II、China FCB Project Overview

　　For this GEF project, MOST will establish a Project Management Office that will work in collaboration with the municipal governments of Beijing and Shanghai, and the private sector, to assist the public transit companies in each municipality to obtain 6 FCBs each and to operate these over a combined total of 1.6 million km. The knowledge and experience gained through this project will enable the technology suppliers to identify cost reduction opportunities (including local manufacturing), and the municipal public transit operators will gain valuable experience needed to adopt larger fleets of FCBs in the future. Additionally, some activities will help build local capacity relating to FCBs, including strengthening policy and planning capabilities of the public transit companies; enhancing scientific, technical, and industrial capacity for commercializing FCBs; and increasing the understanding of FCBs among government, investment, media, and other key actors. Finally, a series of activities will also focus on defining a detailed strategy for large-scale FCB implementation in China, which is planned as follow-on to this demonstration project.

　　As recommended by GEF, the project will be implemented in two parts of approximately US$16 million each. In Part I of the project, which corresponds to the first 18 months of project activities, a number of study tours will be conducted to gather up-to-date information on fuel cell bus technologies, hydrogen fueling systems and equipment suppliers. System specifications and bid documents for each city will be developed, and suppliers for FCBs and hydrogen fueling system will be selected. The hydrogen fueling systems will be installed, and the first set of 3 buses will be purchased, delivered, and prepared for operation in each municipality. During Part II, which corresponds to the remaining four years of project activities, the initial sets of three buses will be operated along with the hydrogen fuel supply systems, and the second sets of three buses will be purchased, delivered and placed into operation.