Yangzhou Asiastar Bus Co., Ltd is a bus manufacturer based in

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. Founded in 1998, it is a subsidiary of Jiangsu Yaxing. The company's brands include Yaxing, Yangtse, Eurise and AsiaStar. Yaxing buses are largely sold domestically in China, but also have a presence in a number of international markets. It is listed on the

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History

Yangzhou Yaxing Motor Coach Co., Ltd., aka Asiastar, traces its origins to May 1949, when the Shanghai Military Control Commission assumed control of the former sapper squadron of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

, renaming it the Automobile Maintenance Firm of Logistics Department of East China Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This was moved to Yangzhou in April 1958, where it was merged with the Yangzhou Automobile Maintenance Factory as the Yangzhou Automobile Maintenance and Manufacture Factory, which began producing automobiles (branded Yunhe) and tractors (branded Gongnong), alongside farm equipment. After gaining experience, the factory began producing the JS130/JS140 heavy-duty trucks and JS340 dump trucks in the late 1960s, then began producing the JT661A bus chassis in 1979. The factory was renamed to the Jiangsu Yangzhou Automobile Maintenance and Manufacture Factory () in 1981, and the first JT663 coach was built and delivered to the Eighth Team of Jiangsu Passenger Transportation Co., Ltd. in February 1981. The JT663 was the first dedicated bus chassis built and the factory was renamed again to the Jiangsu Yangzhou Coach Manufacture Factory () in 1985. The company continued to develop buses, launching the JS6879 coach in 1989 in cooperation with the Xi'an Highway Institute, as the first domestic sleeper coach. The factory was renamed again to the Jiangsu Yangzhou Coach Manufacture Main Factory () in 1990. The JS6971 luxury inter-city tourism coach was launched in 1993, which marked the first use of a domestically-produced rear axle. The Jiangsu Asiastar Bus (Group) Co., Ltd. () was founded in August 1996, followed by the Yangzhou Asiastar Motor Coach Co., Ltd. ( in September 1998, with the approval of the provincial government; Yangzhou Asiastar was then listed on the

in August 1999. Asiastar started several joint ventures with western companies, including Mercedes-Benz, to further develop domestic manufacturing and quality controls. In 2009,

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entered into a strategic framework cooperation agreement with Yangzhou Asiastar and the People's Republic of China and laid the cornerstone for a new Yangzhou factory in 2011. In 2012, Yangzhou Asiastar formed a holding company named Fengtai Bus and Coach International (FTBCI, ). The company's second factory is located in the

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Free Trade Zone, which specializes in electric buses.

Models

Transit Buses

*JS6106GH *JS6110SH *JS6111SHA *JS6126GHA *JS6127GHA *JS6130SH *JS6761GHA *JS6770GHA *JS6811GH *JS6906GHA *JS6906GHC *JS6936GH

Coaches

*JS6882TA *JS6990TA *YBL6101H *YBL6105HE32 *YBL6118H1E31 *YBL6119HJ *YBL6121H *YBL6123H *YBL6123H1E31 *YBL6125H *YBL6128H *YBL6128SD *YBL6796HE3 *YBL6805H *YBL6856HE3 *YBL6905H1CJ File:Bishkek 03-2016 img04 bus at Abdrahmanova Street.jpg, A Yaxing bus in

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File:First day tour bus 2.jpg, A JS6110SH bus in

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, China

Special Buses

*YBL5130XQCHE31 Police Bus

Mini Buses

*JS6550T *JS6600T *JS6608TA *JS6608TB *JS6739TA *JS6752T *JS6830GHDP (exclusive to Canadian and US markets) *YZL6701TA

School Buses

*JS6600XC *JS6660XC *JS6730XC *JS6790XC

Vans

*Eurise File:Yaxing Eurise.jpg, Weichai Eurise shuttle van File:Weichai-Yangzhou Yaxing Eurise 20-seater (extended wheelbase), front 8.4.18.jpg, Weichai Eurise extended wheelbase

References

External links

Yaxing Coach webpage
{{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China Bus manufacturers of China Companies based in Jiangsu Companies established in 1998 Chinese brands Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1998