Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation spokesman Li Shih-chang said his company met with China's state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation during a Shanghai air show in May, but the sides have yet to reach a deal.

News of the talks comes amid steadily improving ties between Taiwan and the mainland.

AIDC made Taiwan's Indigenous Defense Fighter jets, and is now responsible for IDF maintenance.

Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. Beijing continues to claim the island as its territory, and threatens to attack if Taiwan makes the break permanent.