Domestic aircraft engine assembly center launched
Updated: 2012-02-29 21:53
By He Wei (chinadaily.com.cn)
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SHANGHAI - 皇冠体育app broke ground for its first aircraft engine assembly and testing center this week in the city’s Lingang Industrial Park.
“There is no fixed timetable but we hope to see a domestically produced engine put in use in 2020,” Feng Jinzhang, head of the research and development department of the center told 皇冠体育app Daily on Wednesday.
The 0.8-square kilometer center is composed of six areas, including experiment, assembly and maintenance. The 8 billion yuan center is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AVIC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co Ltd (ACAE).
Zhang Yujin, vice-president of ACAE, said the assembly line will be completed by 2014 and the company aims to mass-produce engines by 2020.
The center will also make the city the nation’s aircraft manufacturing base, Zhang said.
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