The People’s Republic of China is a partner country of the XIV International Aviation and Space Salon. This was announced by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, pursuant to the negotiations held during the 3rd meeting of the Russian and Chinese Sub-Committee for cooperation in the field of industry in Kunming (China).

“For the first time, we are going to change the format of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS. We offered China to become a partner country”, the Minister of Mass Media said. According to him, China accepted the offer.

China has been a long-standing member of MAKS Aviation Salon. In particular, the first performance by the aerobatics crew of the People’s Liberation Army of China took place for the first time on 1 August 2013.