China – The Civil Aviation Flight and Operations Technology Forum 2025 will take place on 20–21 November in Chengdu, convening China’s aviation regulators, research institutions, OEMs, and training organisations to examine the next stage of flight training development, operational safety systems, and technology adoption across the country’s expanding aviation sector.

• The Forum is jointly organised by the Flight Technology Branch of the China Aeronautics Society, the Shanghai Aeronautics Society, and the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC)—the country’s largest pilot training institution and a central provider of ab initio training for China’s airlines.

• Co-hosting organisations include COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Customer Service, Donghai Airlines Technology Application Research Center, the Key Laboratory of Aviation Flight Technology and Safety, the Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aviation Flight Technology and Safety, CAFUC’s Flight Technology College, and Shanghai Galleon Aviation.

• Agenda topics will focus on lifecycle-based pilot development, safety-enhancing technologies, disruptive training tools, and emerging operational challenges facing China’s commercial aviation and training ecosystem.

Key discussion areas

• Pilot Skill Life Cycle Management System (PLM)

• Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA)

• Pilot emergency response, resilience and scenario-based training

• Integration of AI-driven tools, human-factors analytics, eye-tracking systems, AR/VR training and advanced simulation

• Latest simulator technologies and exhibition of new training devices

• High-altitude operation safety

• Flight data management and predictive-safety applications

• Modernisation pathways for training equipment across China’s ATO network

Source: Civil Aviation Flight and Operations Technology Forum