The successful maiden flight of Yun-20 is significant in promoting China's economic and national defense buildup as well as bettering its emergency handling such as disaster relief and humanitarian aid.
The transport plane, Y-20, puts China in the exclusive club of countries having large air lifters like the United States' C-17 and Russia's Il-76.
And it also gives a boost to the country's efforts to use homegrown technology to expand defense capacity.
