Jointly led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and China Civil Airports Association (CCAA), a Chinese civil aviation delegation (22 delegates) will be visiting London during 16-19 October 2024. DBT and BAG are working closely to support their visiting programme which is a combination of Government-to-Government The 16th Sino-UK Airport Working Group (AWG) meeting and B2B activities including China airport industry briefing session, business networking and technical visit to an UK airport. We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce UK policy/regulation around ground handling service, Airport Users Committee and showcase UK expertise in aviation training, airport emergency and crisis management, airport efficiency optimization, runway intrusion prevention, relocation of damaged aircraft, airfield management, non-suspending construction.
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Time: |
0900-1330 GMT, Thursday 17th October 2024 |
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Language: |
Chinese/English (with simultaneous interpretation) |
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Venue: |
1/F Market Square at 80 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QS |
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MC: |
Mr Zhang Jingwei, Assistant to Chairman of CCAA |
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Acronym: |
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CAAC: |
Civil Aviation Administration of China |
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CCAA: |
China Civil Airports Association |
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DBT: |
Department for Business and Trade |
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AWG: |
Airport Working Group |
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Agenda: |
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0900-0905 |
Welcome speech by DBT |
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0905-0910 |
Opening remark by Madam Wang Ruiping, Chairman of CCAA |
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0910-1105 |
Chinese airports briefing session: each Chinese airport to present an overview of their expansion projects, including budget, latest updates, procurement needs and timeline, etc. 0910-0935 Guangdong Airport Authority 0935-0950 Chongqing Airport Group 0950-1005 China West Airport Group 1005-1020 Hubei Airport Group 1020-1035 Guizhou Civil Aviation Industry (Group) |
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1035-1050 |
Q&A Session |
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1050-1100 |
Tea/coffee break |
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1100-1200 |
Sharing session by selected Chinese and UK supply chain companies on best practice and new technologies/products and discuss how both sides can leverage the cooperation between CCAA and British Aviation Industry to strengthen best practice sharing on airport construction and operation, and exchange of new technologies/products. 1100-1115 Arup (Will Cavendish, Global Digital Leader) 1115-1130 Civil Aviation Electronic Technology Co. Ltd 1130-1145 Biral 1145-1200 Feeyo Technology Co. Ltd |
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1200-1210 |
Q&A Session |
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1210-1220 |
Closing remarks by senior leaders of DBT and CCAA |
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1230-1330 |
Working lunch |
PARTICIPATION
It is free to attend the above mentioned China Airport Industry Briefing Session and Business Networking event. This event is specifically designed for UK aviation supply chain companies, so we encourage those who are already established or interested in China market to sign up it. Given the limited space, we request that this is limited to two representatives per company.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
To register your participation in this event, please simply send an email confirmation with your company, name and title to Rae.Deng@fcdo.gov.uk by COP Friday 20th September 2024. We are still shaping the programme and will send you a final version in due course.
