Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
China has launched its first aircraft-engine manufacturer in an attempt to wean itself off Western suppliers.
The state-owned Aero-Engine Group of China was created by combining a group of existing aircraft-engine companies, according to local media reports.
It has about 50bn yuan ($7.5bn) in registered capital and will develop both military and commercial engines.
China already makes its own planes, but has struggled for decades to develop engines that meet global requirements.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday August 30 2016, @12:58AM
I looked at a couple of stories from official media outlet CCTV. They don't say this is the country's first manufacturer of aircraft engines of any kind, but rather the first ones for big commercial jets:
Until this point, the country did not make large commercial jet engines of its own.
--http://english.cctv.com/2016/08/28/VIDEf9BSdn7sdPe4GTfrXuRt160828.shtml [cctv.com]
It's part of a larger initiative (which, I'm guessing, includes the Hinckley Point C project):
The government’s overhaul of state-owned enterprises to push Chinese products and services up the value chain has prioritized aircraft engines, high-speed rail and nuclear power [...]
China’s cabinet, Beijing municipal government, the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China are investors in the new Aero-Engine Group of China, combining a number of smaller businesses and their 96,000 employees to focus on designing, manufacturing and testing of aircraft engines [...]
--http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/08/29/china-launches-state-owned-aircraft-engine-maker [cctv-america.com]
That second story includes a photo of the Chinese-made ShenyangWS-10 engine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-10 [wikipedia.org]