4th CATA Aviation Conference Opens in Beijing, Focusing on AI-Civil Aviation Integration
On September 17, the 4th CATA Aviation Conference opened in Beijing, running three days under the annual theme "AI and Civil Aviation Integrated Development," marking the first time AI serves as the main thread across the opening ceremony, industry forums and professional exhibition. CAAC Deputy Administrator Han Jun attended and addressed the conference, calling for holding the safety bottom line, focusing on scenario implementation and maintaining open collaboration. CATA Chairman Wang Changshun said the association will deepen industry self-discipline coordination and support technology innovation. The opening ceremony presented the 2025 Civil Aviation Science and Technology Awards, and…
Impact and considerations
The conference establishes AI as the year's overarching theme, accompanied by multiple cooperation agreements among airlines, airports, TravelSky and Turkish Airlines, indicating China's civil aviation sector is accelerating intelligent transformation and industry-academia-research collaboration. For airlines and airp…
Key points
- The 4th CATA Aviation Conference opened in Beijing on September 17 and runs for three days.
- The annual theme is "AI and Civil Aviation Integrated Development," with AI for the first time serving as the main thread across the opening ceremony, industry forums and professional exhibition.
- CAAC Deputy Administrator Han Jun attended and addressed the conference, calling for holding the safety bottom line, focusing on scenario implementation and maintaining open collaboration.
- CATA Chairman Wang Changshun said the association will continue deepening industry self-discipline coordination, supporting technology innovation and building high-quality exchange and cooperation platforms.
- The opening ceremony presented the 2025 Civil Aviation Science and Technology Awards, and Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Sichuan Airlines, TravelSky, Shanghai Airport Authority and Turkish Airlines signed multiple cooperation agreements.
- Hosted by CATA, the conference features one main forum and six sub-forums covering AI application trends, aviation logistics, aviation services, and civil aviation education, training and talent development.
- The professional exhibition covers about 22,000 square meters with themed zones for corporate brands, AI and aviation technology, aviation services, aviation-culture-tourism integration, science popularization and business matchmaking.
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- 中国航空运输协会
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- First source publication
- 17 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- 20 Sept 2026, 18:06
- Last updated
- 17 Sept 2026, 08:00
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