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B. Announced sale of WS51200 vehicles
Source: www.casic.com.cn/n16/n1115/n2888/548509.html (accessed 17 April 2012)
The Ninth Academy: First-ever Bulk Export Order for Large Off-road Vehicles
Source: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, October 19, 2010
Recently, the Ninth Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation reached
an agreement with a client in a certain country regarding the export of WS51200 large off-road
vehicles, with the contract valued at 30 million RMB yuan, for which it has received an advance
payment of 12 million RMB yuan. This marks the first-ever nongovernmental order that China has
received for the WS series ultra-heavy-duty off-road vehicles.
The Ninth Academy has attached great importance to the application of dual-use technology and
the development of nongovernmental trade related to the production of ultra-heavy-duty off-road
vehicles, and has earnestly promoted the adaptation of military technology for civilian industrial use,
while striving to explore the international market. Since 2008, the Ninth Academy had been
conducting discussions and consultations on several occasions with a client in a certain country
regarding the above-mentioned project, designating technical personnel to carry out a detailed
assessment and demonstration to justify the project, before it won the client’s confidence and trust
with its state-of-the-art special vehicle technology and good concepts of service, thus obtaining the
export order. (Text/Zhang Fengyi)
[Translation: United Nations]
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