Country's biggest airshow to be held this year in Zhuhai
By Qiu Quanlin in Guangzhou | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-03 19:54
The 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the country's biggest airshow, will be held in 2021, after it was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Yao Yisheng, mayor of Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province.
The event, originally scheduled in November in Zhuhai, a coastal city in the western part of Guangdong, will resume this year at the Zhuhai Airshow Center in the city's Jinwan district, according to Yao, in his government report during the city's annual people's congress.The biennial event, which usually draws key global suppliers, such as Airbus SE, Boeing Co and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, has become one of the major airshows in the world.
Additionally, Zhuhai city also plans to hold AERO Asia, a business and general aviation show for China and Southeast Asia, this year, according to Yao.