China's Uber-type truck service provider Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co Ltd, also known as Truck Alliance, signed a deal with the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group to expand both online and offline truck services on July 25.
The cooperation initiates China's first business model in which Truck Alliance, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group and distributors will work together to provide convenient services for truck drivers throughout the country.
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Representatives from Truck Alliance and the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group issue business licenses to 24 distributors from across China on July 25. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
In future, the Guizhou-based company runs a mobile app that will provide services for auto loan applications, truck purchases, commodities transport locations and vehicle sales.
Users of the app will be able to order and pay online, and finish purchases at 24 distributors in different cities. With big data technology, users can give feedback to the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, helping them to adjust and improve the service.
The app will also help to match trucks nationwide with commodity owners in need of transport. Follow-up services, such as the sale of electronic toll charge cards for highway transportation and auto finance services, will also be provided through the app.
Liu Peimin, vice president of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, is confident in the cooperation.
"It's a beneficial cooperation between a 60-year-old traditional truck enterprise and a vibrant, growing internet company," said Liu. "The internet will offer new opportunities for online and offline business."
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China's biggest online logistics platform, Truck Alliance, helps match trucks with commodity owners in need of transport nationwide. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Entering the market in 2011, Truck Alliance has become China's biggest online logistics platform, working with 2.3 million truckers and 350,000 shippers and boasting about 1,000 service centers in more than 360 cities nationwide. It handles as much as 100,000 orders daily and processes up to $120 million in shipping fees every day.
With the digital economy booming, Truck Alliance plans to see more innovation connecting the real economy with internet technologies.
