China unveiled a mock-up of a large passenger jet designed to compete with Boeing Co. and Airbus, predicting that hundreds of orders would be placed during this week's Zhuhai Air Show.
中国揭开了一款旨在与波音公司(Boeing Co.)和空中客车公司(Airbus)展开竞争的大型客机样机的面纱，并预计将在本周的珠海航展上接到数百份订单。
Orders for the single-aisle, 160-seat C919 likely would come from domestic Chinese airlines and foreign leasing companies, said Zhang Xinguo, vice president of state-owned Aviation Industry Corp. of China, a major shareholder in the plane's maker, Commercial Aircraft Corp.
国有的中国航空工业集团公司(Aviation Industry Corp. of China)副总经理张新国说，对这款单通道、160座C919飞机的订单可能来自中国国内的航空公司和外国租赁公司。中国航空工业集团公司是C919飞机的生产商中国商用飞机公司(Commercial Aircraft Corp.)的主要股东。
The C919 is meant to compete with Boeing's 737 and the A320, which is made by European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.'s Airbus unit. The two Western aircraft manufacturers currently dominate a Chinese market estimated by Boeing to be valued at $480 billion over the next two decades.
C919旨在与波音公司的737以及空客的A320展开竞争，空客为欧洲航空防务航天公司(European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.)旗下子公司。这两家西方的飞机生产商目前占据着中国市场，据波音估计未来二十年中国市场的价值将达到4800亿美元。
'During this air show, I believe hundreds' of orders for the C919 will be announced, Mr. Zhang said at a news conference on the eve of the six-day air show.
张新国在为期六天的珠海航展开幕前夕的一次记者会上说，此次航展期间，他相信C919将收到数百份订单。
He didn't name prospective buyers. But industry observers said they are expected to include state-run domestic airlines Air China Ltd., China Eastern Airlines Corp., China Southern Airlines Co. and possibly Hainan Airlines Co.
他没有提到潜在买家的名称。但行业观察人士说，它们可能会包括国有的国内航空公司中国国航(Air China Ltd.)、中国东航(China Eastern Airlines Corp.)、中国南航(China Southern Airlines Co.)，也许还会有海南航空(Hainan Airlines Co.)。
Another possible buyer is General Electric Co.'s leasing arm, which agreed two years ago at the last Zhuhai Air Show to purchase 25 Commercial Aircraft ARJ21 regional jets. Executives of the U.S. company have said GE plans to lease the 70-seat ARJ21s to China's domestic airlines for use within the country.
另一个可能的买家是通用电器(General Electric Co.)的租赁子公司，它曾在两年前上一届珠海航展上同意购买25架中国商用飞机公司生产的ARJ21支线飞机。这家美国公司的高管说，通用电器计划向中国的航空公司租赁70座的ARJ21，供它们在国内使用。
The expected order for the C919 would represent a vote of confidence in China's decades-long quest to develop a large passenger jet
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