Aviation firms look to take off in China
BEIJING - The chief designer of China's first commercial jetliner, Wu Guanghui, refuted accusations by Western media that aviation suppliers from developed countries are forced to transfer sophisticated technologies in exchange for access to China's lucrative market.
"We are not using our market in exchange for technologies," said Wu, deputy general manager of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) and a member of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee.
In January, US company GE Aviation and Aviation Industry Corporation of China announced they had signed an agreement to form a new joint venture in Shanghai focusing on integrated avionics systems for China's new C919 aircraft and the commercial aerospace industry.
