China Business

Mar 29, 2006

Demand for civil aviation specialists seen to grow

TIANJIN - As China's civil aviation business rapidly develops, the demand for human resources continues to grow and experts say that China will need at least 240,000 civil aviation specialists in the next two decades. "China's civil aviation business will suffer a shortage in specialists for quite a long time in the future," warned Du Yefu, an expert from the Civil Aviation University of China.

Following the development goals for China's civil aviation sector, by 2020 the country's civil aviation market will reach the current

development scale of the United States. Yet Du said in terms of the numbers of civil aviation specialists, there still remains a large gap between the two nations.

In the United States, more than 700,000 people are working for aviation companies, but the number is less than 200,000 in China, despite the country's much larger population. Du said the number of planes and the size of the air companies dictate the demand for specialists in this business.

As the domestic civil aviation market opens further, many overseas aviation companies will expand in China, boosting aeroplane purchases. According to the International Air Transport Association, China will need 2,400 more planes over the next 20 years, making it the world's second largest aviation market.

(Asia Pulse/XIC)

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