BAIC to start NZ cooperation

Automaker's aviation unit to help build Pacific Aerospace aircraft

Beijing General Aviation Co Ltd, a subsidiary of BAIC Group, signed on Tuesday cooperation agreements with New Zealand's Pacific Aerospace Ltd, an airplane builder. That country's Premier John Key attended the ceremony as his first stop on a visit to China.

It's a significant step for the two countries, Key said, since New Zealand does not export just dairy and lamb to China but also technology.