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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TIANJIN, October 17 (Xinhua) — China's civilian helicopter fleet will increase to more than 1,700 units by 2029, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the Civil Aircraft Systems Engineering Research Center of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
A report on the forecast for the development of the Chinese civil helicopter market was published at the 2025 China Helicopter Industry Development Forum held in Tianjin, northern China.
Based on a comprehensive analysis of China's socio-economic development and the main applications of civil helicopters, the report presents the latest forecast for the development of the Chinese helicopter market over the next 10 years, according to which the total fleet of civil helicopters in China will exceed 2,000 units by 2034.
The report notes that after 2030, the expansion of China's civil helicopter fleet will slow as a result of increasing competition from advanced low-altitude flight technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
The report also noted a steady increase in the number of civil helicopter flight hours in China, amid ongoing optimization of the Chinese economic structure and the dynamic development of the country's low-altitude economy. According to forecasts, this figure will exceed 300,000 hours by 2029, and could surpass 370,000 hours by 2034.
By the end of 2024, China's civil helicopter fleet reached 1,403 units, a 2.3 percent increase year-on-year. Light helicopters continued to make up the bulk of China's civil helicopter fleet, accounting for over 40 percent.
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