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Harbin Aircraft Industry Group

Harbin Aircraft Industry Group is a Chinese AVIC aerospace manufacturer in Harbin, Heilongjiang, with public product lines spanning helicopters, fixed-wing utility aircraft, legacy military aircraft, composite structures, and civil-aircraft supplier work.

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Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, commonly shortened to Hafei or AVIC Hafei in English-language industry references, is part of Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The company's official Chinese profile traces the Harbin organization to 1948, while English-language joint-venture material and defense references often cite the aviation manufacturing base's 1952 establishment. Both lines point to the same Harbin aerospace industrial complex rather than a small stand-alone producer.

Harbin's defense and aerospace significance comes from its long movement through repair work, licensed or adapted aircraft production, indigenous aircraft families, and international industrial cooperation. Official company material says the organization produced China's Z-5 helicopter, H-5 light jet bomber, SH-5 maritime aircraft, Z-9 helicopter series, Y-12 fixed-wing aircraft, AC312-series and AC352 civil helicopters, and Y-12E/Y-12F fixed-wing aircraft.

The company is also a major composite-structure supplier. Its official materials describe Harbin as China's largest aviation composite-parts research and production base, and Airbus identifies the Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre as a Harbin-based supplier for A350 and A320 family composite parts.

military aircrafthelicoptersutility aircraftairframe assembliescomposite parts

Notable Systems

Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft, Twin-engine turboprop utility transport aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Harbin Y-12

Twin-engine turboprop utility transport aircraft

Official Harbin material lists the Y-12E and Y-12F among current fixed-wing aircraft products, while the catalog record covers the broader Harbin Y-12 utility transport family.

Sources: Hafei official company profile, HAI Y12 IV Type Acceptance Report, ODIN Y-12E utility aircraft
Harbin H-5 bomber, Twin-jet light bomber, Aircraft & UAVs

Harbin H-5 bomber

Twin-jet light bomber

Harbin's official history names the H-5 light jet bomber among aircraft produced by the company line, and the catalog's H-5 record covers the Cold War bomber and variants.

Sources: Hafei official company profile, GlobalSecurity Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, GlobalSecurity H-5 page

Manufacturer History

  1. Harbin aviation organization established

    Harbin's official company profile says Aviation Industry Corporation of China Harbin Aircraft Industry Group was founded in 1948 and later became one of China's First Five-Year Plan key industrial construction projects.

    Sources: Hafei official company profile

  2. Early aerospace manufacturing base cited in English sources

    Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre's introduction identifies AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group as founded in 1952 in Harbin, a date also used in several English-language industry references.

    Sources: Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre introduction, GlobalSecurity Harbin Aircraft Industry Group

  3. Composite-material work begins

    Harbin's official composite-materials page says the company's composite manufacturing technology began in the 1980s and later grew into China's largest aviation composite product research and production base.

    Sources: Hafei composite materials overview

  4. Harbin Hafei Airbus composite venture established

    Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre was formally established in Harbin with AVIC Hafei as the major shareholder and Airbus industrial participation.

    Sources: Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre introduction

Website links
Official websiteOfficial company profileOfficial composite materials overviewAirbus China industrial presence

English-language naming varies between Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, HAIG, Hafei, HAMC, and AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group. Harbin Aircraft Industry Group is treated separately from the historical Harbin Aircraft Factory name, and Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation is not repeated as an alias here because it is already assigned to the historical manufacturer record. Official Chinese material gives 1948 as the company origin, while English-language sources commonly cite 1952 for the Harbin aviation manufacturing base.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Hafei official company profilePublisher: Harbin Aircraft Industry Group | Note: Official company profile supporting AVIC ownership, 1948 origin, Harbin address, product families including Z-5, H-5, SH-5, Z-9, Y-12E/Y-12F, AC312-series and AC352 helicopters, and composite capabilities. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Commons Harbin Y12-II imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the Harbin Y-12-II photo used on this manufacturer profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Hafei composite materials overviewPublisher: Harbin Aircraft Industry Group | Note: Official product-page source supporting the company's composite-materials work, 1980s start, production capabilities, and A350/A320 composite component supply through the Airbus joint venture. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre introductionPublisher: Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre | Note: Supports Harbin Aircraft Industry Group founding in 1952, Harbin location, and the company's aerospace manufacturing role in military and civil aircraft. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • Airbus in ChinaPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre's role manufacturing composite material parts and components for the Airbus A350 and A320 families. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GlobalSecurity Harbin Aircraft Industry GroupPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports English-language background on HAIG/HAMC, the April 1952 founding date used by some references, Harbin production focus, and Y-12, Z-9, H-5, H425, HC120 and ERJ145 program associations. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co Ltd contact listingPublisher: Airframer | Note: Supports the Harbin/Pingfang address and the AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group naming used in industry directories. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • HAI Y12 IV Type Acceptance ReportPublisher: Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Note: Supports Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation and Harbin Y-12 manufacturer background used for the connected Y-12 catalog record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ODIN Y-12E utility aircraftPublisher: OE Data Integration Network | Note: Supports Harbin Y-12E utility aircraft manufacturer and specification context for the connected Y-12 catalog record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GlobalSecurity H-5 pagePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports Harbin Aircraft Factory and H-5 production context for the connected Harbin H-5 catalog record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG) profilePublisher: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Note: Supports the company's AVIC subsidiary context and the common HAIG naming used in public references. | Accessed: 2026-06-22

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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