Review: Subsidy policy will help to boost the development of China's navigation

Xinhua Beijing, April 30 (Xinhua Lin Hongmei) China Civil Aviation Administration will introduce the "General aviation subsidy management interim measures", and openly solicit views within the industry.　　Civil aviation authorities here said that the introduction of the method of navigation subsidy means that the state's support policy for general aviation has been implemented, will have a significant impact on the development of navigation. The general aviation Department of China Civil Aviation Administration said that over the years, China's general aviation due to insufficient investment, concern enough, seriously behind the development of transport and aviation. In 2009, general aviation had only 140,000 hours to fly, and 4.5 million hours for air transport, 32 times times the size of general aviation. Compared with the developed countries in the world, China's general aviation has a big gap. China to the end of 2009 has a general aircraft 997, operating flight 140,000 hours, general aviation airport more than 70, directly employed more than 8,000 people. The United States at the end of 2008 this group of data is 22.　　40,000, 27 million hours, 19,990 General Airport, 1.26 million people. China Civil Aviation Bureau director Eric Li said 30th that only by changing the backwardness of general aviation in order to effectively promote the overall development of China's civil aviation, to achieve a historic change from the civil aviation power to the civil aviation powers, to promote economic construction and social development play an active role. Sichuan Wenchuan "5. 12 "After the great earthquake, general aviation in the earthquake relief to fully demonstrate its efficient and fast, rapid response characteristics, but also ushered in a historic opportunity for development."