China's homegrown TP500 unmanned freighter, the country's first large unmanned transport plane produced under the Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR) requirements, completed a successful maiden flight Saturday in Jingmen City of central China's Hubei Province, announced the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

The freighter conducted a smooth 27-minute maiden flight from 6:18 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. on Saturday morning, said the AVIC.

Solely developed and manufactured by the AVIC First Aircraft Institute, the TP500 is China's first large unmanned freighter produced under the Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR) requirements, said the AVIC.

The TP500 unmanned freighter can carry the standard 500-kilogram load and transport cargo to as far as 500 kilometers, said the AVIC, noting that the plane is a general-purpose unmanned transport platform with a large load and a maximum range of 1,800 kilometers.

(CGTN video editor Zhang Rongyi also contributed to the story.)