On March 4, Yutong Bus released the February 2022 production and sales data express report, showing that in February, the production and sales of Yutong Bus were 542 and 840 vehicles, respectively, and the sales volume was significantly higher than the output, and the market development trend was good. Among them, the production and sales of large buses were 375 and 477 units, accounting for more than half of the country, respectively, and increased by 25.84% and 12.50% respectively year-on-year. In the first two months of this year, Yutong Bus has accumulated 2397 and 2668 buses.
February coincided with the mainland Spring Festival holiday, and belonged to the traditional "off-season" of the bus industry, while the adverse impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic continued, which also had an impact on the "Spring Festival", and the bus market was facing a severe test. Faced with the challenge of multiple unfavorable factors, as a leading enterprise in the bus industry, Yutong Bus has risen to the challenge, taken the initiative, and laid a solid foundation for creating a new development pattern of the industry with a positive attitude and pragmatic measures.
Yutong hydrogen fuel bus participating in the Winter Olympics service
February is also the month of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yutong led the battle with hydrogen fuel cell buses, including high-end commercial vehicleS T7, pure electric airport shuttle buses, high-end passenger travel products, etc., a variety of star models, a total of 950 buses, escorting the participants to travel and the successful holding of the event, with "zero faults, zero delays, zero complaints" performance won praise from all parties, and then showed the "Made in China" style and excellent strength.
Yuguang high-end pure electric bus entered Changsha
At the same time, the Yutong bus market has been frequently reported, among them, 225 Yuguang high-end pure electric buses have officially entered Changsha, Hunan, which will further enhance the quality of Changsha's public transportation services and urban image, and help Changsha accelerate the construction of a new pattern of high-quality development of "big transportation". 56 brand-new Yutong smart special school buses were also delivered to Zhejiang Longyou, which will escort 20 primary and secondary schools in the county and more than 2,000 students to and from school, opening the "school bus era" in Longyou County.
The next March is the month of spring and blossoms, and the bus market is undoubtedly more exciting. At present, the tourism industry has gradually begun to recover strongly. According to the special survey data on travel intentions released by the China Tourism Research Institute, residents' tourism intentions in the first quarter of 2022 were 85.32%, an increase of 3.15% year-on-year. At the same time, Baidu Map big data shows that in February 2022, the national overall migration scale index has gradually approached 2019, and exceeded 2019 at the highest value on February 6. This fully shows that the process of resuming work and production throughout the country is steadily moving forward.
National policies are also constantly injecting more energy into the market. The National Development and Reform Commission and other 14 departments formulated the "Several Policies on Promoting the Recovery and Development of Difficult Industries in the Service Industry", which put forward a number of specific measures for relief and support, which sent "timely rain" to many industries, including the transportation industry, and further boosted the confidence of the industry's development.
It is believed that with the "spring epidemic dispersion", in the future, the development of the bus market will be more stable, and Yutong bus will also usher in more highlight moments, leading the industry to continue to move upwards.