Hate to be the fly in the ointment on this, but the original business case for the FC-1 was for both China and Pakistan to purchase large numbers of the platform(almost equal if i recall correctly).
China then pulled out of that commitment due to its own requirement changes and J10CE, but it did mean that the initial business case and economics of the JF17 was unfavorably disturbed towards Pakistan, as Pakistan had to then fully fund the development of the platform, rather than sharing the cost with the PLAAF which was the initial plan. I recall this from "way back then" ... That meant, Pakistan could not purchase as many units as it wanted as it had to spend so much on the development effort itself and why the platform took so much longer to mature as it became dependent on PAF funding.
This is why I personally believe that the PAF "sat out" the initial sales pitches for the FC-31 to "co-develop it" until China fully committed to it, fully funded the development and got the plane ready for export sales, which it has done so. PAF did not want to get caught out on that again.
Agree on everything you say, but the development of the FC1/JF17 was not all smooth politically.
( the internet forgets these things, so I can't pull some of the original references on this anymore unfortunately ... )
Because I heard raw material and parts come from around 110 countries.
