On May 10, CAAC Administrator Feng Zhenglin exchanged views with Hainan Provincial Party Secretary Liu Cigui on civil aviation development in Hainan, and had a meeting with Hainan Provincial Government in Haikou, where the two sides conducted in-depth talks on deepening cooperation between CAAC and Hainan so as to better meet the demand of Hainan for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up. Provincial Governor Shen Xiaoming, Executive Vice Governor Mao Chaofeng and Vice Governor Wang Lu of Hainan attended the meeting.

Strong winds and heavy rainfall hit Beijing Sunday morning, causing over 100 flights to be canceled and delays for dozens of trains.

The first direct flight between Shanghai and Yangon, Myanmar, will be launched on July 1 by Shanghai-based Spring Airlines.

China's Hainan Airlines on Wednesday began a direct flight service between Beijing and Norway's capital city Oslo, which is the first non-stop service between China and the Nordic country.

From January to April, Lijiang Sanyi International Airport received a total of 2.34 million passengers, according to a Lijiang air travel market promotional activity that was held in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province on May 15.

China will expand the use of new information technologies in the civil aviation sector to improve air travel safety and boost industrial development, according to the national civil aviation authority.

On a basketball court at Ali Kunsha Airport, which sits at an altitude of 4,274 meters above sea level, a group of young people wearing airport safety vests are playing. They are sweating, yelling and breathing loudly. These young people who work at the fourth-highest airport in the world will represent the airport the following day to play in a regional championship in Ngari prefecture, Tibet autonomous region.

On May 16, the 10th China Civil Aviation Development Forum was opened in Beijing with the theme of "Intelligent Civil Aviation -- High quality Development of Civil Aviation in a New Scientific, Technological and Industrial Revolution". Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Li Xiaopeng, Minister of the Ministry of Transport, and Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, ICAO Council President, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Feng Zhenglin, Administrator of CAAC, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Shaping Brand New Future of Civil Aviation with Intelligence". Li Jian, Dong Zhiyi, and Lyu Erxue, Deputy Administrators of CAAC, participated in the forum. Dong Zhiyi chaired the forum and presided over the opening ceremony. Li Jian will deliver a closing speech at the end of the two-day forum.

More than 50 people, including journalists, visited the Jilin branch of China Southern Airlines in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, during the company's open house on May 15 to learn about its operations.

China's civil aviation authorities are always keen to improve the punctuality of airlines, especially when passengers' fury sometimes erupts over delays caused by inaccurate weather forecasts.