Following the big plane into the sky, Jiangsu Taicang Changying is located next to Shanghai | C919 | Jiangsu Taicang
At the end of May, the domestically produced large aircraft C919 took off and successfully completed the world's first commercial passenger flight. On that day, warm applause rang out in the Tianhang Changying Company in the Taicang Aviation New Materials Innovation Park. In August 2021, Tianhang Changying dispatched a team of 12 people to participate in the development of the display system for the C919 large aircraft. Chen Xuehu, the captain of the Tianhang Changying "special mission team" and the company's civil aircraft software testing supervisor, introduced that within a year and a half, the team participated in the verification work of 9 configuration items, more than 50000 requirements, and more than 500000 lines of code in the "large aircraft" display system. During this time, the Tianhang Changying team discovered and assisted software designers in solving nearly a hundred important problems. The Taicang elements that went up to the sky together with the C919 are not only Tianhang Changying, but also the C919 cabin hanging screen system board manufactured by German enterprise Zhuoneng Electronics Co., Ltd. is one of them. Zhuoneng Electronics Business Development Manager Zhu Yajun introduced that the first commercial flight of C919 injected "propellant" into Taicang Aerospace Manufacturing Enterprise. Currently, the company's cabin hanging screen system board orders have reached 1400 sets, with sales exceeding 11 million yuan. Taicang is known as the "hometown of German enterprises". Currently, there are over 480 German enterprises in Taicang, including over 60 world "hidden champions". The largest German enterprise, Schaeffler, has also crossed the aerospace industry from automotive parts and has entered the list of COMAC suppliers. The smooth takeoff of C919 has brought about the rise of an innovation chain and industrial chain. In recent years, as a dark horse in the aerospace industry, Taicang has made the development of this industry the top priority for high-quality development, gradually building its own aerospace ecosystem. Currently, in addition to Tianhang Changying, Zhuoneng Electronics, and Schaeffler, Taicang enterprises such as Muge Industrial Control, Jinjiang Copper, and Huatai Ruixiang have also entered the COMAC supplier list. Why is Taicang, a small city adjacent to Shanghai, making every effort to develop the aerospace industry? The underlying reason is the low-key strength and potential of Taicang. Taicang has identified the "timing" for the rapid development of the national aerospace industry, fully leveraging the "geographical advantage" of Shanghai, the main stronghold of the domestic aerospace industry, and leveraging the "Renhe" of comprehensive cooperation with universities, local enterprises, and other institutions established by Xi'an University of Technology, as well as the precision manufacturing industry foundation formed by 30 years of cooperation with Germany. "Taicang, returning to a young age, but having determination and more skills," said Fang Haining, Director of the Taicang Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology. Linkage development with Shanghai is one of Taicang's "tricks". Driven by the Shanghai automotive industry, Taicang has developed two billion dollar industries, high-end equipment manufacturing and advanced materials. This is also an important foundation for Taicang's entry into the aerospace industry today. The small town of Taicang is not weak either. Although it is considered a small city, it consistently ranks among the top ten counties in the top 100 in the country. But for a long time, the existence of Taicang has not been as dazzling as the neighboring "500 billion yuan" county-level city Kunshan. Now, with the soaring C919, the small city of Taicang has also gained astonishing confidence. Nowadays, Taicang is striving to become the preferred battlefield for undertaking the transfer of domestic and international aviation industry and the spillover effects of Shanghai's large aircraft industry. In March 2023, the First China Center of the G