An intended order for 100 A320-family aircraft by China Aircraft Leasing will likely feed the growth of new Chinese carriers and perhaps cover the shortage of orders placed by the country’s big airlines.

Cessna’s joint venture with China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) has delivered two XLS+ aircraft to a Chinese customer, but these were flown into China from the U.S. factory already fully completed.

Bombardier is trying to sign up Guiyang-based carrier China Express to CSeries, but it is unclear if the Canadian aircraft-maker will succeed.

Bell Helicopter has experienced increasing sales in China, but has yet to do manufacturing in-country.

Two days after the cabin mockup the of MA700 was unveiled at Airshow China, AVIC Shanghai Aviation Electric Co., Ltd. (AVIC SAE) and Avic Aircraft Xi’an Branch signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate on the MA700, for which they will provide a two-level power distribution system，control panel assembly and dimming control system.

Embraer has unveiled, at the Zhuhai Airshow, a mock-up of its Embraer E-Jet E2 regional airliner, and it has high hopes for the aircraft here.

Nexcelle, the joint venture between GE’s Middle River Aircraft Systems and Safran’s Aircelle, plans to give China manufacturing work on the CFM LEAP-1C engine nacelle that it is being developed for the C919.

Xi’an Aircraft appears to have overcome the setbacks it experienced in Southeast Asia by finding new customers for its MA60 turboprop regional airliner.