Want China Times, Staff
Reporter 2015-03-06
Zhang Zhijun, minister of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said the M503 flight route that goes along the Taiwan Strait's median line is a path of peace between Taiwan and China, but refused to reveal when the route will be implemented, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily.
Zhang Zhijun talks to the press. (Photo/CNS) |
Zhang Zhijun, minister of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said the M503 flight route that goes along the Taiwan Strait's median line is a path of peace between Taiwan and China, but refused to reveal when the route will be implemented, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily.
During a
press conference with reporters on Thursday, the official said the route will
only be used by civilian aircraft and is set up to resolve the problem of
crowded airspace around the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas. The aircraft will
fly closer to China and within the Shanghai Flight Information Region, said
Zhang, who added that the International Civil Aviation Organization has
approved the route and assigned a code for it.
He said
Taiwanese and Chinese officials reached an initial agreement over the issue on
March 2 in Shanghai, when Chinese authorities agreed to a delay in the adoption
of the M503 route and the three feeder routes W121, W122 and W123. W121
connects with Dongshan, W122 connects with Fuzhou, and W123 with Xiamen.
Zhang said
the route will be a good thing for both Taiwanese and Chinese travelers and
that commentators should not read too much into the politics of it.
In January,
China declared the plan to launch the north-south M503 route without
consultation with Taiwan along with the three other east-west feeder routes,
which immediately drew protest from the Taiwanese government.
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