According to Xinhua News Agency report of April 24 from Beijing,The first domestically designed and built production and test flight center for homegrown large aircraft in China – COMAC Jiangxi Production and Test Flight Center – was fully completed on the 24th. This marks that China has formed a relatively complete large aircraft industrial chain covering scientific research and design, production and test flight, and delivery and operation.
According to reports, COMAC Jiangxi Production and Test Flight Center is located in Nanchang Aviation City, Jiangxi Province. Its main functions include providing production and test flight support as well as operation guarantee for homegrown ARJ21 aircraft. Covering a land area of 245,000 square meters and a building area of approximately 46,000 square meters, the project consists of 16 building units (including a delivery center, a completion center, and a painting hangar) and an apron area. After the project is officially put into operation, it will be able to achieve the production capacity target of completing and delivering about 30 aircraft per year.
该中心的建成对促进国产大飞机加快实现商业化运营具有重要意义。
The completion of this center is of great significance for promoting domestic large aircraft to accelerate the realization of commercial operation.