On September 10, the civil aviation science and technology innovation demonstration zone project started construction in Chengdu Tianfu International Airport City, marking the implementation of the national strategy of innovation driven development of a new level, which will provide important scientific and technological support for the building of a strong civil aviation country in the new era, and new power and impetus for the industrial upgrading and high-quality economic development of Sichuan Province. CAAC Administrator Feng Zhenglin attended the commencement ceremony and announced the start of construction. Yin Li, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Sichuan Provincial Government, delivered a speech.

The civil aviation science and technology innovation demonstration zone is jointly constructed by CAAC and Sichuan Province, which will be the first civil aviation high-tech demonstration park in China, and is planned to include a world-class innovation platform for civil aviation advanced technology and a research and development center for major technical equipment. The project will be constructed in two phases, with a planned investment of 10.63 billion yuan in the first phase. After completion, the project is expected to greatly improve the basic conditions of China's civil aviation scientific research, and to accelerate the agglomeration and establishment of a world-class high-tech industrial cluster of civil aviation.