The first passenger plane developed in Japan in more than half a century made its debut flight Wednesday, a key step toward the country’s goal of competing globally as an aircraft manufacturer. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which can seat as many as 92 people, took off at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday with two pilots. A round of applause rang out when the plane landed back in Nagoya at 11:02 a.m. after a flight that took it over Japan’s Pacific coast. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-11/japan-s-passenger-jet-takes-to-the-skies-for-first-flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft estimates the cost of developing the MRJ at about 180 billion yen. The 92-seat MRJ90 is selling at a list price of $47.3 million, according to the company.
Those who make things like aeroplanes in China are manufacturers from the west who run there to take advantage of a lesser stringent manufacturing environment!