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Sector radar / Civil aviation

Civil aviation rank 16 of 16 (range 15–16 under random weights) · evidence thin · set precision 9/10

Sector brief: what Chinese policy is doing in this sector, how it treats foreign firms, who is named, and what China sells abroad. Every figure links to its documents. Goods: Aircraft (8802), turbojets and turbines (8411).

Policy momentum -2.31Provincial spread -1.62Money -0.96Local preference -1.02Substitution -0.62Export growth -0.39Exports to EU, growth -0.53EU share +0.50Export / import -1.26EU dependence -0.98
1
Documents, last 24 months
momentum 0.22× · central 0, provincial 1, city 0
1
Provinces active (36 m)
Fujian
4
Documents with money measures
12% of 32
0
Local-preference documents
0% · 0 name foreign-owned firms
$6.7bn
China's exports, 2025
4% a year since 2019
29%
to the EU-27
$1.9bn · 4% a year
5%
China's share of EU imports, 2025
0 points since 2019 · €3bn
0.2×
Exports per $ imported
imports $30.9bn
0 / 0
Start / end in 12 months
EU countervailing cases held: 0

Next five years: named in 8 of the 15 15th Five-Year Plan outlines held (2.1 mentions per 100k characters), against 6 of 7 14th-plan outlines (2.5): 0.9× as dense; up in 1 and down in 2 of the 4 places with both. Xi'an: “3.航空航天:突破关键核心技术,实现国产化替代,全面提升大飞机配套能力,完善产业链条,形成国产大飞机总装集成能力。” (outline) Plan watch.

Reading, by audience

Risk and trade policyPolicy output on civil aviation is slowing relative to the rest of the corpus (1 documents in 24 months, in 1 provinces). China exported $6.7bn of these goods in 2025, +4% a year since 2019; 29% went to the EU-27 (+4% a year). From the EU side, China supplied 5% of the EU's imports of these goods from outside the EU in 2025 (-0 points since 2019). No EU countervailing case held on these goods.
Compliance and legal0 of 32 documents (0%) carry a provision or condition that favours local or Chinese firms or production. 0 sector measures come into force and 0 expire in the next 12 months.
Investors4 documents (12%) carry a fiscal or financial support measure. 0 firms are named on lists in these documents.
ResearchSector set: 32 documents whose title names the sector, plus 1 in its topic tree (32 together). Measures and preference are keyword and model screens: leads to check against the text. Momentum is relative to the corpus, which reduces but does not remove the effect of uneven collection.
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Documents per year

CentralProvincialCityCounty
025810131415161718192021222324252611

Documents held, so collection shapes the curve; the momentum ratio is relative to the corpus.

China's exports, USD bn

WorldEU-27US
$0$2.0bn$4.0bn$6.0bn$8.0bn2019202020212022202320242025World $6.7bnEU-27 $1.9bn
Headingworldgrowth/yrEU-27EU since 2023share of EU imports
Aircraft 8802$2.5bn9%$775m 27% 5%
Turbojets and gas turbines 8411$4.1bn2%$1.2bn 2% 5%

EU price and volume: imports from China €87.08/kg against €892.99/kg from other suppliers in 2025 (-90%; -91% in 2023). Volume since 2023: China 17%, others 5%.

Central → local: who restated the sector's central documents

DateCentral documentprovincesmedian lag
2024-03-27四部门关于印发《通用航空装备创新应用实施方案(2024-2030年)》的通知
Notice from Four Departments on the Issuance of the ‘Implementation Plan for the Innovative Application of Ge…
工信部联重装〔2024〕52号
1211 d trace →
2021-12-30民用航空零部件出口分类管理办法
Measures for the Classification and Administration of Civil Aviation Component Exports
商务部令2006年第6号
0none held trace →
2023-08-18关于民用航空发动机和民用飞机税收政策的公告
Announcement on Tax Policies for Civil Aviation Engines and Civil Aircraft
财政部公告2023年第27号
0none held trace →
2021-03-24民航局关于印发《通用航空空管运行规定》的通知
Notice from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on the Issuance of the ‘Regulations on the Operation o…
0none held trace →

Across all State Council directives the median lag to a province's implementing document is about 151 days (middle half 84–259).

