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Yutong Bus, together with Pelican engineering, a 100 year old local enterprise, held the "delivery ceremony of the 500th Yutong Bus in the UK" in Leeds. On October 16 local time, Yutong Bus (600066. SH) exported the 500th bus in the UK and delivered it in Leeds, UK. With 500 vehicles in the UK market in five years, Yutong Bus has further consolidated its market position as the world's top selling bus in the field of medium and high-end buses. The 500th model delivered this time is T series Yutong gt12 high-end tourist bus, which was unveiled at Birmingham auto show in 2018. According to Li Kejie, manager of Yutong Western Europe, "from 2013 to 2019, Yutong's passenger car sales in the UK increased by 115%. The tourism market share in the UK is second only to Mercedes Benz and Mercedes Benz, ranking third. " Richaid Crump, general manager of Pelican engineering, a British partner and 100 year old auto dealer of Yutong, said, "after five years, Yutong's sales volume in the UK has reached 500, exceeding our expectation, and it is believed that it will reach 1000 in a short time." In addition, the head of UK go north east, the first company to attempt to operate Yutong Bus, revealed that this year the company has purchased 9 Yutong pure electric E10 buses, which will be officially put into operation on the star bus line in the center of Newcastle, UK next year. In terms of new energy buses, Yutong has sold more than 120000 vehicles in the world, among which, according to the customs data, as of July 2019, the sales volume of complete vehicles in the whole European region has exceeded 8000.