China Eyes More Cooperation via Moscow Air Show

The photo taken on August 24, 2015, shows China's Y-12E transport airplane at the 2015 International Aviation and Space Show in Russia. [Photo: CRI Online]

The 2015 International Aviation and Space Show in Russia is now underway. This time, Chinese companies bring new products, such as civilian aircraft and carrier rockets to the show, in hope of seeking potential international cooperation in aviation and space.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the event can demonstrate the country's strength in the aviation sector and expressed an open attitude in cooperating with foreign partners.

"We are to enhance Russia's unique advantages in the aviation field and consolidate our leading role in manufacturing military aviation equipment. Therefore, we should carry out modernization and upgrading in aviation and space rocket manufacturing, bring in state-of-the-art facilities and improve every link, resulting in products of better quality."

The air show has attracted more than 760 enterprises and exhibitors from around the world to showcase their latest aircraft.

China's Aviation Industry Corporation demonstrated the passenger compartment of the new regional civil airline MA700 and the new Harbin Y-12F airplane.

Wu Xiandong with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China says the Y-12F will give the industry a better view of the transport plane.

"We hope that through the air show we can attract more potential clients to buy our Y-12F. And the Y-12E will receive an airworthiness certificate from the Russian aviation authorities during the show. It is the first airworthiness certificate that a Chinese company will have received from the Russians, which is a milestone for Chinese airplanes in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States."

Wu adds that China and Russia will deepen their cooperation in products, technology, capital and information sharing in the coming years.

Another Chinese company, Great Wall Industry Corporation, has attracted Russian President Vladimir Putin to their new products—the Long March 7 carrier rocket and DFH-5 satellite platform.

Putin says he will continue supporting Sino-Russian cooperation in aviation and space.

CEO of the Great Wall Industry Corporation Yin Liming echoes that his company will sign strategic cooperation agreements with a Russian state-owned technical group during the exhibition.

"China's aviation and space industry has developed fast in recent years. We have made great progress in developing new products, carrying out cooperation with foreign companies and bearing some new ideas. As the cooperation between China and Russia moves on, we have expanded our cooperation from probe and satellite applications to more professional technologies."

The air show will run until Sunday and is expected to attract more than 500,000 visitors.