The aircraft performing in the flying display sported a desert camouflage scheme and AVIC promotional markings.
At its stand AVIC displayed a model of a new variant, the FTC-2000G, which offers seven hard points compared with five for the baseline FTC-2000. It's maximum takeoff weight is also higher at 11,000kg, compared with 9,800kg for the FTC-2000.
AVIC has long promoted the FTC-2000 at the Zhuhai show. The type has been in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force for several years. It is powered by a single Guizhou Liyang WP-13 engine equipped with an afterburner.
AVIC also plans to conduct its first flight of the L-15B, a variant of the L-15A. Unlike the L-15A, the L-15B will be equipped with an afterburner, giving it a maximum speed of 1.4 Mach.
This comes six years after AVIC announced that an afterburner would be added to the L-15, under the L-15 LIFT initiative.
The L-15 version is powered by a pair of Ivchenko Progress AI-222K-25 jet engines, while the L-15B uses the AI-222K-25F.