Central Air Traffic Management Committee

The Central Air Traffic Management Committee is an agency of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for national airspace control.

Central Air Traffic Management Committee

中央空中交通管理委员会
Formation	January 30, 1986
Type	Policy coordination and consultation body
Headquarters	Beijing
Director	Ding Xuexiang
Office Director	Cai Jianjiang
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Subsidiaries	Office of the Central Air Traffic Management Committee

Central Air Traffic Management Committee
Simplified Chinese	中央空中交通管理委员会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Kōngzhōng Jiāotōng Guǎnlǐ Wěiyuánhuì

History

On 30 January 30 1986, Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, approved the establishment of the State Council and the Central Military Commission Air Traffic Control Committee, with a vice premier concurrently serving as the director of the National Air Traffic Control Committee.^[1]

In October 2020, the National Air Traffic Control Committee was reorganized into the Central Air Traffic Management Committee.^[2] In March 2021, the new Central Air Traffic Management Committee was officially launched.^[3]

Functions

The committee is China's highest body regarding national airspace control.^[4]