SHANGHAI: US aerospace giant Boeing has reached deals with Chinese firms to sell 300 aircraft and open a completion centre in the Asian country, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported, as President Xi Jinping began his first state visit to the United States.

The order, which was not immediately confirmed by Boeing, demonstrates the vital importance of the massive Chinese market despite a growth slowdown in the world’s second largest economy that threatens to cut into the expansion of air travel.

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