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Boeing Zhoushan project delivers first airplane

The Boeing Zhoushan 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhejiang province delivered its first plane of the 737 family to Air China on Saturday. The delivery marked a milestone for the joint plant of the aerospace giant and its Chinese partner, the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, the first such Boeing facility outside the United States. The 737 MAX 8 airplane was largely assembled at Boeing's Renton plant in the US. It flew to China's coastal city of Zhoushan for completion works. "The moment signifies our growing partnership with China that stretches back over nearly half a century," said Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

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