China Announces Aviation Alliance

China will soon be getting a new general aviation organization to promote industrial expansion in China. At AirVenture last week, Z-Park Sky Innovations General Aviation Alliance told reporters that the organization is aimed at helping expand GA in China, which is expected to total about $150 billion by 2020.

The alliance is headquartered in Zhongguancun Science Park (Z-Park on the north side of Beijing) in an area known as China's Silicon Valley. It's a nonprofit that encompasses more than 60 organizations including GA enterprises, research companies and institutional investors.Blue Sky Innovations LLC, based in the Plano, Texas, is a member of the alliance and represents the group in the U.S. Its role is to provide a western bridge between China's emerging GA market and world markets.