Controversial bar iron: the investor is accused of using its illegal fund-raising

On August 2, iron, 1th test car road tests. This pictures are from the Xinhua News Agency

On August 2, set expectations and controversy, "Airbus" 1th BA iron test vehicle, launched road test at Qinhuangdao Beidaihe district.

A Xinhua News Agency report said the test cars "designed and developed, complete with independent intellectual property rights in China." According to public reports, 1th BA iron test car for car, length of 22 meters, 7.8 meters wide and 4.8 meters high, rated capacity is 300 people.

Test pictures came to light, looks very stunning bar iron quickly maxed out social media.

However, where people applaud at the same time, also questioned voice out. On August 3, the global times even BA tie is "money" scam. Surging News (www.thepaper.CN) attempts to contact the manufacturer, BA iron to find out, from the perspective of production techniques, were politely refused.

　　What is the bar iron

On August 2 of bar iron, 1th a corner inside the test vehicle.

According to public reports, "BA iron" had been invented as early as 2010, invented by Song Youzhou, then called "straddling bus" (straddling bus). United States, time magazine named it "2010 World 50 best inventions."

However, when only a concept, did not build a prototype, so you cannot start debugging and operation of test section, failed to spread.

Today, Song Youzhou join the invention made a comeback, and named it BA tie (Transit Explore Bus), and join hands in China win group set up Pakistan's rail technology development limited (hereinafter Pakistan Railway Corporation).

National credit information publicity system shows that bar corporations registered in December 2015, registered, Dongcheng District, Beijing, registered capital of 100 million Yuan, the two natural person shareholders to Zhu Hongbin and white paintings.

Public information, Bai Zhiming, Chairman of Pakistan Railway Corporation, Song Youzhou served as the Chief Engineer. Bai Zhiming, China win Group's Chairman.

According to the iron company's official website, bar iron suitable for urban trunk road over the surface, driven by power, using large-capacity width height tram design, the upper passenger and lower hollow out part of the vehicle under normal driving height of 2 meters, at speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour. Official website says BA iron "set city bus rapid transit (BRT) and Metro advantage in a, on a smart city, environment-friendly society is of great strategic significance".

Company website also said the Pakistan railway has a number of technical, and has applied for national patents, has been with Nigeria, Brazil, and Mexico, and Spain, Indonesia, Argentina and other countries signed a protocol of intent.

In May this year, said Song Youzhou, in an interview with Xinhua, "Pakistan railways 1th" capable of carrying 1400 passengers, the equivalent of 40 bus capacity will greatly save pavement space.

In early July, Bai Zhiming said in an interview with the business daily, for transportation network has been matured in first-tier cities, space at iron market may not be very large. But for some two or three lines are for road planning and construction, ease traffic congestion in cities, is currently the "bar iron into intelligent city planning the best time", and the iron is exactly what "slow jam, efficient, environmentally friendly and convenient" signs.

According to public reports, on May 8 this year, bar iron model unveiled at the 19th China Beijing High-Tech Expo. Two months later, in early July, the world's first BA tie model test car "BA Fe 1th", in KTK group, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, launched.

This test, "Pakistan railways 1th" about 300 metres, and also tested the braking distance, friction coefficient, low power consumption, and test the relationship between cars and roads, and cars.

Surging journalists noted that not only the domestic media, including the United States, Forbes and the United Kingdom BBC, the guardian and other mainstream media abroad, "BA Fe 1th" pay attention to the road test.

United States of the Atlantic, "urban laboratory" website reported that "BA iron" scenario is not new. As early as 1969, United States two designers Clegg · Huo Geci (Craig Hodgetts) and Franz Liszt · Walker (Lester Walker) in New York to create "Airbus" ideas, from New York to Boston even offered to create the "air bus" line, and the iron, at speeds up to 200 km/h.

However, the "urban laboratory" points out, this idea has been since then is just a thought, have always failed to deliver.

　　Expert: innovation to follow basic scientific principles

On August 2, iron, 1th test road test the car pulled out of the shed.

