INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW AIRPORT DEVELOPM<strong>EN</strong>T According to the 13th Five-Year Plan, the number of <strong>GA</strong> airports will exceed 500 by 2020; while under the provincial and enterprise planning, there will be 578 new <strong>GA</strong> airports built between 2017 and 2020, with investment of over 140 billion RMB (US$21B). By the end of 2020, the number of inoperation <strong>GA</strong> airports (including A1 and A2 type) is expected to be over 700. Civil airports can be divided into commercial service airport and <strong>GA</strong> airport. <strong>GA</strong> airports are regarded as an airport that is neither for military use, nor serving scheduled flights. <strong>GA</strong> airport can be categorized into A and B type, in which type A is opening to public and type B is non-public. Among the currently under-construction A1 and A2 <strong>GA</strong> airports, their construction sites include major agricultural production districts, forest regions, certificated 5A tourist attractions, vast territories with traffic inconvenience, <strong>GA</strong> industrial zones, training schools, etc. A3 <strong>GA</strong> airport construction points include highway service stops (helipad), first class hospitals (helipad), qualified tourism areas, agricultural production regions, etc. <strong>GA</strong> airport and infrastructure insufficiencies are headwinds to <strong>China</strong> <strong>GA</strong> industry development. The scale of the <strong>GA</strong> operation used to be relatively small, causing a low investment intention. The unsatisfying level of deregulation causes under-development in <strong>GA</strong> airport infrastructure and slowing down the overall <strong>GA</strong> development progress. In the 12th Five-Year Plan, government encourages enterprises to build more <strong>GA</strong> airports; while in the 13th Five-Year Plan, a target of having 500 <strong>GA</strong> airports is clearly established, as well as a higher level of deregulation. 47+3+50+ G Xinjiang 3 100+ G Tibet 47 5+1+94+ G 5 1 Qinghai 14+1+85+ 1 G Gansu Within the vast territories, such as Xinjiang, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, the importance of <strong>GA</strong> flight emerges. The northwestern area is massive, for example, Qinghai is eight times bigger than France with an area of 720,000sqkm. The most eastern and western sides of Qinghai are 1,000km apart, and the vertical distance between Xining and Haixi Perfecture is 400km. The center is a large piece of “No Man’s Land” and it would take six to seven hours to travel by driving. If the commuting time can be reduced to one hour with the <strong>GA</strong> flight, the regional convenience will be greatly increased. In some scenic areas, sightseeing air tours can be a new form of touristic activity for the public. The distance in the remote area imposes obstacle to the rescue team of in the event of a natural disaster. The government, therefore, pushes the <strong>GA</strong> airports to a strategic level, with both motivating the economy and boosting employment, as well as opening the industry for military use. By 2020, airport number 13 planned to reach 260. New airports such as Beijing Daxing International, Chengdu Tianfu International, Pearl River Delta, and Qingdao Jiaodong International airports, along with several others, will help solve the growing demand for civil aviation. Note: The map includes A1 and A2 level <strong>GA</strong> airports, and commercial service airport planned for 2017-2020. 54 | CHINA <strong>GA</strong> REPORT 2017
INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW Heilongjiang 21+2+77+ G 21 2 24+3+73+ Sichuan 24 G3 51+3+46+ G Yunnan 3 Inner Mongolia 31 3+1+96+ G Ningxia Chongqing 51 21+2+77+ G Guizhou 35+4+61+ G 2+3+95+ G Shaanxi 21 2 3 5 5+3+92+ 3 G 2 4 35 19+1+80+ G Guangxi 12+1+87+ G Shanxi 3 19 19+2+79+ G Hubei 19 19+1+80+ G 25+1+74+ G 100+ G 12 1 Hebei 2 Beijing 25 11+5+84+ G 14+7+79+ G 1 Hunan Henan 14 7 Guangdong 11 5 1 19 1 33+3+64+ G 15+1+84+ G Jiangxi Tianjin 4+2+94+ G 4 2 Anhui 15 1 19+2+79+ G 19 2 10+4+86+ G Fujian 8 8+3+89+ 3 G Jilin 1+1+98+ G 10 4 11 Liaoning 71+29+ G Jiangsu 37+2+61+ G Zhejiang 71 100+ G 33 3 Shandong 2 37 Shanghai Number of Commercial Service Airports Number of <strong>GA</strong> Airports 14+6+80+ G Hainan 14 6 2017 CHINA <strong>GA</strong> REPORT | 55