Where in China

Provincedocuments (36 m)leanswith moneyfavouringlocal-only programmes
Fujian1–00 2% of 199 exposure →

Latest central documents

2024-03-27四部门关于印发《通用航空装备创新应用实施方案(2024-2030年)》的通知
Notice from Four Departments on the Issuance of the ‘Implementation Plan for the Innovative Application of Ge…
工信部联重装〔2024〕52号
2023-08-18关于民用航空发动机和民用飞机税收政策的公告
Announcement on Tax Policies for Civil Aviation Engines and Civil Aircraft
财政部公告2023年第27号
2021-12-30民用航空零部件出口分类管理办法
Measures for the Classification and Administration of Civil Aviation Component Exports
商务部令2006年第6号
2021-03-24民航局关于印发《通用航空空管运行规定》的通知
Notice from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on the Issuance of the ‘Regulations on the Operation o…
2020-08-04通用航空经营许可管理规定(中华人民共和国交通运输部令2020年第18号)
Regulations on the Administration of General Aviation Operating Licences (Decree No. 18 of 2020 of the Minist…
交通运输部令2020年第18号
2020-02-13关于发挥好通用航空在疫情防控中作用的通知
Notice on Making Full Use of General Aviation in the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic
2019-11-28交通运输部关于修改《通用航空经营许可管理规定》的决定
Decision of the Ministry of Transport on Amending the ‘Regulations on the Administration of General Aviation …
交通运输部令2019年第30号
2019-07-24关于加强运输机场保障通用航空飞行活动有关工作的通知
Notice on Strengthening Support for General Aviation Flight Operations at Transport Airports
民航规〔2019〕41号

Latest local documents

2026-01-23福建省文化和旅游厅 中国民用航空福建安全监管局 中国民用航空厦门安全监管局 关于推进文化和旅游与民航业融合发展有关工作的通知
notice · Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
2022-02-13安徽省人民政府办公厅关于印发支持通用航空产业发展若干政策的通知
Notice from the General Office of the People’s Government of Anhui Province on the Issuance of Several Polici…
General Office of the Anhui Provincial People's Government
2020-10-25关于支持我市民航业发展的意见
opinions · Qingdao Municipal People's Government
2018-10-10山西省人民政府关于印发山西省通用航空业发展规划(2018-2035年)的通知
notice issuing a development plan · Shanxi Provincial People's Government
2017-09-05湖南省人民政府办公厅关于促进通用航空业发展的实施意见
Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of Hunan Province on Promoting the D…
Hunan Provincial People's Government
2017-05-17福建省人民政府办公厅关于印发促进通用航空业发展实施方案的通知
Notice of the General Office of the People’s Government of Fujian Province on the Issuance of the Implementat…
Fujian Provincial People's Government
2016-09-06安徽省人民政府办公厅关于促进通用航空业发展的实施意见
Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of Anhui Province on Promoting the D…
General Office of the Anhui Provincial People's Government
2016-06-24广东省人民政府办公厅转发国务院办公厅关于促进通用航空业发展指导意见的通知
Notice from the General Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province Forwarding the General Office…
General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
2015-12-31辽宁省人民政府关于促进通用航空和航空零部件制造产业快速发展的实施意见
Implementation Opinions of the People’s Government of Liaoning Province on Promoting the Rapid Development of…
辽宁省政府办公厅
2015-07-23安徽省人民政府办公厅关于加强通用航空安全监管工作的通知
notice · General Office of the Anhui Provincial People's Government

Measures

MeasureGroupFoundchecked precision
Tax reliefFiscal and financial support380%
Capital grantFiscal and financial support370%

Precision from the Data page: samples of ten, checked by the AI assistant; a human-coded sample is still to come.

Money on the table

安徽省人民政府办公厅关于印发支持通用航空产业发展若干政策的通知 2022-02-13 · Capital grant
对年度通用航空飞行达到1000架次(起降计1架次)的A类通用机场、达到2000架次的运输机场,由省级财政对通用机场及运输机场的运营公司分别给予最高100万元的补助,每个机场补助期限不超过3年,所需资金通过省民航发展专项资金予以解决。
福建省人民政府关于进一步促进民航业加快发展若干措施的通知 2013-04-07 · Capital grant
鼓励支持在闽设立独立法人的航空运输企业,引入大型航空企业在闽设立分公司、子公司和基地,加大运力投放,对新设基地航空公司的运力、原有基地航空公司的新增运力以及非基地航空公司增投的过夜运力给予适当补贴,到2015年基地航空公司在我省投入的飞机总数达到200架以上,形成航空公司优势互补、良性竞争的新格局。

Rules that favour local or Chinese firms

No favouring provisions screened.

Coming into force (12 months)

No in-force date in the next 12 months.

Expiring (12 months)

No end date in the next 12 months.

Firms named most often

FirmOwnershipListings
No firm lists in these documents.

Listed groups: reported government grants

No listed group in this sector with HKEX grants extracted.

How this sector is defined

32 documents whose title matches 民用航空(?:器|工业|制造|产业|零部件)|大飞机|航空发动机|通用航空|航空产业|航空制造|民航业, plus 1 in the topic tree aviation; 32 together. Goods: HS 8802, 8411. Measures and preference provisions are screen output; open each document for the clause.