A number of experts say, bar iron without the actual operating space.

Nanjing urban and traffic planning and design Research Institute Yang Tao believes that technological innovation needs the right values.

Yang believes that public transport is the main contradiction of urban traffic problems, but BA Fe's starting point is that "as the way to the car." And the limited road space in most favourable to car traffic, rather than suppress car travel, it is difficult to be used to relieve traffic congestion.

In addition, many of the basic parameters of bar iron did not meet the basic standards.

Yang told journalists the surging, according to body height of bar iron and high passenger space calculations, lower cars headroom of only 2.2 meters, only speeds below 5 km garage height requirements. Under the design speed of 50~60 km, 2.2 m headroom, no driver was driving the car.

Yang believes that BA iron structure of a vehicle safety is also an issue. Assumes that Palestinian vehicles on 600 people containing only calculated load weights up to 35~37 tons, plus the weight of the body is estimated at close to 40 tons.

BA rail trains, these 40-ton wide-body around its center of gravity height of 3 meters from the ground. Only supported by steel body shell is very thin on both sides, traveling at 30 kilometers above the speed under dynamic load impact, almost unable to guarantee the security and stability of the vehicle structure.

Yang also suggested that the bar iron was difficult to already existing overpass, pedestrian and many dozens of even hundreds of roadside trees on city streets to promote the use of. If a large number of units, and would undermine the city's history, landscape and culture.

In Yang's view, the public's aspirations and passions of innovation should be encouraged and protected. However, innovation needs to follow the most basic scientific principles and not an event, and cannot be divorced from reality.

Recorded an account of author of the high-speed "rail horizons" were of the view that BA iron itself was not of a high technology content, decided to bar iron was invented by toy or utility key, is whether or not able to generate economic benefits. If we can only build show tourism in a straight line, as long as someone pays, it can become, but also deviates from it to solve the traffic congestion in the first place. If you are implementing a large-scale application, to solve the problems of Pakistan railways are many.

On August 3, said Song Youzhou covers news in an interview, test run does not relate to some of the core technology of Qinhuangdao, BA rail project was put into operation to 1 to 1.5 years at the earliest.

For the road test, said Song Youzhou, he was at the scene, "sure no problem, run up, sure no problem. "Song of continents no longer respond to the other issues, saying the test is not ready to report.

　　Bar rail project was arrested for illegal fund raising?

On August 2, iron, 1th test car road tests.

Technical disputes aside, dubious motives behind the bar iron.

The global times August 3 issued in the official social media accounts pointed to Palestinian projects, "very likely" is similar to the next "e rent treasure" of illegal fund raising products.

The main reason is that Pakistan win Kay to iron is the company behind China investment co., Ltd.

According to the company website, the company relies on Internet financial platform, "and dozens of banks in the industry, insurance, securities, funds and other financial institutions, is a leading wealth management platform."

National credit information publicity system shows that China Kay to win investment Ltd was registered and the rail company in the same building, Dongcheng District, Beijing, but in a different floor. Legal representative of man-made white painting, BA iron company, is one of the two shareholders.

According to the daily news in May of this year, China won clarity China's Fund company already markets and the related project Fund, subscription amount 1 million, annual yield of 12%.

At that time, China win Kay visitors take that, China win Kay all financing cooperation projects and Government projects, related to guarantors for Chinese construction enterprises group. Public information, Chinese construction enterprise group limited Beijing Representative Office head is also white pictures, place of registration and the iron company, China won clarity China exited in the same building.

White Dan who? Surging from the Hong Kong Phoenix weekly news in a post of saw the end of 2015, white painting is Bai Zhiming.

This year, Beijing agricultural science and technology development limited company distributed free to many farmers in Heilongjiang is known as high yield of rice, and pledged to "take on yield components of compensation". But in the end, rice hauls even without charge. Mentioned in the report, the legal representative of Beijing agriculture technology development co for the white painting, also known as Bai Zhiming. Public information, agricultural company, the shareholder is China win group co., Ltd.

