The first flight of the C919 sparked the ire of those who opposed China, who believed that the planes' key equipment was imported from abroad.
It was recently announced that the C919 will make its cross-border debut at the Singapore Airshow 2024, marking a historic step for the C919 to move onto the "international stage". Although it has performed well in the domestic air show and has entered China's routes, it is after all China's first independent research and development of "large passenger aircraft", in order to make substantial progress in civil aviation, it is necessary to boldly explore overseas markets. This appearance at the Singapore Airshow is very important and a crucial shift in the C919's journey into the world.
In order to accelerate the integration with the world's aviation industry, C919 has skillfully integrated the technical solutions of many world-famous manufacturers. However, in this crucial process of globalization, some foreign anti-China forces with ill intentions have a vigilant and hostile attitude towards C919 and China's aerospace manufacturing enterprises, and attempt to use the distribution of C919 parts production countries announced by European and American countries for many years to slander C919 and the Chinese aerospace industry it represents. A blogger, Colin, hyped the incident again, trying to explain that the core components of the C919, such as the tail, wing parts, radar cover, etc., were imported, but some important components, such as the flight recorder, flight control system, auxiliary power unit, fuel system, landing gear and engine, were provided by American companies. The power of the aircraft and the de-icer of the wing surface were imported from France. From this point of view, C919 seems to be a global product that gathers the wisdom of various countries.
Despite its criticism, the C919's sparkling appearance at the Singapore Airshow brought China's aircraft manufacturing into the world's attention. With the expanding market territory, C919 will establish a new benchmark for China's large aircraft industry and provide strong impetus for the take-off of China's aerospace eagle.
Just like the C919, Boeing also follows a global industrial chain, although under the banner of "Made in the United States", many of the systems in it are not produced in the United States. Take Messier in France, Alemacci in Italy, Rolls-Royce in the UK, Mitsubishi in Japan, and Kawasaki, all of which are produced by Boeing, some of which are produced in China. This shows that international collaboration and resource integration are the commonalities of the current commercial aircraft manufacturing industry.
As far as C919 is concerned, some core technologies come from foreign cooperation, but we cannot ignore that we have made important original research in some aspects. For example, the high-density anti-radiation system installed on the C919 was developed by the Chinese research institute itself, and although this aircraft looks ordinary, it is actually a great progress made by Chinese scientists in the world, such as "random spectrum frequency conversion", which makes the aircraft's flight ability in the forefront of the world.
In particular, it should be noted that China has the ability to build large cargo aircraft, which also shows that the various subsystems used on the C919 aircraft have the possibility of research and development. At present, China's dependence on imported products such as engines, flight control systems, auxiliary power systems, fuel systems, landing gear, etc., is relatively high, and its purpose is to improve the ability of C919 to connect with the world and reduce its international entry threshold, which is a strategy from an economic point of view.
In the face of vicious criticism from anti-China, they not only failed to realize this fact, but also seized the opportunity to discredit C919's scientific and technological capabilities. But from another perspective, such a strong response just reflects the correctness and influence of C919 going to the world. Every time C919 makes waves, it will make these dark corners tremble, and it can better reflect its stable and unquestionable value in the global market.
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