In order to further implement the guiding principles from the important speech delivered by President Xi Jinping during his inspection tour in Anhui and the national strategy of achieving integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region, a research team headed by CAAC Administrator Feng Zhenglin visited Anhui for a research on the local civil aviation development.

According to statistics, the civil aviation sector across the province handled a total of 15.192 million passengers in 2019, a Y-O-Y increase of 11.7%; and 93000 tons of cargo and mail, a Y-O-Y increase of 23.9%. In terms of the growth rates of passengers and cargo and mail handled, the province ranked fifth and third among all of the provinces in China respectively.?In 2017, Wuhu City was selected as one of the first group of pilot cities in China housing a comprehensive general aviation demonstration zone. To date, Wuhu City has introduced industrial projects related to, among others, general aviation aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft System, aircraft engines, propellers, composite materials and avionics, and has built on a step-by-step basis an ecological chain for general aviation industry development comprising the four links of R&D, manufacturing, maintenance and operation. Consequently, a general aviation industry system suited for Anhui has been established.