中國今年將投資大約770億元在機場建設

China is to invest about 77 billion yuan ($11.7 billion) this year on the construction of civil aviation infrastructure, especially airports, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

近日中國國家民航總局表示，我國今年計劃投入約770億元（摺合約117億美元）進行機場等民航基礎設施建設。

The agency said it will step up construction of important new airports, including those in Beijing, Chengdu, Qingdao, Xiamen and Dalian.

該機構表示，將加快建設的新機場涉及的城市包括北京、成都、青島、廈門和大連等。

Eleven key infrastructure projects and 52 upgrades or expansion work on civil aviation facilities will be started this year, the administration said in a statement.

該機構在一份聲明中表示，今年將開建11個重要基建項目、52個升級擴容項目。

It said work on Beijing's second international airport, the largest construction project in Chinese civil aviation history, is progressing well.

同時，中國民用航空史上最大的建設項目，即北京的第二國際機場，進展也一切順利。

China plans to build 66 new civil airports in the next five years, taking the number of such airports on the Chinese mainland from 206 to 272.

未來5年，我國還計劃新建66座民用機場，將大陸機場總數由目前的206座增加至272座。

Demand has been rising for air travel, spurring the development of more airports.

遊客搭乘飛機出行的趨勢正在上升，這是推動機場建設發展的因素之一。

The civil aviation administration said Chinese people made 440m trips by air last year and predicted that the figure could rise to 485m this year.

民航局表示，去年乘飛機出行人次爲4.4億，今年這一數字預計將達4.85億。