(SHEN LING)

J-10 jet fighters from China's Bayi Aerobatic Team take off to perform at the opening of the eighth China International Aviation and Aerospace

Exhibition (Airshow China) in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, on November 16.

The biennial event, first held in 1996, is the largest air show in the country. Around 600 civil and military manufacturers, suppliers and designers participated in this year's show featuring about 70 commercial and military aircraft from 35 countries and regions.

China unveiled the prototype of its first large passenger jet, the C-919, at the show. A full-size model of Tiangong-1, China's first unmanned space module, was also on display.