From August 19 to 23, the 56th Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation of Asia and Pacific Regions was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. CAAC Deputy Administrator Li Jian attended the conference with a Chinese civil aviation delegation.

The theme of this year's conference was Harmonizing Efforts to Meet the Capacity Constraints. More than 400 representatives from nearly 40 civil aviation authorities and 13 international organizations from the Asia-Pacific region attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Li Jian also met with President of the ICAO Council and exchanged ideas with EASA and civil aviation delegations from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, United Arab Emirates on aviation safety, technical cooperation, aviation environmental protection and the 40th Assembly of ICAO.