备受关注的亚洲财富论坛“中国私人飞机产业发展峰会”在北京举办。据悉，截至今年4月底，中国注册私人飞机已经有150架。亚洲财富论坛执行主席韩剑锋表示，中国私人飞机市场规模将每年增长20%以上，中国将有望超越美国成为世界上最大的私人飞机拥有国。相比于美国的20余万架私人飞机，国内富人所拥有的150架私人飞机目前来说不算什么。也正因如此，这个十年论有几分诡异的味道：十年井喷，究竟是商机还是炫富？

Li Jingsheng, a helicopter expert from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, says training a qualified pilot usually takes three to four years.

While it's not easy to be trained as a qualified pilot, it's also hard to buy a private aircraft in China these days. During the recently concluded China Helicopter Expo 2011, the cheapest private helicopter was tagged with a price of three million yuan. The exhibitor explains:

"We would identify this type of private aircraft as an air taxi, suitable for an ordinary family. After paying for three to five million yuan, a family would be able to use helicopter."

Apart from the high price of private helicopters, the annual maintenance fee is about 10 to 20 percent of the purchase price of the helicopter. In addition to this, you also need to pay several hundred thousand yuan to learn how to pilot it.

Last but not least, private pilots have difficulty getting permission to fly in in China due to strict regulations regarding low-altitude airspace. Here is Li Jingsheng again.

"Applying for permission to fly takes about ten days or a week at least, it really takes some time."

But some insiders say the country is currently amending its airspace regulations and is expected to ease control on low-altitude airspace nationwide by 2015.
Although it's still hard for most ordinary people in China to own their private aircraft, many people say they are very interested in private helicopters.

One visitor at the helicopter exposition says he wishes to pilot private aircraft as he believes piloting an aircraft would allow him more freedom compared to driving a car on the road, meaning he would be able to get away from traffic jams.

China, the world's second-largest economy, reportedly ranks 4th international in terms of the number of dollar millionaires. And according to the Global Fortune Report 2011, rich Chinese have a particular interest in private aircraft.

Some insiders say China needs to build more helipads and airports for private aircraft to take off and land. The helipads and airports should also be able to provide proper maintenance for the aircraft. And the shortage of pilots is a hurdle that Chinese private aircraft businesses must clear.

According to one expert, more than 600,000 people own flying licenses in the United States, compared with 20,000 in China.

For CRI, I am Zhang Wan.

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