Ten African Nations Journalists Visit Xiamen King Long
05 May 2014
www.chinabuses.org: On Apr. 27, 2014, accompanied by officials from Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, a group of journalists from ten African countries visited Xiamen-based bus manufacturer King Long. Josias Sehlehla Charle, Chairman of South Africa National Journalist Association, was leading the visiting group.
During their visits, Li Peng, the Sales Manager, responsible for King Long’s overseas sales in Africa made a detailed introduction of King Long and focused on showing the company’s sales achievements in African market.
So far, King Long buses and coaches have made their presence in a number of countries in Africa. Winning a good recognition, the bus maker is holding the lion share of some nations. For example, the company has been exporting its light-weight buses to South Africa for seven consecutive years, selling 10,000 units in total. In Angola, the total number of King Long buses has reached 1,000 units. In northern Africa, Algeria has imported nearly 5,000 units King Long buses for the past ten years. In western Africa, King Long has exported 3,000 light-weight buses to Nigeria and over 500 units of city buses and travel coaches to Senegal. In addition, King Long has made a fairly number large of export to Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. Along with its market expansion in Africa, King Long is now working closely with local customers in the developing continent so as to further strengthen their ties and create a win-win situation.
The group of visitors showed keen interest in King Long’s products and asked specific questions concerning the company’s after-sale services, major market expansion, its operation and production capabilities, etc. The leader of the journalists, Josias Sehlehla Charle also spoke highly of King Long’s achievements in Africa and expressed his hope that more buses could arrive in the African continent so as to serve the local people.
The visiting group of journalists also paid a visit to King Long’s coach assembly workshop and its displaying hall of the company’s light-weight buses.
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