Jan. 4, 2000 To relieve the Tibetans in Shigatse area of Tibet who are lack of doctors and medicine, "Dazhong Transportation" donated 200 thousand yuan in the establishment of a county public healthy center and presented a bus worth 200-thousand-yuan to the Travel Bureau of Shigatse Tibet to support the development of the tourism industry in Tibet.
Jan. 12,2000 Dazhong Taxi Truck Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of "Dazhong Transportation" put 480 new Jiefang 0.6-T trucks into operation, thus the operating vehicles of the company reached 800 units.
Jan. 26,2000 Hangzhou Dazhong Public Transport Co., Ltd. was opened with a registered capital of RMB 43 million yuan. "Dazhong Transportation" invested RMB 25.5 million yuan in cash and held 59.3% shares. Now "Hangzhou Dazhong" has 389 operation vehicles and 26 lines with a total coverage of over 380 kilometers.
Feb. 1,2000 Shanghai Chongming Dazhong Public Transport Co., Ltd., jointly invested by "Dazhong Transportation" and Public Transport Holding Co. began its business. The registered capital of Chongming Dazhong Public Transport Co. is RMB 10 million yuan, among which "Dazhong Transportation" invested RMB 7 million yuan in cash, accounting for 70% of the total share capital.
Feb. 22,2000 "Dazhong Transportation" donated RMB 2 million yuan to the 5th National Disabled Games.
Late Feb., 2000 In the selection of "1999 ten-excellent good deeds of spiritual civilization" held by the civilization committee of the Public Utilities Bureau, Zhang Liufa and Zhang Quan, drivers from Dazhong Taxi Operation Co. were selected for their brave conduct.
Mar. 1, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" held a commending meeting to honor Wang Yong'an who saved the lives of three soldiers and Ji Long'an who always offered free service for the blind children.
Mar. 20, 2000 50 "Home Taxis" of "Dazhong Transportation" were put into operation.
Middle Mar., 2000 In the selection of the 1999 advanced individual in the construction of spiritual civilization organized by Shanghai Taxi Association, 107 good deeds of Dazhong Taxi Operation Co. were listed and 110 advanced drivers were commended.
Apr. 7, 2000 "Dazhong E-commerce Co., Ltd.", co-organized by Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nan Kang Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai Gas Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Dazhong Enterprises of Science &Technology, was set up.
Apr. 13, 2000 Airport Public Transport Line 6, carried by Dazhong Transportation, was officially opened.
Apr. 26, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" and Hutchison & Britten staged a signing ceremony on the cooperation of logistics. And "Dazhong Container Traffic Co., Ltd." which was wholly invested by "Dazhong Transportation" was set up on the same day.
Apr. 28, 2000 Sponsored by five units including "Dazhong Transportation", "Bashi Industrial", "Shanghai Qiangsheng", "Shanghai Jiaoyun" and Public Transport Holding Co., Shanghai Modern Light Rail Management & Development Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of RMB 100 million yuan.
Early May, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" dispatched 71 Santana, 37 home taxis and 23 Jinbei travelling buses to nine hotels including Qian He Hotel, Everbright Hotel and Bailemen Hotel, etc., serving the needs of all 35 delegations and the game committee members of the Disabled Games. The quality service of over 130 drivers won the unanimous praises from all the participants.
June 1, 2000 The first news-car, co-sponsored by "Dazhong Transportation" and the News Press, was seen in the street of Shanghai. And "Dazhong Transportation" also organized 100 outstanding taxi drivers to serve as the special correspondents for the news-car.
June 17, 2000 Sponsored by Shanghai Municipal Urban Traffic Administration Bureau, "Dazhong Transportation", "Industrial Securities" and "Securities Daily", and supported by modern logistics research center of Fudan University, Panorama Net and China Eefoo Net, a seminar on "the net era: the requirements and development of the third party logistics" was held.
June 21, 2000 Jiefang Daily front-paged an article titled "the Ideological and Political Work in Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd.", in this article, stories about the stimulation of employees and improvement of services on the basis of the ideological and political work in the group were reported from multiply angles.
June 24, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" and Shanghai Merrylin Restaurant Administration Co., Ltd. signed an agreement on the co-investment and operation of "Shanghai Dazhong Merrylin Restaurant Co., Ltd.".
June 26, 2000 China Radio made a feature report about the great achievements Dazhong obtained by combining management with ideological and political work, Dazhong became the first choice for taxi takers in Shanghai.
July 3, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" listed 75,673,410 equities as shares transferred from the state.
