First Chinese Airliner Puts Aviation on Global

12 Sichuan special Tuesday, May 23, 2017 CHINA DAILY Province focused on transforming research into profi t By ZHUAN TI [email protected] Zhai Wanming, a chair profes- sor at Xinan Jiaotong University in Chengdu, capital of South- We have west China’s Sichuan province, is going through procedures confi dence in the to determine his research and development team’s share of a Tianfu New Area, special technology’s intellectual property rights. which boasts ... up- Zhai, who is also an acade- to-date facilities mician of the Chinese Acad- emy of Sciences, and his team and considerate have contributed the new technology to construction of government the world’s first new energy suspension railway. services.” Although Germany and Gao Wensheng, executive Japan own the technology president of the Tsinghua to suspension railways, their University Energy Internet railways are powered by the Research Institute grid system. The new energy railway made by his team is The C919, China’s homegrown large passenger plane, makes its maiden fl ight on May 5 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. YIN LIQIN / FOR CHINA DAILY powered by a lithium battery teams and companies can work pack instead of high-tension together to turn new technol- electricity. It is the world’s fi rst, ogy into market products. he said. Since January 2016, R&D Zhai’s team is expected to teams at the university have own 70 percent of the technol- used the fruits of their research First Chinese airliner puts ogy and team members’ own- to set up seven high-tech fi rms. ership of the technology can The Tianfu New Area in be calculated into shares in a Sichuan, China’s 11th national- private company in Chengdu, level development area, has according to a new regulation lured a great number of top- aviation on global map stimulating innovation made notch universities in China by Xinan Jiaotong University and other parts of the world to in January 2016. conduct scientifi c research and To spur the enthusiasm of turn the results of that research National strategy creates new competition for Airbus, Boeing duopoly, Huang Zhiling reports. scientists and technicians in into marketable products. institutions of higher learning Tsinghua University estab- for innovation and entrepre- lished the Energy Internet China’s homegrown large At a panel discussion with neurship, Sichuan has formu- Research Institute in the passenger plane, the C919, lawmakers from Sichuan dur- lated policies allowing them Tianfu New Area on March 18, had its maiden fl ight on May ing the annual session of the to turn their technology and 2016, following the signing of 5 in Shanghai. 280 National People’s Congress in fruits of their scientifi c research an energy cooperation agree- After 79 minutes of fl ying, billion yuan Beijing in early March, Presi- into shares in companies, said ment between the university the twin-engine C919 landed dent Xi Jinping called for the a source from the Sichuan pro- and Sichuan a year before. output value of Sichuan’s safely at the Shanghai Pudong acceleration of the integration vincial government informa- Gao Wensheng, executive military-civil integration International Airport at 3:20 of military and civil indus- tion o. ce. president of the institute, sector in 2016 pm, signaling China’s entry tries, adding that a high-tech In January 2016, Xinan Jiao- said: “We have confi dence in into the global aviation mar- industry base should be built tong University announced the Tianfu New Area, which ket. for military-civil integration. policies to divide ownership of boasts a beautiful environ- In 2007, the State Council, Electric, the cabin core system Sichuan is one of China’s technology between the univer- ment, up-to-date facilities China’s central government, consists of passenger broad- fi rst eight experimental zones sity and R&D teams. and considerate government approved plans to develop a casting, cabin interphone and for all-round innovation and Since then, the ownership of services.” Chinese-built large passenger self-inspection. reform, and is home to the 160 inventions made by R&D The introduction of the jet. Eight years later, the fi rst Technicians at the AVIC Chengfei Commercial Aircraft in Chengdu Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric country’s first zone making teams has been divided between institute marked the Tianfu C919 jet rolled o? the assem- assemble a windshield for the nose of the C919. LIU KUN / XINHUA also made the lighting equip- use of deep integration of mil- the university and the teams. New Area’s unremitting bly line. ment for the cabin of the C919. itary and civil industries to As team members are efforts in achieving innova- The “C” in the aircraft’s The main lighting equipment push forward all-round inno- employees of the university and tion by cooperating with