China and Canada will increase direct flights to meet the demand for travel and trade between the two countries, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Wednesday.
Air Canada plans to increase the frequency of its weekly round-trip flights from Vancouver to Shanghai from the current four to seven, beginning from Dec 7 onwards, according to the CAAC.
The airline will resume the operation of its route from Vancouver to Beijing from Jan 15, 2025, offering seven round-trip flights per week.
Meanwhile, Chinese airlines are also expediting their application process for additional flights.
The surge in direct flights between China and Canada will help satisfy personnel exchange and economic and trade demand and promote the further recovery of their shared air transport market, the CAAC said.
China, Canada to increase direct flights to satisfy travel, trade demand
China's marine economy showed steady progress in the first three quarters of 2024, with a gross ocean product of 7.7 trillion yuan (more than 1.08 trillion U.S. dollars), a 5.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to the data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Thursday.
Approved sea-use areas grew 6.7 percent year on year, involving over 740 billion yuan (nearly 104 billion U.S. dollars) of investment in marine projects.
Marine energy production remained stable, with crude oil and natural gas output up by 5.9 percent and 8.8 percent respectively, and offshore wind power generation surged by 29.5 percent.
The output of domestic marine aquatic products rose over 4 percent.
Shipbuilding sustained its growth trend, with new orders, completed vessels and on-hand orders soaring over 45 percent, 31 percent and 31 percent from the same period of last year, respectively, keeping China in the lead in the global shipbuilding sector.
China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3
