The state-owned plane maker received a production certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the news agency said.

Shanghai-based COMAC last year said that orders for the twin-engine jet had reached 413 from 19 customers.

COMAC is also developing a bigger C919 jet as part of its efforts to compete against Boeing (>> Boeing Company (The)) and Airbus (>> Airbus SE) in the lucrative narrow-body market. The C919 had 24 customers and 600 orders, COMAC said in June.

(Reporting By Matthew Miller and Fang Cheng; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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