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Shenlong Bus is a comprehensive commercial vehicle brand in China, belonging to Shanghai Shenlong Bus Co., Ltd. Since its official establishment in September 2005, it has developed into a comprehensive commercial vehicle manufacturer integrating product R&D, manufacturing, and sales. The company headquarters is located in Shanghai, covering an area of 200,000 square meters, with an annual production capacity of over 10,000 units. Under its umbrella are two branch companies: Shanghai Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd. and Guangxi Shenlong Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Shenlong Bus focuses on the R&D, manufacturing, and sales of buses. Its product lineup covers various sub-segments, including new energy buses, highway passenger transport, tourism, public transit, group travel, school buses, and specialized transport. The sales network spans over 50 countries and regions worldwide. The company is the only bus manufacturer in Shanghai and one of the few comprehensive bus manufacturing enterprises in China.
After more than ten years of development, Shenlong Bus has successfully entered the top 10 in terms of comprehensive strength in the domestic bus industry and ranks among the top 5 in overseas bus export volume. In the Thai market, Shenlong Bus holdings exceed 5,000 units, firmly establishing it as the number one Chinese bus brand in the local market. The brand is publicly recognized by the industry for its "stylish appearance, excellent service, and high cost-performance." At various international bus expos and events, it has won nearly 60 awards, such as the "Bus Manufacturer Award of the Year" and the "Best New Energy Bus Award." At the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese Bus Industry Selection Activity held by China Auto News, Shenlong Bus was rated as an "Outstanding Bus Brand" and a "Top 10 New Energy Bus Brand."
The development history of Shenlong Bus dates back to the Shanghai Tourist Bus Factory. In 2002, the Shanghai Tourist Bus Factory went bankrupt and closed down. In the same year, the first restructuring took place—converted from a state-owned enterprise to a private enterprise, establishing Shanghai Shidiaoda Tourist Bus Co., Ltd.; In 2005, the company underwent a second restructuring, orchestrated by the Shanghai Yangpu District Government, transforming into the current Shenlong Bus.
In 2005, Shanghai Shenlong Bus Co., Ltd. was officially established, achieving sales of 192 units in the same year, ranking 42nd in the industry. In 2008, Shenlong passed Russian GOST certification and North American DOT certification, entering developed country markets. In 2009, Shenlong Bus's 200,000 square meter production base in Minhang, Shanghai officially commenced production, and at the same time, the Shanghai Shenlong Bus New Energy R&D Center was officially established. In 2014, Shenlong Bus sales exceeded 4,000 units, ranking 10th in the industry comprehensive ranking, and 5th in overseas bus exports. In 2016, the holding of Shenlong Bus in Thailand exceeded 5,000 units, firmly staying as the number one Chinese bus brand in the local market.
2017 was a key node in the development history of Shenlong Bus. In this year, Shenlong Bus officially became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the well-known listed company in China, Tousun Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: Tousun Optoelectronics 000413). In June of the same year, Shenlong Bus signed an investment agreement for a new energy vehicle production base with Nanning City. The Nanning New Energy Production Base officially landed, with a total area of 1,100 mu and a total project investment of 3 billion yuan. Shenlong Bus's total bus sales volume for the whole year that year was expected to exceed 6,000 units, with new energy buses accounting for more than two-thirds.
In recent years, with Shanghai and Guangxi dual bases as fulcrums, Shenlong Bus has continuously increased investment in new energy and hydrogen fuel cell fields. In 2022, 190 units of Shenlong Automobiles provided travel and commuting services for Beijing Winter Olympics staff and successfully completed the task. In 2025, Shenlong Bus continued to strengthen its efforts in domestic and overseas markets, with export delivery increasing by 70% year-on-year.
Shenlong Bus product chain is complete, having formed a complete product chain of more than 20 types and over 200 bus varieties with a mid-to-high-grade product level ranging from 5.7 meters to 18 meters, possessing products with multiple power types such as diesel, natural gas, hybrid, pure electric, and hydrogen fuel.
Bus: Shenlong Bus creates different product types such as urban buses, urban-rural buses, and customized buses according to different usage scenarios, adapting to the urban intelligent travel demand. It also launched intelligent artificial intelligence buses that can brush hands to board, equipped with onboard robots, equipped with their own intelligent escape handling systems, intelligent driving systems, and other functions. Main models include SLK6109 series pure electric city buses, SLK6109UBEVL3 (20-37 seats, 69km/h, vehicle weight 10700kg), etc. In December 2025, 150 "Nanning Made" pure electric buses were batch delivered to Nanning Baima Public Transport for operation.
Highway Tourist Bus: Shenlong Bus actively layouts and optimizes the highway bus product series, with vehicle models positioned as "high-end, high quality, high intelligence", capable of meeting different travel scenarios such as tourism, passenger transport, and enterprise shuttle. Representative models include SLK6128 pure electric highway bus, length 11995mm, width 2530mm, height 3395mm.
New Energy Trucks: Around the new logistics market demand in cities, Shenlong Bus launched products with different power types such as pure electric and hydrogen fuel, including T20 electric cargo trucks, SLK5039XSHBEV pure electric enclosed box trucks, and other models.
