‘The more you hit China with export controls, the more they spend on innovation,’ analyst says as China seeks home-grown solutions to keep plane production plugging along
Washington’s technology-export restrictions targeting Chinese plane makers this week will delay China’s jet engine indigenisation process in the near term, but any setback will only harden resolve in Beijing for tech self-reliance to test and launch a home-grown engine, analysts said on Friday.
United States officials have reportedly suspended some sales of technologies linked to jet engines that could be built for Chinese state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s (Comac) civilian aircraft.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs pushed back at the US engine controls on Friday, with spokesman Lin Jian accusing the US of “maliciously blocking and suppressing China”.
“We firmly oppose this and will resolutely safeguard our legitimate rights and interests,” Lin said at a regular news briefing.
