China News reported from Zhuzhou, Hunan, on 7 November 2026 that Shanhe Xinghang Industrial delivered an Aurora light-sport aircraft to Mexico's YEO company about 10 days earlier. The paper said this is the company's first aircraft export to Latin America. Aurora is described as using a one-piece carbon-fiber fuselage, running on regular 95-octane gasoline, and being able to take off and land on lawns or simple runways.
General manager Deng Yu said the company has signed nearly 30 export orders so far this year, a clear increase versus prior years. China News said Aurora is China's first light-sport aircraft to hold airworthiness certificates from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the US Federal Aviation Administration and Australia's civil aviation authority. About 500 aircraft have been delivered worldwide, with earlier exports to the United States, Australia, Italy and Southeast Asia.
Customs data cited in the report show Zhuzhou aerospace-equipment exports reached 420 million yuan in the first three quarters of 2026, up 16.1% year on year. The city is framed as producing nine of every ten small and medium-sized aero-engines made in China. Its small and medium aero-engine cluster is a national advanced manufacturing cluster, with more than 120 upstream and downstream firms covering design, parts, final assembly, general-aviation operations and maintenance.
The report said the cluster is built around AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute for design and AECC South Industry Company for manufacturing, together with Shanhe Xinghang's aircraft platform. In October, Hunan XinYi Intelligent Technology shipped its first batch of unmanned-aircraft parts to Canada for agricultural drones, and Zhonglai New Materials continues to supply high-purity rhenium to global aero-engine makers. Local authorities are providing customs-declaration and trade-compliance support and advancing expansion of Lusong general-aviation airport. Buyers should still confirm certification coverage, delivery slots and export documents for each contract.