First they said that PLAAF will not induct JF17 because it is a crappy plane. With a second production line opening up in Chengdu that has been proven wrong. Secondly they say there in no export interest in JF17 because it is a crappy plane. Best predictor of JF17 export potential is the trajectory of K8 exports. Both PAF and PLAAF were slow in inducting K8. Now they have been inducted in both the airforces in large numbers both as a basic and advanced trainers and more than 500 haven been built and more than 300 exported.