China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition

China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, also known as the Airshow China or Zhuhai Airshow, is the largest airshow and aerospace trade expo in China. It has been held in even years in Zhuhai, Guangdong since 1996.
History
1996
The first Airshow China was held from 5 to 10 November 1996. Performances included:
Su-27 cobra
Il-78 aerial refueling
British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team
"World Aerobatics Grand Prix"
1998
The second Airshow China was held from 15 to 22 November 1998. Performances included:
People's Liberation Army Air Force "August 1st"
Russian Knights
Canadian "Northern Lights" (later as Northern Lights Combat Air Support and now Lortie Aviation Inc.) using the Extra 300L
British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team
Russian Gromov Flight Research Institute cobra and aerial refueling
2000
The third Airshow China was held from 6 to 12 November 2000. Performances included:
Kamov Ka-50
Sukhoi Su-30MK
People's Liberation Army Air Force "August 1st"
Russian Knights
British "Golden Dream" aerobatic team
FAI Star Aerobatic Team Elites
2002
The fourth Airshow China was held from 3 to 7 November 2002.
2004
The fifth Airshow China was held from 1 to 7 November 2004. Yang Liwei was present. Performances included:
Strizhi
People's Liberation Army Air Force "August 1st"
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
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 and Xi'an JH-7A both made their first public appearances. Other performances included:
Airbus A380
H-6U tanker mock refueling two Shenyang J-8IIs
HAIG L-15
Indian Air Force Surya Kiran
2010
The eighth Airshow China was held in Zhuhai from 16 to 21 November 2010. It included:
Airbus A380
HAIG L-15 - Replaced with Ivchenko-Progress AL-222K-25F engine with afterburner
People's Liberation Army Air Force "August 1st" – First open show after aircraft renewal with Chengdu J-10
Pakistan Air Force Sherdils aerobatic team
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
2014
The tenth Airshow China was held from 11 to 16 November 2014.
2016
The eleventh Airshow China was held from 1 to 6 November 2016 and included:
Republic of Korea Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team
Royal Air Force's Red Arrows
fly passing of Chengdu J-20 LRIP model.
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 Chengdu J-10B, 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
aerobatic performance of Chengdu J-20 production model.
2021
Originally scheduled to happen in 2020, it was postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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
Shenyang FC-31
Tengyun spaceplane
2022
The fourteenth Airshow China is scheduled to be 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 AFK-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
List of Past Performers (incomplete)
August First (People's Liberation Army Air Force)
Russian Knights and Swifts
Patrouille de France
British "Golden Dream" aerobatics team and UK Utterly Butterfly aerobatics team
Canadian Air Force
IAA All Stars aerobatics team
Indian Air Force Surya Kiran (2008)
Indonesian Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
See also
MAKS (air show)
Air transport in China
References
External links
China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition Homepage
Air shows in China
Zhuhai
Arms fairs
Autumn events in China