China News Network Tianjin, September 9 (Wang Junyan, Zhou Yaqiang) On the 18th, the sixth China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo (hereinafter referred to as "Tianjin Direct Expo") came to an end in the Tianjin Airport Economic Zone. The reporter learned that 17 helicopters and drones participated in the exhibition at this year's Tianjin Direct Expo, 65 helicopters were delivered, traded and intended to be traded, involving nearly 62 billion yuan, and more than 30 sets of engines and large-scale equipment were sold and signed sales contracts on the spot, attracting a total of 6,2 people from home and abroad to visit the exhibition, including <>,<> professional visitors.

On September 9, the Chinese Army's "Wind Thunder" flight display team held its last aerial aerobatic demonstration at the 17th China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo. On the same day, the <>th China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo closed. Photo by Tong Yu

Tianjin Direct Expo is the only national international helicopter professional exhibition in China, which has become the world's second largest helicopter professional exhibition and the only helicopter professional exhibition with flight performance in the world. The four-day direct expo lasted for four days, with more than 20 exhibitors in countries and regions, more than 350 exhibitors, 6 air shows were held, more than 200 various activities were held, and 31 strategic cooperation agreements were reached.

The 16th Tianjin Direct Expo is co-sponsored by Tianjin Municipal People's Government, Aviation Industry Corporation of China and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Army, with the theme of "innovation leads development, cooperation to achieve win-win", with "one meeting, one exhibition, one performance and one trade" as the main form, the total exhibition area of the direct expo is about 2,2 square meters, including 6,<> square meters of indoor exhibition area, <>,<> square meters of outdoor exhibition area and <>,<> square meters of flight observation area.

On September 9, participants visited the helicopter engine structure display. On the same day, the 14th China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo opened in Tianjin Airport Economic Zone. The four-day expo attracted more than 20 helicopter companies from more than 350 countries and regions around the world to gather in Jinmen. Photo by Tong Yu

As one of the important exhibitions in the industry, Tianjin Direct Expo attracts many enterprises to participate in the exhibition. The reporter learned that the world's major helicopter main engine factories and supporting enterprises at this year's Tianjin Direct Expo all participated in the exhibition, including the aviation industry, Airbus, Russia, Bell, Leonardo and other global six major helicopter engine manufacturers, as well as China's aviation development, France's Safran, the United States' Collins, Canada's Pratt & Whitney and other world-renowned engine and supporting production and service enterprises, a number of international enterprise leaders came to Tianjin to participate in the exhibition and visit.

In this direct expo, the aviation industry and the army rearmament unveiled, bringing the latest helicopters and products to participate in the exhibition, and the Tianjin special installation booth highlighted the development achievements of Tianjin's aerospace industry. In addition, a number of helicopters, drones and equipment are exhibited for the first time, including Zhi-11E, AW189, Xuange 500C UAV, as well as Army KVD multi-purpose UAVs, vertical take-off and landing UAVs, etc., while AVIC's turboshaft-16 engine and hydrogen fuel engine also made their debut.

On September 9, attendees experienced the helicopter simulation training system at the booth. On the same day, the 14th China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo opened in Tianjin Airport Economic Zone. The four-day expo attracted more than 20 helicopter companies from more than 350 countries and regions around the world to gather in Jinmen. Photo by Tong Yu

Different from previous direct expos, the exhibition form of the sixth Tianjin direct expo is more diversified, and a large number of scientific and technological elements such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction are integrated to strengthen the proportion of human-computer interaction. In order to be able to display the latest products and technologies in an all-round way, many booths incorporate new technologies into them, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in the charm of helicopters through human-computer interaction.

It is reported that the 2025th China Tianjin International Helicopter Expo will be held in the Tianjin Airport Economic Zone in the fall of <>. (End)