Senior Chinese Official Meets With ICAO Secretary General

Chinese State Councilor, Ma Kai, met with Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in late September.

During the meeting, Ma addressed a comment regarding the fine level of cooperation between China and the ICAO. He said that China's civil aviation industry had been developing rapidly and its overall air transportation amount, the whole passenger transportation amount and cargo transportation amount had all ranked the very high globally. Ma also said that China hoped to boost exchanges and cooperation with the ICAO in various areas and could play a more active role in promoting aviation safety in northeast Asia.

Raymond Benjamin thanked Ma for meeting with him and stated that the ICAO attached much importance to its cooperation with China and was happy to see a bigger role by China to promote aviation in the region.

During the meeting, Li Jiaxiang, Minister of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) was present.

国务委员兼国务院秘书长马凯9 月下旬在 中南海会见了国际民航组织秘书长雷蒙●邦雅 曼。

马凯对中国与国际民航组织间的良好合作 予以积极评价。他说，中国民航事业发展十分 迅速，航空运输总周转量和客货运输总周转量 已位居世界前列。中国希望继续加强与国际民 航组织在各领域的交流和合作，特别是更好地 发挥提升东北亚地区航空安全水平的作用。

雷蒙●邦雅曼感谢马凯的会见，并表示国 际民航组织重视与中国的合作，乐见中国在促 进本地区国际航空发展中发挥更大的作用。

会见时，中国民用航空局（Civil Aviation Administration of China，简称“民航局”）局 长李家祥等在座。