Located in the Zhuhai Free Trade Zone, this shop is a 50/50 joint venture of MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Air Holding Company. It comes equipped with a hightech machine pool and a highly modern test cell accommodating engines up to 150,000 pounds of thrust. The shop specializes in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of IAE V2500-A5 and CFMI CFM56, -5B and -7 and LEAP engines and is in the process of introducing PW1100G-JM to its portfolio. MTU Maintenance Zhuhai is the market leader in the Chinese market and aims to become the biggest provider of engine maintenance services for the whole of Asia. In 2020, the shop increased its capacities for the second time by 50 percent, from 300 to 450 shop visits.