“The Silk Road Adds Dreams to Build Kashgar” - A conference to promote the development of civil aviation in Kashgar was held in Kashgar, Xinjiang

The conference aims to implement the national "One Belt and One Road" strategy, seize opportunities for development, build a platform for cooperation, close exchanges between various parties, promote the development of civil aviation in the Kashgar region, and promote the economic and social development in the Kashgar region and Xinjiang to help the core of the Silk Road Economic Belt. District construction.

Zhang Zhonghua, Director of the Civil Aviation Xinjiang Authority, Li Ningping, Secretary of the Prefectural Party Committee of Kashgar, Palhaty Muteng, Commissioner of the Kashgar Presidency, General Manager of Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. and Ma Yilei, Vice Mayor of Urumqi City, attended the meeting and delivered important speeches. Wang Baoliang, deputy director of the Regional Investment Promotion Bureau of the Autonomous Region, and Maureit Ibrahim were invited to attend the meeting. Deputy General Manager of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Marketing Committee Lu Jun, Deputy Director of China Southern Airlines Corporation Marketing Committee Zhou Junbao, Tianjin Airlines Director of Marketing Li Xiang, Chairman of Urumqi Airlines Jian Jianjun, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd. Tu Changsheng Mr. Meng Zhongqiu, Deputy General Manager of Business Committee of Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd.; Fu Yuyan, General Manager of China Southern Airlines Xinjiang Branch; Mr. Jin Hucheng, Director of Xinjiang Air Transport Management Bureau; Mr. Jia Fuming, General Manager of Shihezi Airport Management Co., Ltd.; General Aviation General Manager Yang Hui, West Asia Helicopter Airlines Sheng Yu, Aifei Ke (Xinjiang) Aviation Club General Manager Tong Jianhui, and General Manager of Tianlu Airlines Sun Buqian attended the meeting.

Director Zhang Zhonghua briefed the delegates on the current development situation of civil aviation in the country and civil aviation in Xinjiang, analyzed how civil aviation took the lead and pioneers in the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and how civil aviation drove economic and social development in the Kashgar region and helped the Silk Road economy. Five suggestions were put forward for the construction of the core area. First, planning leads and consensus is reached. It is hoped that the Kashgar region will further seize opportunities for development, adapt measures to local conditions, learn from each other's weaknesses, give full play to Kashi’s unique geographical advantages, deepen exchanges and cooperation with countries in Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia, promote the upgrading of local industry, and establish new developments in the development of the airport's core areas. Benchmarking. The second is accurate positioning and safe development. At present, the capacity of Urumqi airport is saturated, and the overall guarantee capacity is insufficient. Tensions and capacity constraints have become an indisputable fact to limit development. The Authority is accelerating the idea of ​​promoting the coordinated development of Urumqi and the surrounding airport groups. At the same time, it actively encourages the use of string flights, round-the-clock flights, direct flights within the border areas, and vigorously developing international flights on the Silk Road Economic Belt. The third is to give play to their advantages and grasp the trend. "Times" is the focus of the "One Belt and One Road", the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the Kashgar Economic Development Zone. "Gedi" is the special location of Kashi "five to eight countries, all the way to Europe and Asia" and the advantage of the port of the cluster, "people "Harmony" is the humanistic superiority of Kashgar and neighboring countries' folk customs, languages, religious beliefs and cultures. We must fully integrate the three advantages. The fourth is to take all factors into consideration and coordinate development. The civil aviation industry is not only a mode of transportation, but also an important platform for effectively transforming the economic development mode and promoting the transformation and upgrading of economic structure. Opening up routes to increase flights not only brings passengers and cargoes to the airport, but route networks are more directly connected to regional industrial chains. The fifth is to take the initiative and win the initiative. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has a population of 3 billion, and it is the fastest and best option for aviation to support the construction of the economic corridor. It is hoped that aviation companies will seize opportunities and continue to open up markets to launch more abundant aviation products for the two peoples. It is hoped that the Kashgar region can focus on the current and long-term perspective, support the aviation development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and support the development of regional international routes. Lastly, Secretary Zhang Zhonghua issued an initiative: “The sea is rich with diving, and the sky is high for flying.” Xinjiang Civil Aviation is willing to work together with the Kashgar region to plan and strengthen cooperation to build a platform for the development of aviation companies. “Planting the phoenix trees and attracting gold "Phoenix", after concerted efforts of all parties, civil aviation can truly plug the wings of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

