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| Inside a General Electric J85-GE-17A turbojet engine (Image: Wiki Commons) |
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for acceleration of independent research, development and manufacturing of aircraft engines and gas turbines to make China an aviation industry power.
His words came on the heels of the establishment of the Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) Sunday in Beijing.
The founding of the firm is a strategic move that will help enhance national power as well as the capacity of the armed forces, Xi said in a written instruction.
The move will also benefit the reform of state-owned enterprises and the restructuring of the aviation industry, he continued.
Xi encouraged AECC employees to be bold in innovating to make the country an aviation power.
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