Civil Aviation Administration of China

Civil Aviation Administration of China
中国民用航空局
Agency overview
Formed1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Jurisdiction China
HeadquartersDongcheng, Beijing
Agency executive
  • Song Zhiyong (as of January 2023)[1], Administrator
Parent agencyMinistry of Transport
Websitecaac.gov.cn
CAAC headquarters
Flight Inspection Center of CAAC

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; 中国民用航空局) is the civil aviation authority of the People's Republic of China, under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents.[2]

As the aviation authority responsible for China, it concludes civil aviation agreements with other aviation authorities, including those of the Special administrative regions of China which are categorized as "special domestic."[3][better source needed] It directly operated its own airline, China's aviation monopoly, until 1988. The agency is headquartered in Dongcheng, Beijing.[4]

  1. ^ "Leadership". 中国民用航空局. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Legal directory" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Air Services Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", a treaty. This calls intranational service "specially managed domestic".
  4. ^ "English [dead link‍] Archived September 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine." [dead link‍]Civil Aviation Administration of China. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. "北京市东城区东四西大街155号."