China Regulates Low-Altitude Tourism Industry with New Documents

The Civil Aviation Administration of the People's Republic of China has issued two normative documents to regulate the low-altitude tourism industry. The documents, the "Interim Measures for the Management of Aerial Sightseeing Market" and the "Interim Measures for the Management of Skydiving Flight Service Market", aim to promote the healthy and orderly development of new low-altitude tourism formats such as aerial tours and skydiving flight services. The regulations focus on market access, service standards, price management, and consumer rights protection.

Key Takeaways:

• The "Interim Measures for the Management of Aerial Sightseeing Market" consists of 29 articles divided into four chapters, focusing on enterprise market access conditions, aerial tour service standards, price management, consumer rights protection, and supervision and inspection.
• The "Interim Measures for the Management of Skydiving Flight Service Market" consists of 20 articles divided into five chapters, focusing on the definition, classification, division of regulatory responsibilities, access requirements, general requirements, safety requirements, contract requirements, consumer rights protection, prohibition of unfair competition, and supervision and inspection requirements.
• The issuance of the two "Interim Measures" is an important measure for the Civil Aviation Administration of China to actively assist the safe and high-quality development of the low-altitude economy, regulating market order, and protecting consumer rights and interests.
• The regulations aim to maintain market fairness and provide a solid institutional guarantee for the long-term sustainable and healthy development of the low-altitude tourism industry.

Statistics:

• The "Interim Measures for the Management of Aerial Sightseeing Market" consists of 29 articles.
• The "Interim Measures for the Management of Skydiving Flight Service Market" consists of 20 articles.
• The regulations will help to regulate market order and optimize the consumption environment for the low-altitude tourism industry.