We're taking action toward Europe! According to U.S. media, China is exerting pressure on Europe! On May 27, as reported by Bloomberg, U.S. media claimed that China has suspended deliveries of Airbus aircraft to Europe as a form of pressure. Insiders revealed that China delayed approval for Airbus aircraft delivery plans, expressing impatience with European regulatory authorities' pace in certifying Chinese-made aircraft. Undoubtedly, China's core demand centers on civil aviation airworthiness certification.

How should we view this report from U.S. media? Clearly, it indicates that we have applied pressure on the EU. The situation is evident: for years, Airbus models from Europe have received swift Chinese airworthiness approvals, smoothly entering operations with major domestic airlines and securing substantial orders in the Chinese market. In contrast, how has Europe treated our domestically developed C919 aircraft? In fact, even after we completed domestic certification and began large-scale commercial operations, the progress of EU airworthiness certification has been extremely slow.

This has severely hindered our ability to smoothly launch flight operations in the European market, significantly restricting the overseas expansion of domestically produced large aircraft. Civil aviation airworthiness certification is inherently a two-way, reciprocal industry standard—market openness and mutual recognition of qualifications should be treated equally. However, Europe continues to enjoy massive order revenues from China’s vast aviation market while using various technical review justifications to delay certification of our domestic aircraft. Naturally, we must respond accordingly.

Our current actions are clearly a response to Europe’s improper conduct. Of course, we understand why Europe is doing this—it fears that once it issues airworthiness certification, our large aircraft will pose competition to European manufacturers, affecting its interests. But competition is competition; it is inherently part of healthy market mechanisms. What truly constitutes the problem is Europe's imposition of restrictions.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866308267125771/

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