On 21 August 2017, the visiting Executive Vice President of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) Mr. CHEN Yuanxian met with Permanent Secretary of Department for the Economy of Northern Ireland Dr. Andrew McCormick, Consul General WANG Shuying was there.

Both sides gave positive remarks on the cooperation between AVIC and Thompson Aero Seating Ltd. Based in NI. They believed this win-win collaboration will make more contributions to the local economy and employment, as well as China-NI overal friendly cooperative relationship.