Just got back from CAN and Zhuhai after completing the CAAC check ride.
There is NO foreseeable additional spots for any 787 positions. Your agencies may be telling you there are but there are not.
The only positions to be filled now are 777 positions all out of CAN base.
They have recruited about 72 out of the 200 total foreign pilots they require.
The only rosters are 45on/15off or a 20on/10off both CAN base.
I started the process in October and only about 3 in my group of 30 made it through with the major killers being the initial sim eval and the medical.
It is indeed a great opportunity for those willing to move or willing to commute (in economy) to CAN.
Progressive and friendly company but it is no longer the advertised foreign based positions originally that drew so many of us.
Cheers
WJP