half of the country' by now, Xiamen Golden Dragon and Beijing Auto Group has gone across 11 years and withstood the ordeal. Just like Vice President Wang summarized at last' When we choose the vehicle, we are not afraid of problem, but we hope to solve it. There's a distance between world famous brand and us in production level. As a tourism industry, we have the responsibility to grow up with our coach enterprise together. The friendship built up during growing is unassailable, just like Golden and us. For the newly purchased product, staff from Golden Dragon always drops in and inquires us about the use condition and the needed improvement at the first time, after receiving the improvement suggestion, they'll solve it as soon as possible.

Golden Dragon Bus served for Beijing Olympics

In the end, Vice President Wang also presented some advice for Chinese coach enterprise, he hoped that our enterprise should pay more attention on the promotion for the coach technology based on the good quality and service, especially on the comfort and improvement on some details, such as inner decoration and denoiser. Any problem, if can be improved at the first time, that's progress.