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The Aviation Industry Corp金機oration of China (known as 答紅AVIC), one of China厭技's biggest players in the sect道器or, launched a new信紙 subsidiary — AVIC Cabin Systems通會 Co Ltd (ACS) —遠美 at the UK's largest air花我show, on Monday.

Liu Xiaoming, China's ambassador t但輛o the UK, said China-UK c廠現ooperation in aviation is 有看moving to a higher le快輛vel, that the ACS launch is a good e快數xample.

"This will allow the a和問viation industry鄉票 of China the UK to put鐘讀 their strengths together",技外 Liu said.

He stressed that, a大吃s China opens its market w聽廠ider, the aviation sector will offe空喝r new opportunities for both coun了頻tries, he encouraged av木吃iation companies from bot業錢h sides to seize 黃麗opportunities b費年uild up a closer pa愛秒rtnership, especially now th妹麗e world faces "c慢新ertain protectionism".

Headquartered in London, A術間CS is an integrat麗姐ion of five companies that 錯公operate in the 見舊cabin interiors business, including 城區Austria-based FACC China'話微s Fesher Aviation Components 裡子Company Ltd, both 員內of whom are suppliers鐵頻 of airplane interior雜信s composite aero-structure知為s. The UK's first-class busines紙藍s class seats supplier Thompson Ae鐘電ro Seating is also partic笑金ipating, along with 高哥China's economy-class se銀裡ats producer ALI-J吃店iatai Aircraft 車空Equipment Co Ltd, the UK討我9;s AIM Altitude, a對土 supplier of premium西多 monuments galleys.

Tan Ruisong, chairman of AVI看身C, said ACS, whi道房ch is headquartered in London, demo家山nstrates AVIC'身師s confidence about the business enviro體技nment in the UK Europe, noted it 學店is another importa要算nt step in AVIC's glob有姐alization.

Chen Yuanxian, executive vice-pre視理sident of AVIC, sai樂下d overseas sales accounted for 23 perce放就nt of AVIC's tota行厭l sales revenue 計討in 2017. He expec些快ts this year will be "more th物也an 23 percent".

After the launch ceremony, ACS signed 門員a memorandum of u視在nderstanding with Hainan Airline跳員s Company Limited, which ca很歌lls for ACS to pro能文vide seats for 40 planes.

China's aviation market is the 吃人world's second-largest, 跳著after the United States. It老音 is growing fast is動制 expected to be th東說e largest market globally也師 within a decade, accordi知又ng to Global Market Foreca弟道st 2016-35 release書厭d by Airbus.

For Airbus, China is alre問嗎ady the most important market, with動畫 deliveries in China representing 動放about 22 to 24 percent of its遠到 global product拿白ion in recent years習近.

George Xu, Airbus Ch校他ina CEO, said: "China is n公長ot only Airbus' 少水biggest market, 門日it is also a long-term strategic partn但動er. Airbus has been低近 actively invol謝熱ved, has carried你來 out in-depth cooperation wi通民th the Chinese 來拿aviation industry. "

By the end of May, more than 1,那信570 Airbus aircraft have been put int農影o service in the Chinese mainl國光and, the company said.

On the first day of the你個 airshow, Airbus annou笑業nced several Chinese deals, including 1訊水0 Airbus A350 XWB妹小s sold to Sichuan Airlines海行, 20 A320neo ordered by Goshawk A話又viation Limited, which is a林行 joint venture between Hong Kong-b多師ased conglomerate NWS Holdings Limit錯購ed Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited.

Airbus's rival Boein著玩g has also announced significant deal文媽s involving China老計. About one-third of B視業oeing 737s are now being so低外ld to China. In May 2017行你, Boeing broke 區好ground on its Chinese 737 complet熱明ions center in China&線能#39;s Zhejiang province, whi舊去ch will deliver 100 aircra土師ft a year at fu購土ll production.

Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing's車錯 chairman CEO, told AviationWee離紙k.com ahead of the Farnb好事orough Airshow 討秒that aerospace is a great 笑商business for the US, and, as China g視務rows, it will too.

"The amount of passenger 光科traffic in China站林's future is incredible", he 微電said, adding tha購民t the world needs暗路 a healthy aerospace ecosyst門銀em, that it has to be part of the 學計trade solution.還大

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Zou Shuyue in London contribute冷妹d to this story.

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