According to a message on the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, on September 27 local time, at the 42nd Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) held in Montreal, Canada, China was re-elected as a Category I Member State with a large number of votes. This is the 8th time since 2004 that China has been elected as a Category I Member State of the ICAO Council.
184 countries participated in this vote. In addition to China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States were also elected as Category I Member States. Since resuming participation in ICAO activities in 1974, China had been continuously elected as a Category II Member State for ten consecutive terms and first ran for a Category I Member State in 2004, which it has retained ever since.
Photo from the 42nd Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization - Website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China
In recent years, China's civil aviation has made significant progress in multiple areas such as aviation safety, transportation scale, infrastructure construction, operational efficiency, technological innovation, and green development. The management level of civil aviation safety in China has continued to improve. In 2024, it passed the Universal Safety Oversight Audit of the ICAO with a score of 90.19, ranking among the top aviation powers. The transportation scale has remained in the top two globally for 20 consecutive years. In 2024, the total transport turnover reached 148.52 billion ton-kilometers, passenger transport volume reached 730 million people, and cargo and mail transport volume reached 8.982 million tons. For many years, it has contributed more than 20% to the growth of global air transport. As of the end of 2024, the total number of transport aircraft reached 4,394, the number of transport airports reached 263, and the total number of registered drones reached 2.177 million. The efficiency of air navigation services has continued to improve, with the flight normal rate remaining above 80% for seven consecutive years. The transition to low carbon has been deeply promoted, with pilot projects for sustainable aviation fuel and the construction of low carbon airports being implemented in an orderly manner.
As a founding member and member state of the ICAO, China has always adhered to the purposes and objectives of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, firmly practiced the Global Development Initiative, actively responded to the ICAO's "No Country Left Behind" action, and made positive contributions to promoting the safe, orderly, efficient, and sustainable development of international civil aviation.
The ICAO Council is a permanent body responsible to the ICAO Assembly. The three categories of council members are elected by each member state through voting. Among them, Category I Members are composed of countries that play a major role in air transport, Category II Members are composed of countries that make the greatest contribution to providing facilities for international civil air navigation, and Category III Members are composed of countries that ensure that major regions of the world have representation on the Council.
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