On May 20, CAAC issued the first "all-in-one" maintenance permit to Ameco (Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Corporation). The move represents a major change in the method of management and supervision of the civil aviation maintenance industry, and a solution to the key issues in the cross-regional management of maintenance enterprises. It also constitutes a critical driver for the realization of unified management, optimized layout, resource sharing, efficiency improvement, costs reduction among maintenance enterprises and the high-quality development of the maintenance industry. Li Jian, Deputy Administrator of CAAC, attended the certificate issuing ceremony and delivered a speech.

The test for an intelligent navigation system has been completed at the Beijing Capital International Airport, CAAC News reported citing sources with the airport.

China Southern Airlines said Thursday its base at Beijing's new airport will be put into operation on Sept. 20.

The delivery of large parts for the China-developed MA700 turboprop regional aircraft has begun, sources said here Thursday.

Tibet Airlines has teamed up with a partner company to facilitate travel to and from the Tibet Autonomous Region.

North China's Shanxi province is looking to boost tourism by developing a short-haul flight service and improving its transportation system.

On May 5, the second Tianjin-Beijing oil tube of Beijing Daxing International Airport officially started oil transport, and in the meantime the airport fuel depot was supplied with fuel storage, marking that the aviation fuel project of Beijing Daxing International Airport has been successfully accepted and the "energy veins" of the airport has been officially connected. The whole process was witnessed by CAAC Deputy Administrator Dong Zhiyi during his visit at Beijing Daxing International Airport for inspection on airport construction and operation preparations.

Recently, CAAC issued Statistical Bulletin of Civil Aviation Industry Development in 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the Statistical Bulletin), which summarized Chinese civil aviation development in 2018 from 12 aspects including transport aviation, general aviation, transport profit and economic profit, education and technological innovation, etc.

On May 9, CAAC and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) held High-level Conference on Safety in Shanghai. Since 2017, by the Cooperation Program on Safety Support between CAAC and COMAC, the two sides have held high-level conferences on safety on annual basis to constantly enhance communication and collaboration, jointly promote homemade aircraft projects and ensure airworthiness and operation safety of aircraft manufactured in China. The conference this year focused on the mounting production and delivery tasks for ARJ21 aircraft and development and certification of C919. CAAC Deputy Administrator Li Jian and Board Chairman of COMAC He Dongfeng attended the conference.

In order to thoroughly implement the instructions of the 19th CPC National Congress and to better promote and realize high-quality civil aviation development, CAAC recently issued the Framework System for High-quality Civil Aviation Development in China (Trial). The document specified detailed indicators to measure the high-quality development of the civil aviation industry and required departments and entities in the industry to seriously follow those indicators, so that efforts aiming high-quality civil aviation development will be guided, assessed and regulated by the indicator system and high-quality development will be truly realized in the civil aviation industry.