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Boeing To Build 737 Completions Plant in China
Series of deals includes orders for 300 Boeing jets
Boeing workers in Renton, Washington, engage in final assembly of the first 737 Max. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing workers in Renton, Washington, engage in final assembly of the first 737 Max. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing and China’s Comac have agreed to build a new 737 completions factory in the People’s Republic in one of a series of agreements signed during Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to Seattle on Wednesday. The deals included an order for 300 Boeing jets involving China Aviation Supplies Holding Company, ICBC Financial Leasing and China Development Bank Leasing. According to a statement released by Boeing on Wednesday afternoon, the so-called general terms agreement covers 190 B737s and 50 widebodies for Chinese airlines and another 60 B737s for ICBC and CDB Leasing.