Xi'an Aero-Engine Corporation (XAEC, ) is one of the major

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designers and manufacturers in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, originally established in 2001. It along with its parent company (via the Xihang Group),

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and developer of large and medium-sized airplanes. It is based in Yanliang, Xi'an, Shaanxi. In 2020, under a reform, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...

, is affiliated with the

Aviation Industry Corporation of China The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a Chinese state-owned publicly-traded aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Beijing. AVIC is overseen by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the ...

(AVIC). XAEC is primarily located in the province of

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

. The company with 96,000 employees, is focused on designing, manufacturing and testing of aircraft engines. The Huarong Asset Management Corporation is/was also an

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in XAEC through the Xihang Group.

Products

*WP-8 * WS-9 - Chinese license production of

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202 * WS-15 to power J-20 stealth fighter. *WS-20 to power

Xi'an Y-20 The Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng () is a large military transport aircraft that was developed by the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation for the People's Republic of China (PRC). While the official series name of the aircraft is '' Kunpeng'', a mythical ...

heavy transport.

External links

Official Site

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