Xiamen-made vehicles serve annual two sessions

The passenger vehicles made by Xiamen-based King Long United Automotive Industry Co have served China's annual two sessions for 19 years. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The passenger vehicles made by Xiamen-based King Long United Automotive Industry Co started serving the two sessions, the annual meetings of legislators and political advisers, on March 3.

It is the 19th time that the King Long has been the vehicle of choice at the nationwide annual meetings.

The Longwin II, launched in 2017, has been highly appraised by deputies to the meetings for its safety, energy saving and comfortable riding experience.

Taking world-leading passenger vehicles as a benchmark, King Long manufactures the Longwin II based on digitized platforms. Honored as a "China Super Five-star Safe Bus", the vehicle represents high-end manufacturing in China's passenger vehicle sector.

King Long also leads the sector in China in automatic transmissions.

Apolong, the first commercial driverless bus in China, was jointly developed by Kong Long and technology giant Baidu.

The self-driving buses are capable of all driving actions without the help of a human being, such as avoiding obstacles, making a turn, and picking up or dropping off passengers.

At present, Apolong has hit the road in 21 places around China, including Haidian Park in Beijing, Xiongan New Area in Heibei province, and Xiamen Software Park Phase III in Fujian province.