In other words, Bai Zhiming arrogation of China win Group and bar iron company, and even financial sponsor of the project is also himself, rather than a third party.

For all kinds of "money" question on August 4, surging journalist Contacts bar iron head of Corporate Planning Department surnamed Wan, but has not yet been answered.

According to the business daily exposed in June this year, China win Group of related-party Confederation of construction enterprises in China are for Pakistan's rail project engineering recruiting contractor, but first have joined to become Member of the Federation of Chinese construction companies, required to pay the initial fee ranging from $ 3 million to 8 million Yuan. The claim was subsequently denied, head of project by bar iron.

On August 2, will soon start road tests of bar iron, 1th test car attracted many onlookers.

On August 2, the "iron 1th BA" construction, this group of Changzhou Wang, head of the publicity department, said they did not pay the so-called contributions.

Wang told journalists the surging, at that time, BA rail company initiative to find this group called for cooperation. According to KTK group official website describes, the company mainly produces vehicle components such as subways, trains, 2015 volume of production and marketing break the billion mark.

Turbulent news trying to understand details of vehicle production and scientific and technological content, were politely refused. Wang, head of the surging reporters, they have an iron and the companies signed a confidentiality agreement, this will not accept any interviews, would not disclose any details such as vehicle production cost and production cycles.

"The order comes, we order, it's as simple as that", said the surging above Wang, head of this group as a producer of bar iron, which didn't utter a sound.

Journalists noted the surging, throw away technical secrets aside, today a group of them to complete the "world's first", looked like a very "Changzhou Zhi" behavior which do not have any active campaign.

(Editors: Xu Zhiwen UN643)
2016-08-04 17:54:09
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争议巴铁：投资方被指利用其非法集资

8月2日，巴铁1号试验车启动路面测试。 本文图片均来自 新华社

　　8月2日，集期待和争议于一身的“空中巴士”巴铁1号试验车，在河北秦皇岛北戴河区启动了路面测试。

　　新华社的一篇报道称该试验车为“我国自行设计研制、全面拥有自主知识产权”。据公开报道，巴铁1号试验车为一节车厢，车长22米，宽7.8米，高4.8米，额定载客数为300人。

　　测试现场图片曝光后，看上去非常惊艳的巴铁迅速刷爆了社交媒体。

　　然而，在有人为之叫好的同时，也有不少质疑的声音传出。8月3日，《环球时报》甚至直指巴铁是“圈钱”的骗局。澎湃新闻（www.thepaper.cn）记者试图联系制造方，从生产技术角度对巴铁一探究竟，被婉拒。

　　什么是巴铁

　　8月2日拍摄的巴铁1号试验车内部一角。

　　据公开报道，“巴铁”早在2010年就已经被发明，发明者宋有洲，当时叫做“立体快巴”（straddling bus）。美国《时代》杂志将其评为“2010年世界50大最佳发明”。

　　然而，当时只有构想，没有造出样车，因此无法启动试验段的调试和运营，未能推广开来。

　　如今，宋有洲携该发明卷土重来，并命名为巴铁（Transit Explore Bus），并携手华赢集团成立巴铁科技发展有限公司（下简称巴铁公司）。

　　全国企业信用信息公示系统显示，巴铁公司注册于2015年12月，注册地北京市东城区，注册资本1亿元，两位自然人股东为朱红斌和白丹青。

　　公开资料显示，巴铁公司董事长为白志明，宋有洲担任该公司总工程师。白志明，也是华赢集团的董事长。

　　据巴铁公司官网，巴铁适用于城市主干道路面的上空，依靠电力驱动，采用大运量宽体高架电车设计，上层载客，下层镂空部分可以正常行驶高度2米以下的车辆，时速可达每小时60公里。官网称，巴铁“集城市快速公交（BRT）与地铁优点于一身，对建设智慧城市、环境友好型社会具有重大的战略意义”。

