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Bombardier has an impressive track record of technology achievements in the Chinese market. In 2008, it delivered Mainland China's first fully automated people mover (APM) to Beijing International Airport and is currently supplying Guangzhou with the world's first APM for an urban mass transit system. In 2007, Bombardier signed its first contract to bring an advanced high speed signaling system featuring ERTMS signaling technology to China for the Wuguang high speed dedicated passenger line. In the same year, Bombardier signed a contract with China's Dalian Locomotives and Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. to supply equipment for 500 high-power capacity freight electric locomotives to the MOR. It also became the first rail equipment supplier to deliver 1,000 metro cars into the Chinese market, mainly through Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd., its joint venture focused on the production of metro cars. In 2006, it delivered the first specially designed coaches for operation on the highest-altitude railway in the world.
In the 1980s, Bombardier selected Xi'an Aircraft Corporation to provide components for Bombardier's CL-215 and Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft, and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) - a subsidiary of the state-owned aviation industrial entity, China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) - has been manufacturing doors for Bombardier's Q-Series aircraft since the 1990s. In July 2006, Bombardier Aerospace signed a major cooperation agreement with SAC to supply main parts for the fuselage of the Q400 aircraft.