Sun Jiefeng, center, president and general manager of Airshow China, attends the contract signing ceremony between Airshow China and Boeing at the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, on July 15, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Boeing signed an agreement with Airshow China on Wednesday, saying it will participate in the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Boeing has never missed the biennial event, which will take place this year in the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in Guangdong province.

Boeing's exhibition area will cover more than 300 square meters this year, more than in the past, suggesting it will scale up its presence.

The contract was signed online between Sun Jiefeng, president and general manager of Airshow China, and Peter Gao, Boeing's vice-president for commercial sales and marketing in China.

Gao said China is an important market for Boeing and a partner Boeing greatly treasures.

"China's civil aviation industry has seen rapid and healthy development in recent years," Gao said, adding that Boeing has delivered more than 2,000 commercial aircraft to the country.

Delivery of the first 1,000 aircraft took about 40 years, but the last 1,000 took only five years, which is a perfect illustration of the development speed of China's civil aviation industry, he said.

The contract is signed online between Sun Jiefeng, president and general manager of Airshow China, and Peter Gao, Boeing's vice-president for commercial sales and marketing in China, on July 15, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"As the largest international aerospace exhibition in China and one of the most influential in the world, the air show is undoubtedly the most important platform and window for Boeing to expand China's aviation market, enhance business exchanges and cooperation and display its corporate image," Gao said.

"The contract signing ceremony is the best witness of the in-depth cooperation between Boeing and the air show. And it is hoped, with the international platform of the air show, Boeing can fully carry out exchanges and interaction with aviation industry partners, so that we can work together to overcome difficulties and create the future together."

Sun, the air show executive, said it's significant that Boeing once again has joined hands with the show.

"This not only further promotes strategic cooperation between Boeing and the air show but also inspires the confidence of aviation manufacturers in China's civil aviation market," he said.

"I hope both sides will have more in-depth and close cooperation in more fields in the future, and jointly make greater contributions to the development of the world aviation industry."

The air show is scheduled to take place between Nov 10 and 15.