The Turbine Technology Days (TTD) event was successfully premièred in 2013 and is now among the insider meetings attended by top managers from as far afield as the Far East. Among this year’s special guests was Yang Hong, Vice General Manager of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). China is due to give significant support to the state-owned aviation and defence group based in Beijing (400,000 employees) with a further expansion of the aviation sector. In addition, the group heavily invests in production technology in order to increase its share of in-house production: The group subsidiary AVICADE spends on average USD 400 million per year on machine tools alone. However, it is not only production technology that is required from Europe, but also expertise. “The Chinese aviation industry is set for a considerable increase in investments in production technology in future”, explains Yang Hong in Rorschacherberg. “Seize the development opportunities of the Chinese market yourselves!”