China's civil aviation booms with safer, greener record (2)

The CAAC also forecast that a total of 320 million plane trips will be made in China in 2012, up 30 million year on year.

The Beijing Capital International Airport, the world's second busiest airport by passenger volume, is expected to serve 80 million passengers year-round, according to the administration.

Next year, China's civil aviation market targets passenger traffic of 350 million, and about 75 billion yuan will be pumped into infrastructure construction, Li said.

China had 180 airports for civil aviation use by 2011. To meet rising demand, the country vowed to build 82 new airports and upgrade 101 others during the 12th Five-year Plan period (2011-2015).