Major Chinese Bizav Center Planned in Inner Mongolia

Representatives of China’s Ordos Airport Industrial Zone (OAIZ) in Inner Mongolia and China Aviation Investment Group (CAIG) recently announced the establishment of the Ordos World Aviation Expo Industrial Zone, created to stimulate development of an indigenous aircraft manufacturing and services industry, as well as high-end tourism.

A nearly 2,000-acre air park, designed to attract aviation businesses from around the world, will be the centerpiece of the $8 billion World Aviation City industrial zone and include “bases” for general/business aviation, aircraft exhibitions, aviation education and commerce and related activities. Plans call for the facility to include a shopping mall, amusement park, golf course and boutique hotel.

CAIG vice president Jiang Michael said that planning for most of the bases has been completed, and a new terminal, which will become the air park’s FBO, has already been built at Ordos Ejin Horo Airport. A corporate aircraft exhibition at the fledgling development is planned for next September, and “first opening” of World Aviation City is scheduled for Aug. 1, 2016.