[NYTr] China Delivers 200 Articulated Buses to Cuba

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China Delivers 200 Articulated Buses to Cuba

Havana, Sept 28 (acn) The Chinese Yutong Bus Company has delivered 200 
articulated buses to Cuba on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of 
the establishment of bilateral relations between the two countries.

According to a report from PL news agency, the buses will arrive 
shortly in the island where they will be incorporated into urban 
service.

Yutong, which is one of the leader bus companies in Asia, had 
previously sold 1,000 buses to Cuba that are already in service in all 
the provinces throughout the island.

The delivery was made by the President of Yutong Bus Company, Tang 
Yuxiang, to the Cuban ambassador in China, Carlos Miguel Pereira.

The official ceremony was held in the city of Zhengzhou, the capital of 
Hunan province, 600 kilometres south of Beijing. The act was attended 
by the deputy president of the Provincial Popular Assembly, Wang 
Mingyi, and 25 Cuban technicians who are being trained in the handling 
of the new equipment.

Pereira highlighted the strengthening of Cuba-China bilateral relations 
and noted the positive impact of the new buses on the Cuban economy 
which has suffered a brutal blockade imposed by successive US 
administrations over the last four decades.

Pereira also pointed out that Cuba-China bilateral relations are at 
their best and noted that the commerce between the two countries 
amounted to over 2 billion dollars in 2006.