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Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation

Logo: HAIG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Chinese aerospace manufacturer

Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (HAIG), often shortened to Hafei (Chinese: 哈飞; pinyin: Hāfēi), is an aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Pingfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. It was previously called Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) in English. The company was founded in 1952 to manufacture planes for domestic sales, but today it supplies various components for foreign aerospace companies.2 It is part of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1952Founded1
  • Industryaerospace industry1
  • HeadquartersHarbin1
  • Websitewww.hafei.com
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1

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Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (HAIG), often shortened to Hafei (Chinese: 哈飞; pinyin: Hāfēi), is an aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Pingfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. It was previously called Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) in English.2

Corporate structure

Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation is part of a group headed by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. 277 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

The 1st factory opened in 1952 to repair aircraft and situated on the former site of the Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company (Manshū/Mansyuu) factory. In 1958, it began producing licensed copies of Soviet aircraft. It produced the Z-5, the Mil Mi-4 helicopter, and the H-5 light bomber — a copy of the Ilyushin Il-28.

It then produced the Harbin Y-11 a light twin-engined utility aircraft — an aircraft of its own design and not a licensed copy. The Harbin Y-12 which followed, while similar to the Y-11, was a largely new aircraft.

The most recent and important product is the Z-20 utility helicopter designed and built for the Chinese military.

From Wikipedia’s article on Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • military aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries

Hafei Aviation, a manufacturer of light airplanes, helicopters and aerospace parts.

Hafei Motors, defunct producer of automobile engines; sedans; MPVs; and mini vehicles, small trucks and vans that see commercial use. Subsidiaries include the auto-making Hafei Motor Co Ltd and the engine maker Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co.

Major products

Helicopters

Harbin Z-5 - Chinese variant of the Mil Mi-4 transport helicopter

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Harbin/CHDRI Z-6 - turboshaft re-design of the Z-5

Harbin Z-9 - medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter - Chinese variant of the Eurocopter Dauphin

Harbin Z-9W/G - attack helicopter

Harbin Z-19 - reconnaissance and attack helicopter

Harbin Z-20 - a new 10-ton utility helicopter for the PLA Air Force, army and navy. Similar specifications to Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.

Harbin Z-21

Harbin Z-15/EC175 - medium utility helicopter, joint-developed with Eurocopter

HC-120/EC120 - joint-developed with Eurocopter and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Ltd.

Bombers

Harbin H-5 - Chinese variant of the Ilyushin Il-28 bomber

Harbin SH-5 - amphibious bomber

HongDian-5 - ECM version of Harbin H-5, being replaced

Patrol/Utility aircraft

Harbin PS-5 - Patrol Anti-submarine seaplane version of Harbin SH-5

Harbin Y-11 - high wing twin-engine piston utility aircraft

Transports

Harbin Y-12 - utility STOL transport and variant of the Harbin Y-11

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Harbin BZK-005

Former production

ERJ 145 - in a joint venture with Embraer

Embraer Legacy 650 - in a joint venture with Embraer

From Wikipedia’s article on Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1952Founded Founded1

Sources

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