　　公司官网还称，巴铁拥有多项发明技术，并已申请国家专利，目前已与尼日利亚、巴西、墨西哥、西班牙、印尼、阿根廷等国家签订意向协议。

　　今年5月，宋有洲在接受新华网采访时表示，“巴铁1号”能够装载1400名乘客，相当于40辆公交车的运力，将大大节省路面空间。

　　7月初，白志明在接受《第一财经日报》采访时表示，对于交通网络已经较为成熟的一线城市，巴铁的市场空间可能不是很大。但对于一些二三线正在进行道路规划建设、缓解交通拥堵的城市来说，目前是“将巴铁纳入智慧城市规划的最佳时机”，而巴铁打的也恰恰是“缓堵、高效、环保、便捷”的招牌。

　　据公开报道，今年5月8日，巴铁模型在第19届中国北京科技产业博览会上亮相。两个月后的7月初，全球第一辆巴铁模型试验车“巴铁1号”，在江苏省常州市今创集团下线。

　　本次测试，“巴铁1号”行驶了300米，另外还对刹车距离、摩擦系数、耗电等进行了测试，检验车和路、人和车的关系。

　　澎湃新闻记者注意到，不仅国内媒体，包括美国《福布斯》、英国BBC、《卫报》等在内的国外主流媒体也对“巴铁1号”的上路测试给予了关注。

　　美国《大西洋月刊》“城市实验室”网站报道称，“巴铁”的设想其实并不新鲜。早在1969年，美国两位设计师克莱格· 霍格茨（Craig Hodgetts）和李斯特· 沃克（Lester Walker）有过在纽约打造“空中巴士”的想法，甚至提出打造从纽约到波士顿的“空中巴士”线路，思路和巴铁类似，时速可达200公里/小时。

　　然而，“城市实验室”指出，这个想法自那之后就一直只是个想法而已，始终未能兑现。

　　专家：创新要遵循基本科学原理

　　8月2日，巴铁1号试验车驶出工作棚进行路面测试。

　　有不少专家直言，巴铁没有实际操作空间。

　　南京市城市与交通规划设计研究院院长杨涛认为，技术创新需要正确的价值取向。

　　杨涛认为，公共交通才是城市交通问题的主要矛盾，但是，巴铁的出发点在于“为小汽车让路”。把最有利又有限的路面空间让小汽车通行，而非从根本上抑制小汽车出行需求，很难作用于缓解交通拥堵。

　　此外，巴铁的许多基本参数还不满足基本的标准要求。

　　杨涛告诉澎湃新闻记者，按照巴铁的车身高度和乘客空间高测算，下层小汽车的通行高度只有2.2米，只满足速度5公里以下的车库高度要求。在50~60公里设计时速下，2.2米净空高度，没有哪个小车驾驶员敢开车行驶。

　　杨涛认为，巴铁的车辆结构安全稳定也是个问题。假定巴铁车辆仅按600人载员计算，载员重量就高达35~37吨，加上车体自重估计接近40吨。

　　这40吨的宽体巴铁车厢其重心距离地面高度达3米左右。而仅靠两侧很薄的车体钢壳支撑，在30公里以上车速行驶中动载冲击下，几乎无法保证其车辆结构的安全稳定。

　　杨涛还提出，巴铁很难在已经存在立交桥、人行过街天桥以及有许多几十甚至上百年行道树的城市道路上推广使用。如果大量拆迁，又将破坏城市历史、景观和文脉。

　　在杨涛看来，公众的发明创新愿望和激情应该鼓励和保护。但是，发明创新都需要遵循最基本的科学原理，不能一蹴而就，更不能脱离实际。

　　著有《高铁见闻录》的“高铁见闻”则认为，巴铁本身不是一个技术含量很高的东西，决定巴铁是玩具还是实用发明的关键，在于是否能够创造经济效益。如果只是建设一条笔直的观光展示线，只要有人出钱，这件事一定能成，但这样也就偏离了它解决交通拥堵的初衷。而如果要实现大规模的应用，巴铁要解决的问题还是很多的。

