Yutong trialing green buses in Paris

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co Ltd, based in Central China's Henan province, could be on the way to becoming the first Chinese firm to have its buses running regularly on the streets of Paris.

This follows a decision to name the company an Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transports Group, which sees it operating five new-energy buses on a trial basis during the ongoing World Climate Change Conference 2015 in the French capital, the only non-European firm to be granted this status.

The trial operation means that Yutong, one of the world's largest bus manufacturers, is a potential supplier for RATP (Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transports Group), which plans to replace all 9,200 buses in the Ile-de-France region - the region which includes Paris - with new-energy buses by 2020.