Also has various other joint ventures, such as a Harbin composites manufacturing centre, and support, training and engineering facilities.

The Brazilian-made Embraer E-190 jet had taken off from the Heilongjiang capital of Harbin shortly before 9pm (1pm GMT) and crashed a little more than an hour later.

In 2003, Embraer launched a joint venture with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) in Harbin to assemble ERJ-145 regional jets.