　　8月3日，宋有洲在接受封面新闻专访时表示，秦皇岛的试运行并不涉及到一些核心技术，巴铁项目正式投入运营最快也要1年到1年半以后。

　　对于此次路面测试的情况，宋有洲说他当时就在现场，“肯定没问题了，跑起来了，肯定没问题。”宋有洲不再回应其他问题，并称本次测试其实并不准备报道。

　　巴铁项目涉嫌非法集资？

　　8月2日，巴铁1号试验车在进行路面测试。

　　抛开技术争议，巴铁背后的动机也令人生疑。

　　《环球时报》8月3日在官方社交媒体账号上发文，直指巴铁项目“极有可能”是下一个类似“e租宝”的非法集资产物。

　　主要原因在于，巴铁背后的公司是华赢凯来投资有限公司。

　　据该公司官网，该公司依托互联网金融平台，“与业内几十家银行、保险、证券、基金等金融机构合作，是中国领先的财富管理平台”。

　　全国企业信用信息公示系统显示，华赢凯来投资有限公司注册地点和巴铁公司在北京市东城区同一幢楼内，只是楼层不同。法定代表人为白丹青，也就是巴铁公司两位股东之一。

　　另据《每日经济新闻》，今年5月，华赢凯来旗下的基金公司已经在销售和巴铁相关的项目基金，认购金额100万起，年化收益12%。

　　当时，华赢凯来客服表示，华赢凯来所有理财项目都是和政府合作的项目，相关担保方为中国建设企业联合集团。公开资料显示，中国建设企业联合集团有限公司北京代表处负责人也是白丹青，注册地点和巴铁公司、华赢凯来在同一幢楼内。

　　白丹青是谁？澎湃新闻从香港《凤凰周刊》2015年底的一篇报道中看到，白丹青就是白志明。

　　该年，北京世农科技发展有限公司向黑龙江不少农民免费发放了号称产量高的稻种，并承诺“承担低产部分的补偿”。但最终，稻田大量减产甚至颗粒无收。报道中提到，北京世农科技发展有限公司的法人代表为白丹青，又名白志明。公开资料显示，世农公司的法人股东正是华赢集团有限公司。

　　也就是说，白志明独揽华赢集团、巴铁公司等，甚至，理财项目的担保方实质上也是他本人，而非第三方。

　　针对种种“圈钱”质疑，8月4日，澎湃新闻记者多次联系巴铁公司企划部万姓负责人，但始终未获回应。

　　另据《每日经济新闻》曝出，今年6月，华赢集团的关联方中国建设企业联合会正为巴铁项目的后续工程招募施工方，但是首先得加盟成为中国建设企业联合会的会员，需支付300万到800万元不等的加盟费。该说法随后被巴铁项目企划部负责人否认。

　　8月2日，即将启动路面测试的巴铁1号试验车吸引了众多市民围观。

　　8月2日，“巴铁1号”施工方、常州今创集团宣传部王姓负责人表示，他们并没有交纳所谓的会费。

　　王姓负责人告诉澎湃新闻记者，当时，是巴铁公司主动找到了今创集团要求合作。据今创集团官网介绍，该企业主要生产地铁、动车组等车辆的零部件，2015年产销额破百亿大关。

　　澎湃新闻试图了解车辆生产细节和科技含量，被婉拒。王姓负责人对澎湃新闻记者表示，他们和巴铁公司签订了保密协议，今创不会接受任何采访，也不会透露任何车辆生产的造价、生产周期等细节。

　　“订单来了，我们就按照订单做，就这么简单”，上述王姓负责人对澎湃新闻称，今创集团作为巴铁的生产方，至今没有主动吭过一声。

　　澎湃新闻记者注意到，抛开技术秘密不谈，今创集团对他们完成这个“全球第一单”、一个看上去很“常州智造”的行为，的确没有任何主动宣传。

(责任编辑：徐志文 UN643)
2016-08-04 17:54:09
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