Every year in the next five years, the country will add more than 100 planes, meaning we will need more than 1,000 pilots. We will face great pressure in training good pilots for these planes.

China will purchase more than 100 aircraft each year in the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10).

By 2010, the mainland will have about 186 airports, up from 142 currently.

Of course, in future we will integrate the fees collected on international routes and domestic routes.

Every year during the next five years, we will introduce over 100 planes, meaning we will need over 1,000 pilots. We will be able to basically meet this requirement ... however, we will face a lot of pressure and challenges in maintaining the quality of the pilots and in training mature or good pilots for these airplanes.

Particularly the shortage of flight personnel and the shortage of usable airspace are two big bottlenecks restricting the development of civil aviation in China.