CR929 aircraft program is a major strategic cooperation program between companies of both countries in high-tech field under the background of further developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia. With the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin, COMAC signed a joint venture contract with United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on June 25th, 2016. At present, a joint venture, China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co., Ltd (CRAIC), has been established in Shanghai on May 22nd, 2017. The joint venture held a China-Russia Long Range Wide Body Commercial Aircraft Naming & CRAIC LOGO Presentation on September 29th, 2017 and announced that China-Russia long range wide body commercial aircraft is officially named as CR929. At present, both sides have identified the development plan of CR929 series, completed the preliminary definition of aircraft-level indicators, and clarified the range (12,000 km) and seat number (280) of the basic version.
