New Conference To Explore Industry Growth in China

March 15, 2017 | Kerry Lynch

U.S. and Chinese officials are collaborating on a new conference that will be held later this month in Southern California to explore possibilities for expanding the business and general aviation sector in China. The new U.S.-China General Aviation Business Conference, to be held March 25-31 and hosted by Threshold Aviation, is attracting more than 30 representatives from Chinese government agencies, investment organizations, airport operations and academia.

“This is a first opportunity for U.S.-based companies to meet the people in China who are responsible to a great extent [for growing] the aviation business in China,” said Yuanyang Gao, director, General Aviation Industry Research Center, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the deputy secretary general for AOPA-China. “And [it] represents an opportunity for U.S. companies to share their expertise in an area that is new to China: general aviation.”

The conference includes two primary events to facilitate interaction between U.S. companies and Chinese attendees: a conference day on March 27 at the Embassy Suites in Brea, California, and an Aviation Expo on March 28 at Threshold Aviation at Chino Airport, California.

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“If China is to grow its general aviation industry, it needs assistance with literally everything involved in the infrastructure and the supply chain,” organizers note.