Originally Posted by
gloopy
As opposed to all the other airtight national certification processes?
Indeed.
China is certifying the Comac C919, which is aimed at directly challenging commercial narrow body Airbus and Boeing aircraft markets, and the 737 in particular.
While it's easy to poo-poo "pirated Chinese technology", I'd encourage those who doubt China's ability to innovate an create really useful products to do their own research into how well, how cheap, and how different China has approached the 5G cell phone explosion. Really makes the US look 3rd world (which is comparatively expensive, monopolistic, slow compared to China, etc.)
But for planes, the certification will certainly be a hurdle. Long term, I'd bet against Boeing (commercial airline division, anyway), hold Airbus, and expect China to dominate this market in our lifetimes (something everyone thought Airbus could never do 30 years ago).