Xinjiang International Route Network

Li Ningping, secretary of the Kashgar Prefectural Party Committee, emphasized at the meeting that this meeting is a united, cooperative, and pragmatic meeting, reflecting the four characteristics of just timing, rich content, fruitful results, and in-depth exchanges. The development of civil aviation is to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. As an important platform, the Kashgar region has many advantages in the development of civil aviation, the urgent need for the development of civil aviation, and the broad prospects for the development of civil aviation. Secretary Li Ningping also proposed five ideas for the development of civil aviation in Kashgar. The first is to expedite the opening of routes, to open up the ring line on the basis of the routes from Kashi to Xinjiang, to open the route to the mainland on the basis of direct flights to the mainland, and to intensify the opening of international routes in the Silk Road Economic Belt. The second is to speed up the construction of the airport. The Kashi region fully supports the reconstruction and expansion of the Kashi Airport, creating conditions to ensure the smooth navigation of the Shache and Tumuhuk Airports, and urges the construction of the Tashkuergan Airport during the year. It will rely on Skyrocket to speed up the development of general aviation. Third, speed up the construction of the airport economic zone, rely on civil airports, economic development zones, integrated bonded zones, and industrial parks to develop “big airport economic zones” and rely on the development of radiation airports in the “small airport economic zone”. Fourth, to speed up the development of the aviation industry, the Kashgar region will issue a series of preferential policies to introduce airlines to set up bases in Kashgar, accelerate the preparation of Kashi Airlines, and promote the transformation and upgrading of modern service industries and advanced manufacturing industries. Fifth, actively seek policy and financial support. The Kashgar region will raise 80 million yuan per year on the basis of subsidy, and actively strive for the regional government and civil aviation development fund to support regional aviation development.

The layout of the airport economic zone

Kashmiri Palhadi, a general manager of Kashgar, introduced the economic and social development of Kashgar and the advancement of the “Belt and Road” initiative. Zhou Xiang, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation Xinjiang Authority, introduced the development of the Xinjiang aviation market and Xinjiang General Aviation, and focused on building supporting policies for the hub airports from local governments, industry governments, airlines, airport management agencies, and air traffic control. The explanation was given. The Director-General of the Xinjiang Air Traffic Control Bureau, Mr. Chung Hucheng, made a speech on building an air traffic hub in Kashi and building a large passage on the aerial silk road. The Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission introduced the development of aviation industry in Xinjiang during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period and the aviation subsidy policies for the Xinjiang branch. The director of the Kashgar Development and Reform Commission and Director of the Afforestation Office Yu Ruiyuan introduced the overall construction of civil aviation infrastructure in the Kashgar region. Some representatives of passenger airlines, cargo airlines, and general aviation companies made exchange statements on the construction of the Kashi portal hub airport and the development planning of the company in Xinjiang and Kashgar. China Southern Airlines Xinjiang Branch and Urumqi Airlines also signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Kashgar Regional Administrative Office.

Xinjiang Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, Department of Finance, Department of Commerce, Commission for Tourism Development, Urumqi, Yili, Turpan, Hami, Altay, Bazhou, Aksu, Kezhou, Hetian, and Bingtuan Third Division leaders, Shandong Province, Shanghai Municipality, Guangdong Province, and Shenzhen The deputy commander-in-chief of the municipal aid headquarters (forward), the leader of the Kashgar Party Committee, the administrative office of the NPC, the working committee of the NPC and the working committee of the Political Consultative Conference, the leaders of the Kashgar regional committee, office and bureau, 11 domestic passenger airlines and 3 cargo airlines A total of more than 180 representatives of the company, five general aviation companies and Xinjiang Civil Aviation District units attended the meeting.

Civil airport layout in Xinjiang

In recent years, with the support of both the industry and the outside world, civil aviation in Kashgar has developed rapidly. In 2016, Kashi Airport achieved a passenger throughput of 1.815 million passengers, ranked No. 2 in Jilin Airport, ranked No. 53 in the country, increased the number of airlines operating the Kashi Aviation Market to 11 and operated 18 routes. This year, Air China has newly opened the Kashgar-Chengdu route and China Southern Airlines has newly opened the Kashgar-Akesu-Zhengzhou and Kashgar-Korla-Xiani routes. Recently, China Southern Airlines will also open Kashgar-Turpan-Xi'an, Kashki-Korla-Karamay and Kashgar-Istanbul. Ning route, Urumqi Airlines will also open Urumqi - Kashgar - Yining route.