As a region with the world's largest economy and greatest development dynamics, Asia Pacific has stepped into a new stage of development. With its rapid development, Asia Pacific has become the most active region in civil aviation sector.

Feng Zhenglin, Administrator of CAAC, expressed at the first Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation that the world's eyes are on Asia Pacific and the Asia Pacific's focus is on China. Over the years, as an important participant in the civil aviation development of Asia Pacific, China is always committed to pursuing common development in the region. According to statistics, China contributed over 25% to the growth of worldwide civil aviation industry, and its contribution to the growth of Asia Pacific exceeded 55% in 2017.

For years, China's aviation industry has always put the principle of safe development first. In the past 5 years, it kept records of zero major accident per million flight hours and zero fatality per 100 million RPKs. By the end of 2017, the industry has achieved a success of continuous safe flight for 88 months, or 56.7million accumulated flight hours, the longest safety cycle in history.

Safety serves in the interest of better development. The civil aviation industry of China has maintained a double-digit growth for over 30 years. In the past 5 years, average annual growths of RTK, passenger traffic volume and freight traffic volume were 12.2%, 11.4%, 5.5% respectively, and the figure for general aviation was 9.3%. By the end of 2017, the civil aircraft fleet reached 5,500 in China; there were 229 licensed airports, 32 of which handled more than 10 million passengers last year.

China has always adhered to green development, advocating green, low-carbon, circular and sustainable development models. In 2017 alone, there were 341,000 flights using temporary routes, shortening a total distance by about 12.84 million kilometers, saving 69,000 tons of fuel, and reducing carbon dioxide remission by 218,000 tons.

In 2017, air cargo between China and ASEAN states was up 27% while passenger traffic grew more than 20%; the growth rate of air cargo and passenger traffic between China and Oceania increased 30% and 20% respectively.

It is estimated that in the coming 15 years, China will import US$24 trillion worth of products; overseas investment will reach US$2 trillion and the number of inbound and outbound travelers will reach 300 million, which will definitely provide a broader market and more precious cooperation opportunities for Asia Pacific states.

At present, China has signed bilateral air transport agreements with 123 countries and regions, 27 of which are Asia Pacific states. There are 134 airlines from 59 countries operating 7544 weekly flights into China, connecting 135 foreign cities with 51 Chinese cities. In the Asia Pacific region, there are 65 airlines from 21 countries operating flights to China, with nearly 7,200 flights travelling between 59 cities in China and 92 cities in the Asia Pacific region every week.

Currently, China has become the region's largest and the world's second largest air transport market. China has the capability and is also willing to provide more public products to the Asia Pacific region and the whole world, especially to put forward new initiatives and ideas and contribute Chinese wisdom to the development and cooperation within the Asia Pacific region.