New Energy Sanitation Vehicles: In 2025, Guangxi Shenlong first exhibited a 18-ton level pure electric compactor garbage truck. It has advantages such as zero emissions, zero pollution, lightweight, and high-efficiency operation, specially designed for garbage disposal needs in high-temperature and high-humidity environments of ASEAN countries.
High-end Custom Buses: Shenlong Bus specially developed high-end luxury custom buses for overseas markets, successfully entering the Saudi market, withstanding the operation test of extreme environments such as high temperature and deserts. In addition, in the field of special purpose vehicles, Shenlong also produces specialized toilet vehicles, large luxury RVs, and other models.
RoboBus: In 2025, Guangxi Shenlong jointly developed the Level 4 Autonomous Smart Mini Bus RoboBus with PIX Moving, making its debut at the ASEAN Expo for the first time, used as an official designated shuttle vehicle. RoboBus takes Level 4 autonomous driving technology as the core, equipped with skateboard chassis technology, fusing a brand new line control system, combining four-wheel hub motor distributed electric drive and four-wheel steering technology, possessing rapid torque response and all-wheel independent precise control capability.
Shenlong Bus performs strongly in both domestic and international markets.
Chinese Market: As of 2014, Shenlong Bus annual sales reached over 4,000 units, with sales revenue exceeding 1.6 billion RMB. In 2017, Shenlong Bus's total bus sales volume for the whole year was expected to exceed 6,000 units, with new energy buses accounting for more than two-thirds. According to data from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2025, the car sales volume of Shanghai Shenlong Bus Co., Ltd. was 300 units, year-on-year increase of 9.72%. In the new energy field, in 2025, new energy vehicle sales were 25 units.
In Guangxi, Guangxi Shenlong performed strongly. In the first half of 2025, Guangxi Shenlong vehicle sales volume surged, with sales revenue increasing year-on-year by more than 40%. In December 2025, Guangxi Shenlong successfully signed a 100-unit new energy bus procurement agreement with Guigang Public Transport Co., Ltd. As of 2025, Guangxi Shenlong has cumulatively produced buses, trucks, and other vehicles exceeding 11,000 units.
Overseas Market: Shenlong Bus overseas export volume ranks in the top 5 of the industry. In the first half of 2025, Shenlong Automobile overseas market performance was strong, with export delivery increasing by 70% year-on-year, securing multiple major cooperation orders in Americas, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other places. In the Thai market, the holding of Shenlong Bus exceeds 5,000 units, firmly staying as the number one Chinese bus brand in the local market. In Q1 2025, Guangxi Shenlong won a Saudi order exceeding 40 million yuan, and both parties also successfully signed a 12.5-meter high-end bus procurement agreement. The brand sales network covers over 50 countries and regions worldwide.
Shenlong Bus has accumulated deep technical strength in new energy, intelligence, hydrogen fuel cells, and special vehicle modification fields.
Graphene Battery Technology: As a wholly-owned subsidiary under Tousun Optoelectronics, Shenlong relies on Tousun Optoelectronics' excellent technical strength in the graphene battery field to accelerate steps in the new energy bus field. Tousun Optoelectronics launched the world's first graphene-based lithium-ion battery "Xiwang" in 2016, opening the path of graphene industrialization.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology: Shenlong Bus was early in layout in the new energy field. As early as 2007, when domestic bus companies had not yet powered up in the new energy field, it began layout in new energy products and successfully developed hydrogen fuel buses, gaining high recognition from national leadership. In 2016, Shanghai Shenlong resumed hydrogen fuel bus R&D. Currently, Shenlong Automobile has formed a product matrix covering fuel cell vehicle models such as buses, passenger transport, light trucks, and heavy trucks.
Pure Electric Power and Intelligent Management Platform: Shenlong Bus new energy products are equipped with the latest power system and intelligent management platform independently developed, possessing characteristics of ultra-long range + high efficiency and energy saving — high-density battery matching intelligent energy recovery technology, single charge can meet all-day high-intensity operation. In terms of safety, standard configuration includes intelligent driving assistance system, 360-degree panoramic view, and driver behavior monitoring functions, building multiple driving safety defense lines from a technical level.
Hydrogen Fuel Control System Patent: Shenlong Bus continuously accumulated core technologies around the hydrogen fuel cell system, achieving multiple invention patents in hydrogen fuel system control. The new energy system adopts a five-in-one controller, reducing the number of auxiliary drive controllers, optimizing high-voltage wiring harness design in the rear cabin, and setting up isolation protection structure design.
Thermal Management System and Chassis Patent: In 2025, Shanghai Shenlong Bus Co., Ltd. obtained the "Vehicle Thermal Management System and Vehicle" patent, achieving efficient thermal management effects. In early 2026, Shanghai Shenlong obtained the "Rear Chassis Assembly, Chassis, and Vehicle" patent again, conducive to optimized space utilization.
