September 05 - 08, 2013

Industry Base of The AVIC Helicopter - Free Trade Zone of Tianjin Port (Airport economic zone)

WHY CHINA HELICO EXPO ?

Helicopters play a crucial role, especially in the field of public welfare (agriculture, forestry, forest and city firefighting, fishing, construction, ocean monitoring, medical aid, meteorological service scientific experiments, training, culture, sports and police aviation), The certainty of a wide market demand in China is for these reasons an excellent opportunity to cease.

In 2010, only 206 helicopters were registered at  the Civil Aviation Administration of China.  
Knowing that helicopters are key to the Chinese development, the central government announced in 2011 the low-altitude airspace opening reform, organized through the following  3 steps:

1. In 2011, the reform starts in a few regions;
2. 2011  -  2015, the reform expand to cover all China;
3. 2016 - 2020, stabilization of the reform;

A fast growth for the next 20 years.

For the next 10 years, the Chinese civil helicopter needs intend to rise up to about 1500 helicopters and will be subject to a fast growth for the next 20 years.
This future increasing needs in the Chinese civil helicopter market is one of the main reason to accompany the world helicopter giants to participate to the exhibition.
Tianjin was chosen to host the gathering thanks to its importance as being the major centre of Civil Aviation Investment in China. Both Airbus and Eurocopter have significant manufacturing facilities within the large industrial park which the centre piece of China's Civil aviation ambition.