China’s top civil aviation manufacturer wants to break Airbus and Boeing’s grip on global industry – and Asean is its biggest overseas market
China is training representatives from Southeast Asia this month in an effort to promote its home-grown civilian aircraft, as the region leads the world in accepting Chinese deliveries despite Airbus and Boeing’s dominance.
Twenty participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are taking part in the 2025 China-Asean Civil Aviation Management Capacity Enhancement Workshop in Beijing, which started Monday.
Organised by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the 14-day training course covers safety management, airworthiness certification, green development, new technologies and domestically produced large aircraft, according to an online statement.
“I think it’s a good time to enter into trying to push the development of the manufacturer,” said Hugh Ritchie, CEO of Aviation Analysts International in Australia, citing the broader trend of China-Southeast Asia economic cooperation.