insti- name stands for both China Sichuan-made parts According to Liu Tianhua, is the so-called LED wall vation and reform. are paid by the university, the tutions of higher learning. and Commercial Aircraft Corp Many parts of the C919 are an engineer of CETC Avion- washer, which gives o? a light According to Chen Xinyou, university owns a certain per- This year, the Tianfu New of China (COMAC). The num- made in Southwest China’s ics, the C919 is not the first that resembles water gently head of the Sichuan Provincial centage of the intellectual prop- Area will adopt more poli- ber 9 symbolizes “forever” in Sichuan province, includ- domestically made big plane washing the surface of a wall. Economic and Information erty rights of inventions. In the cies to introduce talented Chinese and 19 represents its ing its nose, avionics system, project involving the com- The nose of the C919 is Commission, the output value case of the technology of Zhai’s personnel, stimulate the shift 190 seats at maximum capac- recreation equipment in its pany. made by AVIC (the Avia- of Sichuan’s military-civil inte- team, the university is expected of scientifi c research results ity. cabin, interior lighting and CETC Avionics made the tion Industry Corporation of gration sector surpassed 280 to own 30 percent of the rights. into marketable products and With a standard range of radio, according to the Sich- communication and naviga- China) Chengfei Commercial billion yuan in 2016, up nearly Sichuan’s policies of dividing achieve innovation with the 4,075 kilometers and maxi- uan provincial government tion system for the AG600, Aircraft. 8 percent over the previous the ownership of technology cooperation of institutions of mum range of 5,555 kilome- information o. ce. which is China’s first large According to Chen Yong, year. are a win-win solution as insti- higher learning, according to ters, the narrow-body jet is Located in the Sichuan pro- amphibious aircraft. a senior technician at AVIC, Sichuan has signed agree- tutions of higher learning, R&D its decision-makers. comparable with updated vincial capital of Chengdu, The AG600, the largest the noses of both the ARJ21, ments with 12 military group Airbus 320 and Boeing’s CETC Avionics was set up by amphibious aircraft in the which is China’s self-designed companies under the central new-generation 737 planes, China Electronics Technology world, will have its maiden regional jet liner, and the government to make use of according to American avia- Group (CETC) with an invest- fl ight in the fi rst half of this AG600, are made by the com- their technological know- tion experts. ment of 1 billion yuan ($145 year, according to the Sichuan pany. how to serve the civil sector, Made by the COMAC, the million) in 2009 to make the provincial government’s infor- he said. C919 is hailed as a notable communication and naviga- mation o. ce. Military-civil integration In August 2016, a pro- achievement in the develop- tion, data chain, cabin core, Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric All the above-mentioned gram related to the accel- ment of China’s civil aviation airborne entertainment and Group in Mianyang, the sec- companies are in the military erated implementation of industry. information systems. ond-largest city in Sichuan, is industry and engaged in the military-civil integration was Brian Foley, president of The communication and also involved in the C919. manufacturing of products for announced in Sichuan. The a New Jersey-based aviation navigation system is at the It is the fi rst time that Sich- civilian use. province aims to nurture 10 consultancy in the United core of the plane’s avion- uan Jiuzhou Electric Group Sichuan has many military big companies over the next States, said that the C919 ics, taking charge of the air- has participated in the devel- companies with a competitive fi ve years, each with an annu- could compete with the cur- ground conversation during opment of a large plane, as it technological edge. al output value of more than rent Boeing and Airbus duo- take-o? and landing, as well made the cabin core system. The Chinese government 10 billion yuan, Chen said. poly, particularly if it became as voice and data communi- According to Li Yixun, a has included the integration the preferred airliner of Chi- cation inside the plane and sta? member of the research of military and civil industries Contact the writer at huang- Sta members adjust equipment at Sichuan Energy Internet nese domestic airlines. radio navigation. group from Sichuan Jiuzhou in its national strategy. [email protected] Research Institute of Tsinghua University. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Business and innovation center supports EU-China trade growth By ZHUAN TI ate with Europe in trade, Europe, Schweisgut said.

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