A City Springs up While an Airport Arises: World Routes 2018 Kicks off in Guangzhou

On September 16, the 24th World Route Development Forum kicked off in Guangzhou, an international metropolis built over 2230 years ago.

Release time : 2018-09-18 16:13:32

source : PR Newswire

Wen Wenxing, general manager of the Guangdong Airport Authority, adding that the ability to connect the country and the world and strong capacity to allocate resources have enabled Guangzhou to gain an inherent edge over developing the airport economy. Guangzhouhas been home to a number of high-end projects, represented by Airbus's and Boeing's plants of converting passenger planes into cargo planes. Another highlight is the city's aviation maintenance industry, which has witnessed the forming of the world's largest aircraft maintenance and freighter conversion bases.

Simultaneously, industries related to the airport economy have enjoyed rapid growth as Guangzhou continues to enhance its aviation strength. According to statistics, Guangzhou has ranked first in China by volume of cross-border e-commerce business for four consecutive years. The comprehensive bonded zone now houses over 1,000 companies engaging in cross-border e-commerce, and registering over 100,000 kinds of products. Each day, an average of over 140,000 lists of cargo was handled at the airport.

"This conference helps to demonstrate to the world the achievements of reform and opening up in Guangzhou, Guangdong and even China. We are willing to build more cooperation platforms with airports, airlines and travel agencies all over the world, and open up more channels to achieve win-win development," said Zhang Shuofu, Secretary of the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee, at the forum.

The international aviation community, gathering in China for the World Routes 2018, the third edition in China, holds high expectation for enhancing inter-connectivity and win-win cooperation, and draws a blueprint for the aviation development in the future.

Tewolde, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, expressed his hope to further expand the aviation market in China, and the company is planning to increase the flight frequency to Guangzhou and other major airports in China.

On September 10th, JC