China-developed ARJ21 regional jetliners link 38 cities

The ARJ21 project recently won the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, which is among China's top science and technology awards.

China's airplane development projects also include two trunk airliner models, namely the C919 narrow-body and the CR929 wide-body jetliners, and MA60 series turboprop aircraft, another regional airplane model.

To date, the C919 aircraft has entered the intensive flight test phase, and the CR929 passenger jet, a Sino-Russian project, has entered the detailed designed phase.

After the MA60 and MA600, the MA60 series turboprop aircraft family is expected to see the maiden flight of its third member of MA700 in the second half of 2020.