--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Boeing to Mark 30th Anniversary of China Business
Washington State Governor Gary Locke and Alan Mulally, head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will be leading a trip to Beijing next week to celebrate the three decades the aerospace firm has done business in China.

"This is a very, very special, mutually beneficial relationship between China and Boeing," Mulally said at a news conference on Tuesday at the company's commercial airplanes headquarters in Redmond, Washington State. "They bought their first jet airplanes 30 years ago .... and it just changed the world for them, and it changed the world for us. So this is really a celebration of how far we've come and how much we have to look forward to."

China bought its first planes from Boeing - 10 707s - in September 1972, just seven months after Secretary of S

tate Henry Kissinger accompanied President Richard Nixon on a trip to Beijing that restored diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Mulally refused to confirm reports that Kissinger would be taking part in the trip, saying participants would not be announced.

This will be Locke's second trip to China on state business and his first trip accompanying Boeing executives overseas.

"Boeing has a long and successful track record of building strong relationships in China and all around the world," Locke said. "Strong international trade is critically important to our state's economic vitality."

To date, China has ordered 409 Boeing jets and taken delivery of 376 planes. The company predicts China will have the world's fastest-growing aviation market over the next 20 years, expanding 7.6 percent each year.

The Chicago-based airplane manufacturer sold 30 single-aisle 737s to China in October 2001, six weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Since then Boeing has pursued an order that would be a mix of narrow-body and wide-body jets, but company officials said the visit is not part of that sales campaign.

During his first visit to China in October 1997, Locke lobbied Chinese President Jiang Zemin to buy Boeing planes.

"China has made great strides, and that's why I really believe in international trade," he said.

Locke and Mulally will meet with Chinese government officials and take part in 30th anniversary ceremonies in Beijing on December 3.

(eastday.com November 28, 2002)

Boeing Predicts Steady Growth for China's Aviation Market
Airlines to Inspect Boeings
Boeing Delivers New Plane to Chinese Airlines
Boeing Speeds up Plane Delivery to China
China Southern Airlines Buys Giant Boeing Cargo Plane
Boeing, Airbus locked in Fight for Asia's Market
Boeing Trains Over 11,000 Chinese Aviation Experts
New Boeing 737 Generation Lands in Shanghai
Boeing Delivers First 737-600 to China
CSWA to Lease Nine New-Generation Boeing Planes
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688