Allison Transmission Congratulates Success of The 6th UITP Asia Assembly Convention

06/04/2005

In the morning of Mar 31, The 6th UITP Asia Assembly Conference was held in Beijing International Convention Center. About 80 international famous experts from more than 10 countries and over 300 managers from domestic public transport corporations have participated this convention and discussed about the development of Beijing public transportation, traffic jam, providing transport guarantee for excellent Olympic Game. In the evening, General Motors (China) Investment Company Ltd. Allison Transmission hosted the grand dinner for the success of 6th UITP Asia Assembly Convention in the 17th convention room, Beijing International Convention Center.

It is reported that this convention is organized by Beijing Municipal Communication Committee and China Urban Public Transport Association. The transport development experiences all over the world are introduced. The theme related to the relationship between public transportation and urban development, transport policy, technology of citybus, metro, urban environment protection are discussed during the meeting.

In the evening, Mrs. Zhao Wenzhi- Director of Beijing Municipal Communication Committee, Mr. Hans. Rat-Secretary-General of UITP and Mr. Lawrence Dewey-president of Allison Transmission attended the dinner and gave the speech for the success of this convention. At the dinner shows of Peking opera, King of Monkey, face-off from Sichuan, acrobatics, dancing songs enhanced conviviality of the dinner.