China launches assembly center for large aircraft program

  SHANGHAI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) unveiled its manufacturing and assembling center here Saturday, the latest step towards the goal to manufacture China's homegrown large aircraft.

    The Final Assembly Center of the COMAC was based on the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., with a registered capital of two billion yuan (292.7 million U.S. dollars), said COMAC's general manager Jin Zhuanglong. Full story

An ARJ21 (Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century) plane is assembled at Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd in Shanghai, east China, June 6, 2009. The Final Assembly Center of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd (COMAC), based on the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd, was formally inaugurated on Saturday. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

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