China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition

China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Chinese: 中国国际航空航天博览会) also known as Airshow China or Zhuhai Airshow is the largest airshow in mainland China. It has been held once every two years in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, since 1996.

History

The first Airshow China was held from 5 November to 10 November 1996. Performances included:

The second Airshow China was held from 15 November to 22 November 1998. Performances included:

The third Airshow China was held from 6 November to 12 November 2000. Performances included:

Zhuhai

Zhuhai (/ˈdʒuːˈhaɪ/,Chinese: 珠海; pinyin: Zhūhǎi) is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones established in the 1980s. Zhuhai is also one of China's premier tourist destinations, being called the Chinese Riviera. The city's population is made up of mostly Mandarin speaking migrants. Its northern part made of Xiangzhou district is now part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen built-up area, the biggest built-up area in the world with more than 44,478,513 inhabitants at the 2010 census encompassing the whole Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Macao cities, main part of Guangzhou, and small parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou cities. According to a report released in 2014 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhuhai is the most livable city in China.

Geography

Zhuhai borders the Macau Special Administrative Region (north and west), and 140 kilometres (87 miles) southwest of Guangzhou. Its territory includes 146 islands and a coastline of 690 kilometres (429 miles).

2903 Zhuhai

2903 Zhuhai (1981 UV9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1981, by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking. It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.

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