This book contains the English translation and the official Chinese text of selected Chinese civil aviation laws and regulations. This book aims at providing a general introduction of civil aviation legal system in China, a summary of Civil Aviation Law, the administrative licenses and approvals occasioned by civil aviation activities in China, and selected practical issues that foreigners (including aircraft manufacturers, lessors, financing parties and investors) may be concerned about, including nationality registration of civil aircraft, regulations for the import of civil aircraft, rights in civil aircraft, liability of public air transport carriers, foreign investment and domestic investment in the civil aviation industry, establishing a public air transport enterprise or a general aviation enterprise, management of civil airports as well as consolidation, reconstruction and restructuring of civil aviation enterprises and airports. To learn about the Chinese civil aviation laws and regulations, foreigners may refer directly to the laws and regulations published at CAAC’s website. However, only limited official translations of such laws and regulations are available that cannot fully serve the purpose.

This book provides translations of selected Chinese civil aviation laws and regulations, covering major civil aviation legislations in China. The translations are made by the authors mainly from a lawyer’s perspective, and in line with relevant international conventions in cases where relevant provisions of the laws and regulations originates directly from such conventions.

The book is a welcome addition to the literature in the field and should be of interest to anyone dealing with Chinese aviation law.

This book is volume 8 in our Essential Air and Space Law series, a book series set up with the aim of establishing a collection of prominent studies in this particular field of law especially for experienced practitioners (e.g. lawyers, policy makers in governments, national and international organisations and private entities), in addition to scholars involved in the research and study of air traffic and space law.

Target group

Academics

Author's information

Zang, Hongliang (zanghl@globallawoffice.com.cn) is a partner with a leading PRC law firm Global Law Office (http://www.globallawoffi ce.com.cn) in the firm’s office in Beijing, China. His major practice areas include aviation law, corporate and securities law and construction law. He is specialized in aircraft transactions and foreign investment in the civil aviation industries, foreign direct investment, corporate finance, merger & acquisition, arbitration & litigation. He advised both domestic and international clients operating in various industries of civil aviation, energy & resources, telecommunication, manufacturing, hi-tech, shipping, real estate, retail, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, etc. Before he joined the law firm, he had an experience of in-house counsel of Air China from 1994 to 2000. Mr. Zang is a graduate of Xiamen University and received his LL.B degree in 1991, he also holds an LL.M degree (1994) of the China University of Political Science and Law. He passed the bar exam in 1994 and was admitted in the PRC in 2000.

Meng, Qingfen (caacmeng@163.com) is director of the legal division under policy and regulation department of CAAC. The legal division is mainly responsible for legislation of CAAC rules and amendments there of, and matters relating to international conventions and treaties. She is the author of various books and articles as well as a frequent speaker at national seminars and sympopsia. Ms. Meng is a graduate of the China University of Political Science and Law and received her LL.B degree in 1989 and LL.M degree in 1995, she also holds a public lawyer license.