COMAC, an airplane manufacturing consortium, was established in 2008 with the purpose of reducing China's high reliance on foreign airplane makers Boeing and Airbus.
The consortium's engineers are now busy working at the production base in Shanghai.
They have already built one plane - and are hoping to sell aircraft to some of the world's biggest airlines in the future.
Jack Lee is a safety manager of COMAC.
"It is the first time in China's history to manufacture aircraft by the hands of Chinese."
However, Lee says there are still some safety obstacles for the manufacturer to navigate.
"The safety level is the same as our other aircraft flying in
