The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; simplified Chinese: 中国民用航空局; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínyòng Hángkōng Jú), formerly General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (simplified Chinese: 中国民用航空总局; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínyòng Hángkōng Zongjú), is the aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible for China, it concluded civil aviation agreements with other aviation authorities, including those of the Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China which are categorized as "special domestic". The agency is headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing.
The CAAC does not share the responsibility of managing China's airspace with the Central Military Commission under the regulations in the Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国民用航空法). Being subordinate to military traffic, non-commercial civil aviation is rather restricted. General and private aviation in mainland China is relatively rare compared to developed countries.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC, or China Commercial Aircraft, in Chinese: 中国商用飞机有限责任公司) is a Chinese aerospace manufacturer established on May 11, 2008 in Shanghai, China.
The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion (USD 2.7 billion as of May 2008). Shareholders include the Chinese central government, the municipal government of Shanghai, AVIC I and AVIC II. This Chinese government-owned corporation will specifically try to design and attempt to build large passenger aircraft with a capacity of over 150 passengers to reduce the country's dependency on Boeing and Airbus, which currently dominate the market.
The first jet to be marketed is the ARJ21, developed by AVIC I. This will be followed by the C919, planned to be released in 2016.
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Abbreviate: AVIC, Chinese: 中国航空工业集团公司) is a Chinese state-owned company of aviation industry, both military and civilian. On 6 November 2008, China Aviation Industry Corporation I and China Aviation Industry Corporation II officially merged to found Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
The COMAC (former: ACAC) ARJ21 Xiangfeng (Chinese 翔凤 xiángfèng, Soaring Phoenix) is a twin-engined regional airliner, and is the first passenger jet to be developed and indigenously produced by the People's Republic of China. This program is supported by 19 major European and US aerospace components suppliers, including General Electric (engine production),Honeywell (fly-by-wire system) and Rockwell Collins (avionics production).
The Comac C919 is a proposed 168-190 seat narrow-body airliner to be built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac).
It will be the largest commercial airliner ever designed and built in China. Its first flight is expected to take place in 2014, with deliveries scheduled for 2016. The C919 forms part of China's long-term goal to break Boeing and Airbus's duopoly, and will compete against the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family.
On September 8, 2009, during the Asian Aerospace 2009, Comac unveiled a scale-model of the C919, stating that the engine supplier will be selected by the end of 2009. Construction of the nose section of the aircraft commenced on 2 September, 2009.
