It's interesting that no one commented on the significance of this photo is the new WS-20 high-pass turbofan engines on this plane. This is a very significant achievement in the continued development of the Y20 production! What this means is that China finally got the new high-pass turbofan engine development mastered, and this will boost power, fuel use efficiency, and enhanced endurance for the Y20 product line - the new planes with this engine will be able to carry heavier loads, fly further and use less fuel, as well as longer engine life.
I actually saw a friend who has connections to the AVIC post the first flight of this plane with all 4 new high-pass turbofan engines installed a few month ago in my WeChat friends circle, right after the first wave of the Covid pandemic in China got under control and people started returning back to work, sometime in the early summer of last year. He posted a fuzzy photo with this plane on the runway, but I was able to tell that it was the new engines on the plane, and I asked him "are all these the new high-pass engines?", and he replied, "满血复活!" (full blood resurrection!) - meaning that a totally new life started now.
So congrats to China's aviation industry! - after decades of R&D, now they finally got the indigenes WS-20 high-pass turbofan engine manufacturing under the belt. We are going to see a fleet of this "chubby girl" in the years to come, including variations in AWACS, tankers, and other special purpose heavy carriers. Entirely likely that one of these types find its way to the PAAF in the future.