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Airbus is speeding up its innovative approach in China, with plans to invest tens of millions of euros in the Airbus China Innovation Centre (ACIC) based in “China’s Silicon Valley” Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province.

Airbus has enjoyed its deep cooperation strategy in an opening China, voluntarily transferring part of its technology to expand market, and it’s why the company is keen to promote further cooperation, analysts said.

ACIC was the company’s second global innovation center after the one in Silicon Valley. The Chinese facility, established in 2017, is planning to invest tens of millions of euros to start a brand new office at the beginning of 2019, thepaper.cn reported on Tuesday.

The center has made progress in key programs including onboard hardware, cabin experience, onboard interconnections, smart manufacturing and urban air traffic, the report said.

ACIC has started cooperation with a series of Chinese companies, including flexible display manufacturer Royole Technology and China Mobile Intelligent Mobility Network Technology Co. It also plans to cooperate with navigation network company Beidou and tech giant Huawei.

Lin Zhijie, an independent analyst based in East China’s Fujian Province, told the Global Times on Wednesday that ACIC is focused on the “last mile” application of technology innovation to improve passengers’ onboard experience. It’s cooperating with companies with mature technologies, and it doesn’t ask for much investment.

ACIC’s approach doesn’t involve its own core business of making planes, Qi Qi, an

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