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China's home-grown passenger plane completed its first commercial flight on Sunday, marking a milestone in the country's effort to become more self-reliant.
周日，中国一款国产客机完成了首次商业飞行，是中国更加自主化的一个里程碑。
The narrow-body jet is fifteen years in the making, the product of the state-backed company COMAC's aim to compete with Airbus and Boeing.
这款窄体客机历时15年研制，是国有企业中国商飞为与空客和波音竞争而推出的产品。
President Xi Jinping hailed the project as a triumph of Chinese innovation.
国家主席习近平称赞这个项目是中国创新的胜利。
Some of the plane's first passengers were equally enthused.
在这架飞机的首批乘客中，有些人也同样热情高涨。
"I'm feeling very emotional. Actually, when I heard about C919's maiden flight, I spent the whole week paying attention to everything about this development.
“我现在非常激动。事实上，当我听到C919首飞的消息时，我花了整整一周的时间关注所有的进展。
(I was) paying attention to when tickets go on sale, and then tried and buy tickets from the moment they were released."
我一直在关注机票什么时候开始销售，然后从放出的那一刻就开始买票。”
The plane completed a two-hour flight from Shanghai to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines,
中国东方航空公司使用这架飞机，执行完成了从上海飞往北京的两小时航班，
with a return scheduled later in the day Sunday and longer flights on the horizon.
并按计划于周日晚些时候返航，未来还将进行更长距离的飞行。
A COMAC official recently said the company has won over 1,200 plane orders from at least 32 customers so far.
中国商飞的一位官员最近表示，到目前为止，该公司已经获得了至少32家客户的超过1200架订单。
Chinese media reported the planemaker expects annual production to reach 150 jets within five years.
据中国媒体报道，这家飞机制造商预计未来五年年产能将达到150架。
