C919 localization rate reached 60%.
Objectively speaking, the domestic C919 large passenger aircraft from the project in 2007, after 10 years of research and development, only in 2017 to achieve the model's first flight, and in this 10 years, the C919 localization rate reached 60%. 60% is already quite a high rate of localization, as the U.S. military industrial enterprise Boeing Airplanes is also only 50% of the The C919 has a 60 percent localization rate. 60 percent is quite a high rate.
And, in a multipolar world, a new big plane that is all "made in China" means that other countries will not be able to share the benefits of the industry chain, which is obviously not conducive to the development of the international market for domestically produced big planes. The C919's localization rate is about 60%, the remaining 40% of parts still need to be imported, which is actually in line with international practice.
After all, even Boeing and Airbus can't produce 100% of their own parts, and still need to purchase and import a significant portion of their own airplanes. We purchase foreign parts, not that we can not do it, but in order to form an industrial chain with foreign manufacturers, so that the C919 future resistance out of the country will be much smaller, because the C919 sold more.
The foreign manufacturers we work with also earn money together, so they will naturally try to help sell it abroad. We also have reliable alternatives for each of the C919's imported parts. Taking the engine as an example, this year's Zhuhai Airshow has showcased the new CJ-1000A large-containment-ratio turbofan engine, which is roughly comparable in performance to the LEAP-1C.
Currently, the CJ-1000A engine has completed major tests and is scheduled to be formally installed in the C919 aircraft within three years, so we don't have to worry about being "necked in" by the West in the area of core technology.
It should be noted that the 220-ton Transport-20 heavy transport aircraft has been in mass production for many years, and the development of an aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of only 72.5 tons is not a problem purely from a technical point of view.
Introduction to the C919
The first mass-produced C919 aircraft landed at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and passed through the "water gate," marking the world's first C919 to officially settle in Shanghai. Orient Airlines. It is reported that the official number of the C919 B-919A, which B means China's civil aviation aircraft, 919 and the aircraft model fits, and A is said to be the official delivery of the first aircraft.
The C919 delivered to China Eastern Airlines after a series of adaptive evaluation, is expected to be formally put into commercial operation in the spring of 2023. C919 large passenger aircraft, for the 164-seat, two-cabin layout, in which the business class 8 seats, 156 seats in the economy class, the range of 4075-5555 kilometers, in addition to the front of the fuselage printed with "world's first In addition to the "world's first" printed on the front of the fuselage, the aircraft registration number is also meaningful.
In the B-919A this string of "identity card number", "B" on behalf of the Chinese nationality of the model, "919" is the model of this aircraft, the final The last "A" refers to the meaning of the first, highlighting the significance of this aircraft for China and even the global civil aviation field.