Seen on the picture is a helicopter piloted by a Mali pilot off into the air. On Feb 23, two medium-sized Zhi-9 helicopters made in China were formally handed over to Republic of Mali in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.

It's the first time that China starts to export such type of helicopter, which is called "Chinese Dolphin". Based on the Zhi-9 helicopter made according to the producing patent for dolphin helicopter imported from France, this type of helicopter is developed with a large number of homemade materials and spare parts, of which the ratio of homemade parts exceed 70 per cent. It's one of the most advanced multi-functional helicopters manufactured in batches in China so far.