mcdonnell douglas was planning for md-95 final assembly to be undertaken in china, as an offshoot of the trunkliner program, for which mcdonnell douglas had been negotiating to have up to 150 md-90s built in china. the md-90 trunkliner deal was finalized in june 1992, but the contract was for a total of 40 aircraft, including 20 md-80ts and 20 -90ts. the md-80 has been license built in shanghai since the 1980s. however, in early 1993, mdc said that it was considering sites outside china, and was later seeking alternative locations for the assembly line. in 1994, mcdonnell douglas sought global partners to share development costs. it also began a search for a low-cost final assembly site. halla group in south korea was selected to make the wings; alenia of italy the entire fuselage; aerospace industrial development corp. of taiwan, the tail; shinmaywa of japan, the horizontal stabilizer; and a manufacturing division of korean air lines, the nose and cockpit.