Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming at the Launch Ceremony for AVIC Cabin Systems: Deliver Win-Win Results for China-UK Cooperation on Aviation
尊敬的中航工业集团董事长谭瑞松先生，
尊敬的英国国际贸易部首席投资官查尔顿先生，
尊敬的英国北爱尔兰经济部常务次官莱费利先生，
女士们、先生们，
大家下午好！
很高兴出席中航客舱系统有限公司成立发布会。
两年前，时值中英关系“黄金时代”开局之年，我出席了中航国际收购英国AIM ALTITUDE公司交割仪式，见证了两国航空合作开启新篇章。
两年后的今天，在中英关系“黄金时代”加速推进之年，我出席中航客舱系统有限公司成立仪式，再次见证两国航空合作迈上新台阶，令人倍感振奋。
Chairman Tan Ruisong,
Mr. Michael Charlton,
Permanent Secretary Noel Lavery,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Good afternoon!
It is a real delight to join you at the Launch Ceremony for AVIC Cabin Systems.
Two years ago, in the opening year of the China-UK "Golden Era", I attended the Ceremony of AVIC International's Acquisition of AIM Altitude. I had the honor to witness a new chapter for China-UK cooperation on aviation.
Today, as the "Golden Era" shifts into a higher gear, it is exciting to witness the launch of AVIC Cabin Systems and see China-UK cooperation on aviation moving up to a new level.
上述成果来之不易，它既是中英两国政府高度重视、大力支持的结果，也是两国航空业人士携手合作、共同努力的成果，必将对中英乃至全球航空业发展产生重要影响：
首先，助力中英“空中走廊”迈出新步伐。早在1997年，两国经贸联委会就设立了中英航空合作工作组，旨在加强两国航空技术和工业合作，为中英航空产业合作奠定了坚实基础。20年后，第九次中英经济财金对话达成一项重要成果，决定进一步扩大航权安排，将两国直飞航班增加50%、航空运力额度增加至每周150班。最近，中国多家航空公司新增了5条不同城市直飞英国的新航线。正是在这样的背景下，中航客舱系统有限公司应运成立，它顺应了中英“空中走廊”建设提质升级的大趋势，也是两国航空合作蓬勃发展的生动写照。
This achievement has not come easily. It is a result of the attentive care and active support of the governments of our two countries as well as the hard work of the aviation industries.
Today's event will have a significant impact on the aviation sector in both China and the UK, and the world aviation development.
First, this event marks a new step in building the China-UK "air corridor".
As early as 1997, the Aviation Working Group was set up under the China-UK Joint Economic and Trade Commission. Its task was to enhance cooperation on aviation technology and engineering. This has laid a solid foundation for China-UK partnership in aviation.
Twenty years later, a major outcome was reached at the ninth China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue to expand air traffic right. According to this arrangement, the number of direct flights between our two countries was to increase by 50% to 150 per week. Recently, Chinese airlines opened five new direct flights between China and the UK.
It is amid such an exciting development that AVIC Cabin Systems is born. This meets the need of upgrading China-UK "air corridor". It is a vivid example of the thriving cooperation between our two countries on aviation.
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