GE says confident of winning China engine contract

Published: 06 Sep 2009 19:26:50 PST

SHANGHAI, Sept 7 - General Electric Co is confident about winning contracts to supply engines to China's big aircraft project," the company's China chief said on Monday.

"The fact that we are on the first plane...gives us confidence. But the thing that gives me most confidence is that I am very sure of our aircraft engine product. I think we have the best product," GE's China President Mark Norbom told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry event.