Boeing: China plane orders support 150,000 US jobs a year

BEIJING: Deliveries to China by Boeing Co, the largest US exporter, support approximately 150,000 American jobs every year, vice chairman Ray Conner said.

Chinese customers are expected to take delivery of 30% of all its top-selling 737 models and about 25% all aircraft produced in Washington State and South Carolina, Conner said Thursday at a National Committee on US-China Relations event in New York.