Clearly investing into two very similar designs for very similar role(s) is a waste of resources.
There are three assumptions here benhongh that you may have failed to consider.
1. That having two ‘similar’ designs is a waste of resources. This is assuming that there are resources being invested into a single entity. The WZ-10 was designed in Changhe by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation and the WZ-19 is being developed by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation. Both companies are under AVIC but both compete with each other for contracts and investment. This is a competition, much like how there is competition between Chengdu and Shenyang and between Guizhou and Hongdu for contracts. AVIC is by far NOT a monolithic, top-bottom organization
2. That the designs are similar. This is assuming from the few pictures (or fakes as you call them) are of two helicopter designed to perform similar roles. Looking at the difference between the WZ-10 and WZ-19 it is clear that the WZ-19 is both smaller, lighter in weight and lighter in ordinance than the more heavy and heavily armed WZ-10. The WZ-19 even seems to lack a chin mounted cannon which is generally seen as a hallmark of a heavy attack helicopter. Given this apparent disparity in both size and weight between the two designs one can assume they have could have different roles in mind, such as one filling an armed reconnaissance role, similar to other helicopters in its weight class. While another helicopter is designed to fill a heavier CAS role.
3. The usage of investment resources. Theres also the possibility that helicopter may be a private venture. Many times Aircraft corporations in China have invested and developed aircraft themselves, without an official PLAAF tender or request for such aircraft. They are submitted privately to the PLAAF for evaluation or, designed for export. Two prime examples of this are the FC-1 which was designed primarily for export and funded internally by Chengdu. Another example is the L-15, Hongdu designed the aircraft without direct PLAAF involvement but rather, are submitting the L-15 themselves in the hopes of impressing the PLAAF top brass to gain a tender.
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