【路透社 20150223】中国首架大型客机C919年内或首飞

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【原文标题】China to launch test flights for C919 plane this year

【中文标题】中国首架大型客机C919年内或首飞

【文章来源】路透社

【文章链接】http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-launch-test-flights-c919-070506805.html;_ylt=AwrBEiSS1upUi3IA57bQtDMD

SHANGHAI, China, Feb 23 (Reuters) - State-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has completed the basic assembly of its medium-range C919 large passenger aircraft and is expected to launch test flights this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

中国商飞的大型中程客机C919机身已初具雏形，预计年内将完成所有安装工序并进行首飞。

It said COMAC, which is touting the aircraft as China's answer to passenger planes from Boeing Co and Airbus Group NV, had secured 450 orders from 18 customers. The agency did not give further details and COMAC executives were not immediately available for comment during the Lunar New Year holiday.

据新华社报道，中国商飞目前已获得来自18家公司的450张订单。但新华社没有提供具体信息，中国商飞由于春节假期尚未对此作出回应。

China is keen to develop a successful commercial aircraft to prove it can match the United States and Europe. But it has been held back by inexperience, a shortage of local aerospace design and engineering talent, as well as a lack of home-grown companies with the technology to help drive the project.

中国一直渴望研发国产飞机以匹敌欧美飞机制造商。但由于缺乏足够的经验和技术，中国的民用飞机尚未取得重大突破。

Airbus has forecast China's domestic aviation market to become the world's biggest in the next decade.

据空中客车公司预计，中国将在未来十年里成为世界上最大的飞机市场。