China frees up low-altitude airspace for private citizens  

发改委:中国将鼓励私人飞行 考虑低空对个人开放

国家发展改革委员会基础产业司司长黄民在20日的《国务院关于促进民航业发展的若干意见》新闻发布会上表示，中国政府将“积极促进通用航空产业的发展”，包括低空空域对个人的开放，具体政策正在研究当中。

CNS (Beijing) -- The Chinese government plans to open up low-altitude airspace to individuals, as one of the measures to stimulate the civil aviation industry, said Huang Min, an official from China's National Development and Reform Commission on July 20. The plan is taking shape.

Individual use of low-altitude airspace includes private airplanes and is part of civil aviation, said Huang, who emphasized that beyond providing citizens more opportunities to fly, the top priority is safety.

"Our commission will collaborate with related authorizes to accelerate reform of the airspace management system and make full use of aerospace resources," said Huang.