July 6~7, 2000 Dazhong VIP Fleet took on the tasks of receiving Hong Shanxiang and Hu Xijie, vice ministers of Ministry of Communications respectively, the quality services of the drivers were approved by the officials.
July 10, 2000 The school-opening ceremony for Dazhong Transportation's "Studying English to Welcome the APEC Meeting" was held in Dazhong Hotel.
July 10, 2000 A meeting to commend advanced individuals with brave deeds was put on by Shanghai Municipal Comprehensive Governance Office and Shanghai Public Security Bureau in Dazhong Hotel. Dazhong drivers Xu Junhua and Hu Xingbao were among the seven people who received the honor.
July 22, 2000 Jiefang Daily published the list of advanced units and individuals who were the models in supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of the army, and Dazhong Transportation was entitled the advanced unit of year 1996 to 1999.
Aug. 8, 2000 Wuxi Dazhong Logistics Co., Ltd., co-funded by Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd., Wuxi Dazhong Taxi Co., Ltd. and Wuxi Lianyun Corporation, announced its establishment. This is the first logistics company Dazhong set up outside Shanghai.
Sep. 1, 2000 100 Dazhong drivers were appointed as special correspondents for News Daily.
Sep. 3, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" donated books to Dunhuang City.
Sep. 8, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" and Taizhou City of Jiangsu Province reached an agreement, putting together the assets, employees and routes of Taizhou Public Transport Corporation under Dazhong's management, becoming one of the subsidiaries of Dazhong.
Sep. 9, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" dispatched nearly 200 vehicles to offer free services in a party during Mid-autumn Festival to families of cadres from Shanghai who were sent to aid remote areas, and to officials who served in the western minority regions.
Oct. 1, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" staged an exhibit of the new-century car models as Dazhong's taxis in Shanghai Stadium, seven types of advanced car models of Buick, Audi, Passat, and FAW, etc. were displayed. Visitors were invited to cast their ballots for the most satisfactory car model of the next-generation Dazhong taxi.
Oct. 1, 2000 Dazhong commerce information platform "82222" was officially opened. And a series of services, namely, picking-up at the airport, air ticket reservation, tourism ticketing, goods delivery and moving, etc. were all available to clients.
Oct. 1, 2000 Dazhong Auto Club held its unveiling ceremony. Dazhong Auto Club adopted the membership system, providing professional, comprehensive and around-the-clock services for car owners.
Oct. 20, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" convened a seminar on the ideological and political research, which was the largest meeting on ideological and political work ever held since the establishment of the company.
Oct. 20, 2000 "Dazhong Transportation" and Shanghai Railway Station signed an agreement on offering coordinated services for representatives of City People's Congress, members of the Political Commission, academicians, city labor models, superior-grade teachers and the elderly aged over 80.
Oct. 19,20, 2000 Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd. successfully passed the ISO9002 quality system authentication of Shanghai Quality System Qualification Center, gaining two certificates on high-speed passenger traffic vehicles and the service of the long-distance passenger traffic center.
Oct. 28, 2000 Co-organized by Shanghai Yongda Economics Development Co., Ltd., Dazhong Goods & Materials Co., Shanghai Jingjiang Auto Service Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Motor Vehicle Auction Center, Shanghai Yongda Second-hand Motor Vehicle Management Co., Ltd. was opened to business.
Nov. 7, 2000 "Nanhui Dazhong Public Transport" and Hua Xia Dazhong Public Transport Co. were unveiling the plates.
Nov. 18, 2000 The Tibetan Pharmaceutical Culture Exhibition Center, which was co-funded by Dazhong Enterprises of Science and Technology(Group), the Central Hospital of Shanghai Jin'an District and Jin Ke Tibetan Pharmaceutical Group, was set up with a total investment amount of RMB 30 million yuan.
Nov. 20, 2000 Dazhong Transportation held the working conference for youth, which was the largest working conference for youth in scale since the establishment of the company.
Nov. 28, 2000 Jiangxi Dazhong Transportation Co., Ltd. which was restructured by Dazhong Transportation, Nanchang Taxi Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Dazhong Employees' Shareholding Committee was officially opened.
Dec. 21, 2000 To commemorate the closing ceremony of the 4th Culture & Art Festival of Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd. and also the ceremony for the twelfth anniversary of the company, a concert entitled "Dazhong, Development and New Century" was on stage in Shanghai Grand Theatre.
Dec. 24, 2000 The third generation of taxi cabs in Dazhong--"Passat B5" was put into operation. "Passat B5" was the most advanced model adopted as cabs in domestic taxi industry up to now.