Boeing's First Overseas Factory To Become Built-In China's Zhoushan

Boeing and Chinese aviation manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.(COMAC) will start to build a Boeing 737 completion center in eastern China's Zhoushan city at the end of March, scheduled to make its first delivery in 2018.

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Boeing and Chinese aviation manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Limited.(COMAC) will begin to develop a Boeing 737 completion center in eastern China's Zhoushan city in the finish of March, scheduled to create its first delivery in 2018.

This really is Boeing's first overseas facility included in its 737 production system, and made to deliver 100 Boeing 737 planes annually.

Within the joint-venture completion center, Boeing's 737 aircraft is going to be installed with flight entertainment systems and seats. The guarana plant in Zhoushan, 287 km southeast of Shanghai, offers services for example coating, maintenance and repair of Boeing aircraft.

Boeing and COMAC signed a contract in October 2016 to setup the Zhoushan plant, that will contain a double edged sword: the 737 completion center, some pot venture of Boeing and COMAC, and also the 737 delivery center of Boeing.

Construction from the delivery center may also start in the finish of March.

To support aircraft manufacturing in Zhoushan, Putuoshan Airport terminal within the city is having a 750 million yuan (108 million U.S. dollars) expansion to get an worldwide airport terminal.

Additionally to supporting Boeing, the aviation base in Zhoushan may also develop a whole industrial chain for aircraft manufacturing, using the capacity of assembling, delivering and modifying 600 aircraft annually by 2025.

Zhoushan is definitely an archipelago and island city in Zhejiang Province, that has the biggest fishery in China and boasts strong shipbuilding, tourism and repair industries.