Chinese Airlines Agree to Buy 30 Boeing 737s
WAP2001100295 - 02 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: China's Vice Chairman of the State Development Planning Commission Zhang Guobao speaks before presiding over the signing of an agreement that will send 30 Boeing 737 airplanes to 4 different Chinese airlines October 2, 2001, at the Commerce Department in Wahshington, D.C. The deal is worth more than $1.5 billion. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI
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