In 2019, the total revenue of the aviation industry in east China’s Jiangxi province reached 102 billion yuan, up 18.2 percent year on year, according to the province’s Department of Industry and Information Technology.

A C919 prototype passenger jet.(Xinhua/Ding Ting)

This marks the province entry into the national aviation industry’s 100-billion-yuan club.

With a solid aviation industry foundation, Jiangxi has attached great importance to the development of the sector in recent years, bringing the industry onto the fast track.

Zheng Zhengchun, director of the department, said the province has actively participated in the manufacturing of China’s domestically developed large passenger C919 jetliner to integrate itself into the international aviation industry chain.

The Jiangxi Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center, the fifth to be established by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, has demonstrated its great capabilities in aviation core services in the country.

Jiangxi has fostered new growth areas in the aviation industry and attracted a batch of key projects.

The province’s aviation industry revenue is expected to hit 170 billion yuan by 2023, marking an average annual growth rate of more than 14 percent.