Level 4 Autonomous Driving Technology: Shenlong Bus jointly developed the Level 4 Autonomous Smart Mini Bus RoboBus with PIX Moving, equipped with skateboard chassis technology fusing a brand new line control system, capable of realizing high integration of driving, steering, transmission, and braking systems, combining four-wheel hub motor distributed electric drive and four-wheel steering technology. The vehicle integrates laser radar, millimeter-wave radar, cameras, and ultrasonic radar through multi-sensor fusion strategy, ensuring driving safety under all-weather and multi-road conditions.
Lightweight Body and Electrodeposition Anti-corrosion Process: Shenlong adopts all-aluminum body and cathodic electrophoretic deposition process in products, achieving 100% paint film coverage, thickness 25+5μm, salt spray test time can reach over 1,000 hours, improving whole-vehicle anti-corrosion capability. Bus products use modern design methods and analysis means such as whole-vehicle structure finite element analysis and computer matrix technology, reasonably improving the whole-vehicle load-bearing capacity, enhancing the safety, economy, stability, and comfort of buses.
Customized Environment Adaptation Technology: For customer needs in extreme environments of different overseas markets, Shenlong established a comprehensive and multi-level localized adaptation technology system. Facing Southeast Asia's high temperature and high humidity, mountainous and rainy environment, Shenlong uses cathodic electrophoretic deposition process to treat chassis for anti-corrosion and rust prevention, and through innovative chassis architecture design lifts the minimum chassis ground clearance to ≥40cm; Facing Middle East desert sand and high temperature above 50℃, vehicles are equipped with high-temperature dedicated cooling customized engines, and comprehensively upgrade cooling systems and whole-vehicle dustproof sealing performance.
From its inception, Shenlong Bus adopted a dual-market development strategy, focusing on both domestic and international markets. In 2008, Shenlong passed Russian GOST certification and North American DOT certification, successfully entering developed country markets. Since then, Shenlong Bus has expanded into over 20 countries and regions, including Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Russia, and the United States, gradually establishing a comprehensive sales agency and service network overseas.
The ASEAN market is the core area of Shenlong’s overseas layout. In Thailand, as of December 2025, Shenlong Bus had cumulatively delivered over 2,000 units, firmly maintaining its position as the number one Chinese bus brand in the local market. In February 2026, six units of 12-meter bus KD (knock-down) parts from Guangxi Shenlong were successfully shipped to Thailand, marking a significant leap for the "Nanning Made" overseas model from product export to "technology + service" output.
The Middle East market is the second largest area of Shenlong’s overseas expansion. In the first quarter of 2025, Guangxi Shenlong secured a bulk order from Saudi Arabia exceeding 40 million RMB, with the first batch of 67 customized large buses successfully delivered. In March 2026, the second batch of 120 HQK6122ALD5 luxury buses, tailored for the Saudi market, was shipped out. With Saudi Arabia as a strategic fulcrum, Shenlong is deepening its presence in the Middle East and North Africa markets.
In terms of emerging market expansion, Shenlong Bus has entered multiple countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Nepal, and has completed vehicle sample deliveries in South Korea, Bolivia, and other markets. In May 2026, Guangxi Shenlong participated in the 139th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) for the first time, showcasing four core new energy vehicle models. This move effectively broadened international cooperation channels and enhanced the brand’s popularity and influence in the global new energy commercial vehicle sector.
Shenlong Bus has clearly defined its future development direction around four core strategies: Greenization, Intelligence, Internationalization, and Full Industry Chain Synergy.
In terms of Greenization, Shenlong will continue to leverage Tousun Optoelectronics' technical strength in graphene batteries and its over 15 years of experience in the new energy bus sector. The focus will be on overcoming industrialization bottlenecks for new energy technologies, such as hydrogen fuel cell buses. Guangxi Shenlong will prioritize reform innovation, technical upgrades, and operational breakthroughs, continuously deepening the "R&D + Manufacturing + Market" synergy mechanism. By increasing R&D investment and integrating more resources, the company aims to attract upstream and downstream industry chain enterprises to Nanning, accelerating the formation of an industry ecosystem centered on a "Whole Vehicle Leader + Supporting Cluster."
In terms of Intelligence, Shenlong will focus on three key areas of intelligent connected vehicles: intelligent driving, intelligent cockpits, and the Internet of Vehicles, thereby continuously enhancing its core competitiveness. Using RoboBus as a technology verification platform, the brand will promote the commercial implementation of autonomous driving technology in the public transport sector.
In terms of Internationalization, by 2026, Shenlong’s overseas model evolved from single "whole vehicle exports" to a composite output model of "technology + service + KD parts." The brand will accelerate product localization and customized R&D by deepening its strategic layout in "Belt and Road" markets, such as ASEAN, the Middle East, and North Africa, continuously enhancing its global competitiveness and brand value.
Looking to the future, Shenlong Bus is anchored by the strategic direction of becoming a "Globally Trusted Green Smart Bus Solution Provider." Driven by sustainable R&D investment and technological innovation, the company is committed to advancing the global public transport sector's green, low-carbon, smart, and efficient transformation, aiming to move from the top ten of the Chinese bus industry into the first echelon of the global new energy bus market.
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