国际公共交通联会（UITP）第105次巴士委员会会议在深召开

    11月8日至9日，国际公共交通联会（UITP）第105次巴士委员会会议在深圳五洲宾馆召开，来自美、英、法、德、意、加拿大等20多个国家地区和国内各地的80多位交通领域专家学者、企业家、政府官员共商公共交通发展大计。

    大会由深圳巴士集团(以下简称深巴)承办，为期两天，与会代表先后发表相关主题演讲，并进行圆桌讨论。8日下午，代表们前往比亚迪公司参观，9日下午前往福田交通枢纽参观公共交通监视系统，到福田保税区乘坐体验深巴智能驾驶公交，在香梅北总站参观深巴智能调度中心、充电站、维保与网式充电设施。

    深圳巴士集团总经理王慧农在会上致辞。他向来自世界各国和国内各地的同行表示热烈欢迎！他介绍深巴的基本情况，公司成立于1975年，是深圳市历史最长、规模最大的公交特许经营企业，目前是全球最大的纯电动公交运营企业，也是UITP巴士委员会中最早加入的中国委员单位。深巴是集城市公交、定制巴士、巡游出租、网约出租、城际客运、旅游包车、微循环巴士、校园巴士、汽车租赁、深港跨境客货运输、公交广告、公交场站建设及管理为一体的全牌照、专业化城市公交集团。

    王慧农总经理还介绍了深巴近年的重大举措。深巴紧紧抓住国家新能源发展和“互联网+”技术两大战略机遇，提出“电动化、智能化、标准化、市场化、产业化”的发展目标，在传统的公交行业打开了一条绿色发展、智慧发展的转型升级之路。2017年6月，深巴率先实现公交全面电动化，纯电动公交车辆数达到6053台，成为全球规模最大的纯电动公交运营企业；2017年12月，深巴成功试运行阿尔法巴智能驾驶公交，这是全球首次在开放道路上进行的公交智能驾驶试运行；2018年9月，深巴在深圳地区的4681台出租车实现全面电动化，成为全国最大的纯电动出租车运营集团。

    深圳巴士集团副总经理马正源作“应用电动巴士的好范例——深圳巴士集团的经验”的主题演讲，介绍了深巴纯电动公交车的推广历程、经验和未来计划等。与会专家和代表报以热烈掌声，并就购车补贴政策、电池动力等方面进行提问，马正源副总经理一一作了解答。

    据悉，UITP(国际公共交通联会)是个可持续城市交通领域的倡导者，也是唯一结合整个公共交通行业和所有可持续交通模式的组织，其会员涵盖世界公共交通领域，包括运营单位、政府部门、制造业供应商以及研究所等。UITP成立于1885年，总部设在比利时布鲁塞尔，在全球各地设有16个区域办事处，下设UITP亚太执行委员会（APExCo）、UITP亚太城市轨道交通平台（APURP）、UITP亚太政府交通部门平台（APOAP），有1500个会员单位、18000个联系人，会员遍布96个国家及地区。

    深巴自2016年加入UITP以来，不断拓展合作关系，多次参加巴士委员会会议、UITP大会及培训项目，积极融入UITP大家庭。不仅如此，深巴还积极参与和筹备UITP重要活动，2017年2月，深巴承接UITP电动巴士培训项目；今年5月，深巴承办了出租车平台会议，近期将正式成为出租车平台成员。深巴今后将更大力度参与UITP事务，分享深巴在电动化、智能化方面的成功经验，增强深巴在全球的影响力。

    Between 8th and 9th of November, more than 80 transport experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and government officials from 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Canada gathered at Shenzhen's Wuzhou Guest Hotel for the 105th International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Bus Committee Meeting. 

    The two-day conference is co-hosted by Shenzhen Bus Group with members having speeches and had roundtable discussions. On the afternoon of the 8th, representatives also visited the BYD Office and battery production plant in Ping Shan and in the afternoon of the 9th, members will visit the Public Transport Monitoring Centre of the Futian Transport Hub, riding the autonomous bus of Shenzhen Bus in the Futian Bonded Zone, as well as to visit the Smart Dispatch Center, charging and maintenance facilities of the Xiangmei North Terminus and Depot.

    In the morning of the 8th, Mr. Wang Huinong, General Manager of Shenzhen Bus, addressed the conference and extended a warm welcome to all attendees of the Bus Committe Meeting.  He made a general introduction of Shenzhen Bus, which was founded in 1975 and it's the longest and largest bus franchising enterprise in Shenzhen.  Shenzhen Bus is also currently the largest pure electric bus operator in the world, and the first Chinese member of UITP Bus Committee.  It is a fully licensed city bus group with integrated services including city buses, customised buses, cruise taxis, online taxis, intercity transport, tour buses, microcirculation buses, campus buses, car rental, Shenzhen and Hong Kong Cross-Border passenger and cargo transportation, bus advertisement, and property development and management.

    Mr. Wang Huinong, also introduced some of the major initiatives of Shenzhen Bus including new energy development and 'Internet +technology' as well as the development goal of "electrification, intelligentisation, standardisation, marketisation and industrialisation".  These new initiatives has led to a transformation from a traditional bus industry to a modernised and green public transport enterprise. In June 2017, Shenzhen Bus successfully achieved the full electricification of bus operation with 6053 pure-electric buses, becoming the largest pure-electric bus operation enterprise in the world.  In December 2017, it also successfully launched the trailing of the autonomous bus of Alphaba, which is the first intelligent driving trail run to be conducted on open road in the world. And in September 2018, 4,681 taxis belonging to Shenzhen Bus were fully electrified, making Shenzhen Bus the largest pure electric taxi operational group in China.

    Joseph Ma, Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen Bus Group also gave a keynote speech of 'Good Examples of Applying Electric Buses -- the Experience of Shenzhen Bus Group', introducing the promotion process, experience and future plans of the pure electric bus.  Mr. Ma answered questions from the experts and representatives at the meeting regarding subsidies and battery power.

    The International Union of Public Transport (UITP), is an advocate of sustainable urban transportation and the is the only organisation integrating the entire public transport industry and all sustainable transport modes, with membership covering the world public transportation sector, including PTOs, PTAs, manufacturing suppliers, and research institutes. Founded in 1885 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, UITP has 16 regional offices across the world, consisting of UITP Asia-Pacific Executive Committee (APExCo), UITP Asia-Pacific Urban Rail Platform (APURP), UITP Asia-Pacific Organizing Authority Platform（APOAP).  As of now, UITP has 1,500 members and 18,000 liaisons covering 96 countries.

    Since joining UITP in 2016, Shenzhen Bus Group has been continuously expanding its cooperative relationship, and has participated in Bus Committee meetings, conferences and training programmes, actively embracing the UITP family.  In February 2017, it undertook the UITP training project and in May 2018, it held a taxi platform conference, and has also recently become a member of the taxi platform.  As the only UITP Bus Committee member in China, we will make greater effort to participate in UITP affairs, sharing our successful experience in electrification and intelligentisation, enhancing our own global influence.