China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (), also known as the Airshow China () and Zhuhai Airshow (), is a biennial international

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trade expo held in

Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

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, since 1996. It is the largest

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

History

1st edition (1996)

The first Airshow China was held from 5 to 10 November 1996. Performances included: *

Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet fighters suc ...

cobra COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels ...

Il-78 The Ilyushin Il-78 (; NATO reporting name Midas) is a Soviet/Russian four-engined aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 strategic airlifter. Design and development The Soviet Union's first dedicated tanker aircraft were variants of pre ...

aerial refueling Aerial refueling ( en-us), or aerial refuelling ( en-gb), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to an ...

* British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team * "World Aerobatics Grand Prix"

2nd edition (1998)

The second Airshow China was held from 15 to 22 November 1998. Performances included: *

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force () or the People's Air Force (), is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, includi ...

" August 1st" * Russian Knights * Canadian "Northern Lights" (later as Northern Lights Combat Air Support and now Lortie Aviation Inc.) using the

Extra 300 The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, a German aerobatic pilot, and built by Extra Flugzeugbau. Design and development Design of ...

L * British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team * Russian

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and

3rd edition (2000)

The third Airshow China was held from 6 to 12 November 2000. Performances included: * Kamov Ka-50 * Sukhoi Su-30MK *

"August 1st" * Russian Knights * British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team * FAI Star Aerobatic Team Elites

4th edition (2002)

The fourth Airshow China was held from 3 to 7 November 2002.

5th edition (2004)

The fifth Airshow China was held from 1 to 7 November 2004.

Yang Liwei Yang Liwei (; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This missi ...

was present. Performances included: * Strizhi *

"August 1st"

6th edition (2006)

The sixth Airshow China was held from 31 October to 5 November 2006. The first three days were corporate days and not open to public. The remaining three days were public days. Over 30 countries and 600 aviation companies took part. Performances included: * Russian Knights * British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team

7th edition (2008)

The seventh Airshow China was held from 4 to 9 November 2008. Some 4 billion U.S. dollars worth of deals were signed at the six-day event, including one involving Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) selling 25 ARJ21-700 regional jets to GE Commercial Aviation Services of the United States (first delivery by 2013). Additionally, the

Chengdu J-10 The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (; NATO reporting name: Firebird) is a Chinese medium-weight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft using a delta wing and canard design, with a maximum speed of Mach 1.8. It is produced by the Chengdu Aircr ...

and Xi'an JH-7A both made their first public appearances.China air show concludes with deals of 102 aircraft inked
/ref> Other performances included: *

Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus until 2021. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the pr ...

* H-6U tanker mock refueling two Shenyang J-8IIs * HAIG L-15 *

Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts. It was officially established on 8 Octob ...

Surya Kiran Surya Kiran () is an aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force. The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) was formed in 1996 and is a part of the No. 52 Squadron of the Indian Air Force. The team is based at Bidar Air Force Station in ...

8th edition (2010)

The eighth Airshow China was held in Zhuhai from 16 to 21 November 2010. It included: *

* HAIG L-15 - Replaced with

Ivchenko-Progress Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB (, ''Zaporizhzhia Machine-Building Design Bureau "Progress" State Enterprise named after Academician O.H.Ivchenko''), formerly OKB, OKB-478 and Ivchenko Lotarev, is a state design bureau that creates drafts and plans for ai ...

AL-222K-25F engine with

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"August 1st" – First open show after aircraft renewal with

Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...

Sherdils aerobatic team

9th edition (2012)

The ninth Airshow China was held from 13 to 18 November 2012 and included: * Shenyang J-31 display. * FK-1000 * CM-602G * TL500 * CM-506KG

10th edition (2014)

The tenth Airshow China was held from 11 to 16 November 2014.

11th edition (2016)

The eleventh Airshow China was held from 1 to 6 November 2016 and included: *

Republic of Korea Air Force The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF; ), also known as the ROK Air Force or South Korean Air Force, is the Air force, aerial and Space force, space warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the Ministry of National Defense (South K ...

's Black Eagles aerobatic team *

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

Red Arrows The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force (RAF) based at RAF Waddington. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-Royal Air Force team, replacing several un ...

* fly passing of

Chengdu J-20 The Chengdu J-20 (), also known as Mighty Dragon (, NATO reporting name: Fagin), is a twinjet, twin-engine Night fighter, all-weather Stealth aircraft, stealth fighter developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation for the People's Liberatio ...

LRIP model.

12th edition (2018)

The twelfth Airshow China was held from 6 to 11 November 2018 and included presentation of: * CM-401 missile system * world's first quantum radar * world's first air-cooling airplane-board radar * aerobatic performance of

B, one of world's first serial airplane with thrust vector control (TVC) engine * fullscale mockup of Tianhe core module of future

Chinese large modular space station Tiangong (), officially the ''Tiangong'' space station (), is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency. Tiangong is a modular design, with modules docked together while in low Earth ...

* aerobatic performance of

production model.

13th edition (2021)

Originally scheduled to happen in 2020, it was postponed to the following year due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The thirteenth Airshow China was held from 28 September to 3 October 2021. A total of 700 companies have participated in the event online and offline, with more than 100 aircraft exhibited: * FH-97 jet

UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, but rather is controlled remotely or is autonomous.De Gruyter Handbook of Drone ...

* Shenyang FC-31 *Tengyun

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14th edition (2022)

The fourteenth Airshow China was held from 8 November to 13 November 2022. *Debut of E195-E2 E190-E2 also received certification from China's aviation regulator. * CASIC Anti-UAV System, composed of DK-1 low-altitude search radar, the ZK-K20 air-defense control system, HQ-17AE and QW-12 short-range missiles, and ZR-1500 drone defense system. *Export and air-launched version of YJ-21 hypersonic missile. *JH-7A2 with AKF-98 stand-off cruise missile, AKF-88C anti-radiation missile and YL-5/YJ-1000-1 1,000-kilogram bomb. *Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters ground display *Chinese 6th generation jet fighter aircraft concept * YY-20 tanker aircraft * KJ-500A AEW&C aircraft debut * FH-97A debut * Chengdu WZ-10 debut *Wing Loong III drone debut * Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon ground display *MD-22 near-space reusable aircraft *WS-19 engine mock-up

15th edition (2024)

*Debut of J-35A stealth fighter, J-15T carrier-based fighter and J-15D carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft * Z-20F ASW helicopter * Z-20J Naval utility/transport variant *

Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a Twinjet, twin-engine stealth aircraft, stealth Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (, prospective aeronautical comp ...

stealth fighter (T-50-4 and T-50-7 prototypes) * Russian Knights * August First aerobatic team * J-20S, Twin Seater variant of the J-20

List of past performers (incomplete)

* August First (

) * Russian Knights and Swifts * Patrouille de France * British "Golden Dream" aerobatics team and UK Utterly Butterfly

aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...

team * Canadian Air Force * IAA All Stars aerobatics team *

(2008) * Indonesian Air Force * Royal Thai Air Force

References

External links

China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition Homepage
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