In October 2000, the newly built untied transport service center located in the northern part of the City came into operation. The county government readjusted the functions of the Keqiao freight station and the measure greatly improved the transport services for the whole marketplace.

In August 2000, a management office under the Shaoxing County China Transport Management Committee was set up. This office meant that the transport service market for the whole marketplace was no longer operated by the government transport bureau. The transport service now is operated by an office of several departments and efforts are combined to enforce rules and regulations there.

Transport Service Rights Auctioned

In March 2000, the rights for 24 routes operations such as to Pingxiang, Hunan Province expired and were up for auction. An auction was held and all qualified enterprises and individuals participate were allowed to bid for the 24 routes. After an open, fair, and just auction, thirty-six business firms acquired the rights to operate the 24 routes. This auction brought in 820,000 as fees for the rights to use the market facilities and 23.10 million as deposits for contract risks.

The united transport service market located in the northern part of the City represented an investment of 97 million yuan. The construction started in July 1999 and the market officially came into operation in October 2000. This freight service center was co-invested by the county’s food products company and transport bureau. The center occupies a floor area of 20,000 square meters and a parking lot of 20,000 square meters. The market has such facilities and equipments as a video monitoring system, catering, accommodation, and offices.