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China has made significant progress in its automotive and other industries, transitioning from imitation to innovation. The country is now establishing its own standards and achieving remarkable technological advancements, setting itself apart from the rest of the world, particularly the Western nations.

It appears that you may have some misconceptions about China's technological advancements. While it is true that China has made significant progress in various industries, it is important to recognize the contributions and achievements of other countries as well. Collaboration and exchange of ideas are essential for global progress, and it is beneficial to acknowledge the strengths and expertise of different nations.

Do you know how to build buses or have the technology and expertise

@@siyanhall3142 I do know how to build chassis of buses and trucks

Rubbish

The buses are custom made to handle the road

Always criticism...Be happy that the buses are there! Golden Dragons were designed to handle the roads! Smart move wouldn't you say? I would! 1❤!

Usually the tanks on the roof allow lower floors for handicapped and the ability to raise and lower as required. Wish we could get some for operations in St Mary Oche areas.

The ones accessible for persons with disabilities has the cylinders on the roof. They have a high rooftop design that hides them

The tank on the roof isn’t any less safe than the tank in the base. It may even be moor safe because when last has a bus flipped on its head?

Ah yes jamaica a country with notorious automotive industry????

😂😂😂​@@shavaughndavidson2257

Are you sick?

But all we do is talk. Why you don't go and start a bus company?

@@sekou3758 😂

Which company does not care about money?

u know that the Chinese model, of doing thing they supply u with everything! but Jamaica could of been building thing and ship it out to the world, the government is just lack a vision ..

@@Deco_2kgovernment isn’t responsible for building anything like automobile assembly plants, that is the role of the private sector! Get familiar with the roles of government and the private sector! Government’s main responsibility or objective is to create the environment for such endeavors to take place. Investors or private sector must be the engine for growth and economic expansion.

@@karlhenry2328 Why not? How do you think China became such a powerhouse? The government nurtured industry by funding them. We do not have a robust venture capitalist class in Jamaica, so the government can play a role in developing industry. We do not have a robust investment class in Jamaica either. Our current crop of companies are poorly funded or poorly managed anyway. Most would be out of business in a more competitive environment. Do you expect them to even consider ventures such as these? They would prefer to continue going along the same path they are now on. Japan, Korea and many countries around the world help their industries, especially in the early stages. Have you heard of Airbus? Airbus was heavily funded by European governments in the beginning. The Europeans felt that they needed to be in this important industry and they funded Airbus for many years to the point they could stand on their own. Now Airbus is the biggest commercial aircraft maker in the world. The kind of plant I mentioned is not expensive to fund as I said, Jamaica did this before in the late 1970's when they assembled Leyland bus kits. Imagine if Jamaica had continued that. We would have been making other products (such as trailers, ambulances, hearses and many other specialty vehicles that we (and Caricom) need in small volumes). Note that I am not talking about a full automobile plant that does everything from bending steel (body shop) to having a paint shop to making engines and assembling from scratch. I am talking about a big enough space for maybe 3 to 4 buses at a time. The buses would be in stations with tools such as power screwdrivers where the parts from the kits are assembled into finished buses. We would save on foreign exchange while providing employment for Jamaicans. We would also increase our skills as a nation. Since Jamaica owns JUTC, we can ensure constant work to this factory by placing orders with it. Would you rather us continue to import fully assembled buses? Do not let ideology blind you to what is possible. Where did you get this idea that "government isn't responsible for building anything like automobile plants". Was that taught to you in a book?

@@rbyfield you must understand the history of Jamaica’s economy, it wasn’t until recently we’ve seen government policies starting to become entrenched. Each incoming administration would start from scratch with their own economic policies, many good economic programs were oftentimes discontinued simply because incoming administration could not bear the thought of giving the previous administration credit for something that actually worked. Investors rightly sat on their money because of uncertainties in government policies and programs. Now that stability and predictability has become entrenched, our economy is starting to turn the corner. Have you noticed the building boom currently taking place, lowest unemployment rate in our history, foreign exchange reserves at all time high, debt to GDP once stood at 147% now at 72% and falling! All this would not have been possible without government staying the fiscal course, making hard decisions and paying down our national debt. Investors look for stability and predictability before investing their capital. Government has provided many incentives to the private sector to lead the change economically, but after being spoiled rotten and getting fat by simply parking their money in government bonds from the days of high interest rates, they realize those days are long gone. Idle money are now finding work to do. Again government can assist to a degree but the private sector must take the lead and risk as the main engine of growth.

Actually it would cost more, Jamaican labour rate is higher and the efficiency is lower also there is no economics of scale to mass produce the buses in Jamaica.