Austria-based FACC is delivering its first composite parts for Comac's C919 airliner. This is another important step in expanding FACCs market presence in China as the company is majority owned by Avic’s Xi'an Aircraft Industries Group (XAC) since 2009.

Pilatus Aircraft is hoping that local manufacture of the PC-6 Porter will assist in its campaign to generate more sales in China.

The slowdown in China’s economy and the central government’s austerity drive are impacting China’s business aviation sector.

“It’s been a tremendous year in China” for Honeywell Aerospace, says Briand Greer, its president for Asia Pacific. “We have made some tremendous advances.”

U.S.-based general aviation aircraft manufacturer Mooney International is unveiling at the Zhuhai Airshow today two new models of aircraft, the M10J and M10T, which it plans to manufacture in China and the U.S.

China unveiled its FC-31 stealth export fighter for the world to see at Airshow China in Zhuhai. The Avic Shenyang-built aircraft features twin engines, low-observable airframe, and an internal weapons bay.

One of China’s strengths in the space game was thought to be cost, but SpaceX appears to be undercutting the country’s edge in this regard.