Boeing delivered its 800th airplane to China today. The Boeing plane, a 737-800, was given to Air China.

“Boeing and China have had a long-standing and productive partnership since 1972,” said Wang Changshun, deputy administrator of CAAC. “CAAC and Boeing have broad cooperation in safety, flight standards, airworthiness and new technologies, etc. We hope we will continue to further strengthen this win-win partnership.”

The first plane to a Chinese airline was delivered in 1872, when CACC ordered 10 Boeing 707 aircraft, making China a valid competitor in the world air travel market. Furthermore, a recent statistic says that more than 50 percent of all airline jets are made by Boeing.

This all isn’t to say though that all the money that Boeing makes will stay in the United States. This is because Boeing has purchased over $1.5 billion in parts and services from Chinese manufacturers since the 1980s, which are installed in approximately 5,700 Boeing aircraft.