The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are expected to promote China's
road transportation, especially special vehicle transport.
After the successful bid for the Olympic Games, Beijing decided
to launch an investment of 180 billion yuan (US$23 billion) in 142
projects on city infrastructure, including subway, light rail,
expressway, airport and stadium. These projects have created a
great demand in Beijing for special transport vehicles such as
self-dumping vehicles, concrete mixers, bulk cement trucks,
emergency vehicles, sweepers and fire-fighting vehicles.
According to the Research Institute of Highway under the
Ministry of Communications, the overall ownership of special
vehicles in China were 3.5 million units in 2006. The Chinese
market demanded 605,000 special vehicles and needed to upgrade
120,000 units. In 2008, the overall ownership and demands will rise
to 4.62 million units and 732,000 units respectively. A total of
140,000 special vehicles need to be upgraded.
(China Daily November 16, 2006)