CAAC: China's aviation safety steady

CAAC: China's aviation safety steady

China's aviation safety was currently steady, according to sources from the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).

China carried out safety inspections of pilots, planes and strengthened aviation management, corrected overtime flights and canceled midnight domestic flights, said Yang Yuanyuan, director of CAAC. The country increased 800 million yuan (100 million US dollars) of capital on aviation safety last year.

Thanks to its unremitting efforts, China's aviation accident prediction rate was the same last year as in 2001, he said. Some 15 airline companies had no accidents and no predicted accidents last year.

China would further boost safety management this year, including revising four laws and 20 regulations, Yang said.