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Volume 14,Issue 3 Autumn 2012

CAAC, COSTIND establish Joint Promotion Commission

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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) established the Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Joint Promotion Commission on September 26th. Li Jian, vice minister of CAAC, and Jin Zhuanglong, vice director of COSTIND -- both directors of the Joint Promotion Commission -- attended the establishment conference in Beijing. The two officials awarded the plates to the two technical support units, both affiliated with the Joint Promotion Commission: the Airworthiness Technology Research and Management Center and the Airworthiness Examination and Authorization Technology Research and Management Center. The aims of the Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Joint Promotion Commission were: to strengthen development of the China civil aviation industry; to integrate and plan the construction of civil aircraft airworthiness examination, authorization and basic airworthiness validation capability; to vigorously develop an airworthiness science technology base and standard regulations research; to improve coordination between civil aviation airworthiness examination, authorization management and civil aviation industry research and production; to cultivate special airworthiness talents; to promote international cooperation and exchange; and to boost civil aircraft airworthiness work. The main roles of the joint commission include: to organize and establish strategy, plan and policy for civil aircraft airworthiness development; to study and decide important issues on airworthiness, such as management, examination and authorization, standard, validation technology, basic skill construction, and special talents team construction; to promote international bilateral airworthiness; and to coordinate and solve the important problems of civil aircraft airworthiness. According to CAAC Vice Minister Li Jian, current China civil aviation reform and development is at a new historic starting point. The period between now and 2020 will be the key for China to fulfill the historic stride transforming it from a big civil aviation country into a great civil aviation country. He also said that this period was an important time to establish a “new generation air transport system”. An office for the Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Joint Promotion was separately established by the Commission to act as its working organization. It will be incorporated in the third department of the system project of COSTIND and the Airworthiness Examination and Authorization Department of CAAC. There will also be two technical support units affiliated with the Commission: the COSTIND CAAC Airworthiness Technology Research and Management Center set up in the China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment, and the CAAC COSTIND Airworthiness Examination and Authorization Technology Research and Management Center based in the Civil Aviation University of China.

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