China opportunities excite global aviation industry

Unique market

In the eyes of global aviation industry leaders, China's continuous opening up make it "the world's most exciting market and important player."

"China's civil aviation industry is quite unique," said John Bruns, president of Boeing China. "Boeing is greatly honored in witnessing and supporting its growth, and we have built a creative strategic partnership of win-win cooperation."

It took Boeing 40 years to deliver its 1,000th aircraft to China in 2013. And just five years later, the company delivered the 2000th to the Chinese market, he said.

Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, will deliver its first 737 aircraft in December -- Boeing's first-ever delivery of an aircraft at an overseas site.

"The Boeing Zhoushan project was the best example of the win-win cooperation, by working with Chinese partners and cultivating an aviation industrial system and enhancing the capacity of suppliers," he said.

China has seen double-digit growth in its civil aviation market. In 2017, its civil aviation industry recorded 552 million passenger trips, up 13 percent year-on-year.

"The enhanced power in both the aviation manufacturing and civil aviation sectors has created great opportunities for the global aviation industry," said Xu Jun, vice president of Asia-Pacific OEMs of Honeywell Aerospace.

Honeywell provides four major systems and has two joint ventures with Chinese partners to support the takeoff of China's C919 large passenger aircraft, which made its successful maiden flight in May 2017.

"Honeywell is committed to deepening our cooperation with Chinese partners. We hope to play a role in the Sino-Russian joint CR929 wide-body passenger aircraft project," Xu said.