Boeing signs $500 mln in contracts with Chinese suppliers

时间：2007-07-02 05:55:23

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BEIJING, June 30 -- U.S. aviation giant Boeing on Friday announced agreements with Chinese suppliers for the production of commercial aircraft parts and components1, including the first firm contracts with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Passenger and Freighter aircraft.

 

The contracts are valued at an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars and include the 747-8 inboard wing flaps with Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd. (XAC), and ailerons and spoilers with Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co. Ltd. (CAC), both affiliated2 to China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I).

 

Also signed were contracts for composite parts to be built by Hafei Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., an AVIC II-affiliated company, and composite panels for the vertical3 fin4 to be built by BHA Aero Composites Co., Ltd., an equity5 joint6 venture between Boeing, Hexcel Corp. and AVIC I.

 

"These contracts demonstrate Boeing's commitment to continued expansion of industrial cooperation with China. China's outstanding technological7 capabilities8 and resources make these suppliers ideal partners for the Boeing 787 and the 747-8, which ... offer airlines the lowest operating costs and best economics of any large passenger or freighter aircraft," said Carolyn Corvi, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice9 president and general manager of Airplane Programs.

 

"We are honored to help Boeing build the 747-8 as it opens a new page for the long-term Boeing-XAC partnership," said Meng Xiangkai, vice chairman of Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd.

 

Boeing and Boeing suppliers hold contracts totaling 2.5 billion U.S. dollars with China's aviation industry.

 

Boeing's industrial cooperation with China began in the mid-1970s. There are now 4,200 Boeing aircraft flying worldwide with major parts built and assembled by Chinese suppliers. Since the 1980s, Boeing has purchased more than one billion U.S. dollars worth of aviation hardware from China.

 
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1 components 4725dcf446a342f1473a8228e42dfa48     
（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分
参考例句：
  • the components of a machine 机器部件
  • Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
2 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句：
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
3 vertical ZiywU     
adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置
参考例句：
  • The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
  • Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。
4 fin qkexO     
n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼
参考例句：
  • They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
  • The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。
5 equity ji8zp     
n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票
参考例句：
  • They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
  • To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
6 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
7 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的；工艺的
参考例句：
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
8 capabilities f7b11037f2050959293aafb493b7653c     
n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
参考例句：
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
9 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

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