List of Chinese aircraft

Aircraft produced by the People's Republic of China. As a convention, the designations of aircraft usually start from 5 instead of 1.

Common Abbreviations

Abbreviations	Aircraft Type	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin
H	Bomber	轟炸機	轰炸机	HōngZhàJī
J	Fighter aircraft	殲擊機	歼击机	JiānJīJī
Q	Ground attack aircraft	強擊機	强击机	QiángJīJī
JJ/L/JL	Trainer	敎練機	教练机	JiàoLiànJī
Y	Transport aircraft	運輸機	运输机	YùnShūJī
Z	Helicopter	直升機(直昇機)	直升机	ZhíShēngJī

Bombers

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
H-5	Harbin	Copy of Il-28, retired
H-6	Xi'an	Copy of Tu-16
JH-7	Xi'an	Fighter-bomber
H-8	Xi'an	Development of H-6
SH-5	Harbin	Amphibious bomber, production stopped

Fighter aircraft

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
MiG-9	Mikoyan-Gurevich	Purchased from the Soviet Union, no longer in production
MiG-15	Shenyang/Mikoyan-Gurevich	Purchased from the Soviet Union and licenced built in China, no longer in production
FC-1 (JF-17)	Chengdu/PAC	Multi-role light-weight fighter, jointly developed by Chengdu and PAC, Pakistan
J-5	Shenyang	Chinese variant of Mig-17, no longer in production
J-6	Shenyang	Chinese variant of Mig-19, no longer in production
J-7	Chengdu	Chinese variant of Mig-21
J-8	Shenyang	Interceptor/Fighter
J-9	Chengdu	Cancelled single-engine fighter project
J-10	Chengdu	Multi-role medium-weight fighter
J-11	Shenyang	Chinese variant of Su-27
J-12	Nanchang	Cancelled light-weight single-engine fighter project
J-13	Shenyang	Cancelled light-weight single-engine fighter project
J-15	Shenyang	Chinese variant of a carrier-based Su-33 fighter aircraft
J-20	Chengdu	5th generation stealth fighter in development, contract awarded to Chengdu in 2007

Ground attack aircraft

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
Q-5	Nanchang	Developed based on Mig-19
Q-6	Nanchang	Cancelled; based on Mig-23BN
JH-7	Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation	Fighter-bomber

Trainers

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
CJ-5	Nanchang	Copy of Yak-18, retired
CJ-6	Nanchang	Basic propeller trainer
JJ-1	Shenyang	Basic jet trainer, cancelled
JJ-5	Shenyang	Trainer version of J-5
JJ-6	Shenyang	Trainer version of J-6
JJ-7	Guizhou	Trainer version of J-7
JL-8	Hongdu	Basic jet trainer/attacker
JL-9	Guizhou	Upgrade version of JJ-7
YJ-7	Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation	Bomber-trainer, based on Y-7
Yak-152K	Hongdu/Yakolev	Jointly developed by China and Russia
L-15	Hongdu	Advanced jet trainer/attacker

Transport aircraft

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
Y-5	Shijiazhuang	Copy of An-2
Y-6		Il-14
Y-7	Xi'an	Copy of An-24
Y-8	Shaanxi	Copy of An-12
Y-9	Shaanxi	Multi-purpose transport, in development and variant of the Y-8 (as Y-8X)
Y-10	Shanghai	Boeing 707 class airliner, cancelled
Y-11	Harbin	7 seats utility aircraft
Y-12	Harbin	17 seats utility aircraft
MA-60	Xi'an	60 seats turboprop-powered airliner, upgrade version of Y-7
MA-600	Xi'an	60 seats turboprop-powered airliner, upgrade version of MA-60
MA700	Xi'an	70-to-80 seats turboprop-powered airliner, to be introduced in 2009
ARJ-21	ACAC	70-90 seats advanced regional jet airliner, in development
C919	COMAC	168-190 seat twin-jet airliner, in development
Airbus A320	Airbus	Chinese built version of the European Airbus A320, introduced 2009

Helicopters

Designation	Manufacturer	Remarks
Z-5	Harbin	Copy of Mi-4, retired
Z-6		Cancelled and based on Mi-8; designation also used on a variant of the Z-5 with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-6 "Twin Pac" turboshaft engine
Z-7	Changhe	Cancelled
Z-8	Changhe	Copy of SA321Ja Super Frelon
Z-9	Harbin	Copy of Eurocopter Dauphin
CAIC WZ-10	Changhe	Attack helicopter
Z-11	Changhe	Copy of Eurocopter AS350
Z-12		Medium military transport helicopter development
EC-120	Harbin	Cooperative design with Eurocopter
Z-15/EC-175	Harbin	6,000 kg-class medium utility helicopter jointly developed by Harbin and Eurocopter
Z-X	Harbin	5,000 to 5,500 kg twin-engined light helicopter development, possibly derived from Z-9

See also

• List of Chinese aircraft engines
• Aviation Industries of China I
• Aviation Industries of China II
• People's Liberation Army Air Force

References