Wide-body plane developed by China, Russia gets name

The wide-body commercial jet co-developed by China and Russia was named CR929 on Friday. The jetliner is jointly built by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) and Russia's United Aircraft Corp (UAC). The letter C and R stand for China and Russia respectively, 9 is the largest single number and means long-lasting in Chinese, and 2 refers to the two parties working together in developing the aircraft.