"The C822 main wing spar was successfully prototyped at Plant 132, fully meeting operational requirements."
"Chief Designer of C822: The maiden flight of the domestic regional jet will take place no later than December 2017."
Southwest Commercial Aviation Company, which is COMAC, had been established for over half a year, but so far the Yizhou Manufacturing Base has only completed its foundation, with no production capability whatsoever.
The production base of COMAC is huge, and even with strong government support, it would take at least three years to be fully operational.
As a super production base built to compete directly with Boeing and Airbus, it was unquestionable that it could produce hundreds of passenger jets annually, a capability that far exceeded military aircraft production.
