You can call it what u want-those are orders from Chinese airlines n corporations. The State directs them regarding these.
Also your backlog example of Boeing's n Airbus's do not have any relevance here. They can have 9999 planes on order, yet still have ZERO negative impact on the C919's orders.
Oh 1008 orders is small? According to you? I doubt Comac will lose faith in the c919's revenue viability just because someone on an internet forum thinks so. If anything, the orders r just gonna keep piling up n up near its launch date.
Waiting for the 7th prototype to fly
Thanks.
I did not call it whatever I want, you said it was "Confirm" order, I said in contract law, MOU and LOI are not confirmed. Again, you can tell me about how Chinese government force their company to order C919, that does not mean it change the definition of the term MOU and LOI.
Also, Backlog order is not the same as MOU and LOI, backlog order are confirmed order that was yet to produce, which mean it is still in the production line. Someone order it, paid money for it and have not receive the item are backlog. MOU and LOI are expression of interest, which mean they weren't ordered, paid or produce.
And yes 1008 order from a single aircraft type is small. I used to work in auditing/actuarial field with one of the leading aviation company in the world.
I have already used Airbus profit to explain why 1008 order are small (of those only some 300 are actual) Airbus have 7000 firm order for A320, yet their profit is still only 3 billions. And Airbus don't just make A320. They also make A330, A340,A350 and A380 commercial, also not counting military aircraft. Now do tell me what kind of profit COMAC is expecting making just C919 with 1008 order?
If Airbus A320 only manage 1008 order, they would most likely cancel it after initial run.
And finally, C919 have been selling since 2011, it's nearly 9 years, and the order have been stagnate for at least 3 years, the cycle is ending, unless there are new version of C919 coming out (like XL or XR version) I doubt there would be any increase in order number, both firm and MOU/LOI
The only ones that are incoming are oil tankers and cargo ships for mineral ores n food products from africa and elsewhere.
That is the definition of trade. Trade is not just about export or end product production. Without trade, you would not have the oil tanker coming in, or mineral coming in. And if no oil and mineral come in, then production of end product would stop. Which mean China is still depending on trade.
Simply because an increase of per Capita GDP does not mean you will suddenly get oil and mineral in China.