China aims to add 216 new airports by 2035 and develop some regional transport hubs, China Daily quoted the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as saying on Tuesday.

中国日报》周二援引中国民航总局的话称，中国的目标是到2035年新增216个机场，并开发一些区域性交通枢纽。

As of the end of October, China had 234 civil airports and is expected to have around 450 by 2035, according to a civil aviation development guideline from the CAAC, the newspaper reported.

据该报报道，中国民航总局发布的民航发展规划显示，截至10月底，中国共有民用机场234个，预计到2035年将达到450个左右。

The demand for passenger transport in China will account for one-fourth of the world's total and exceed that of the United States by 2035, making China the largest air passenger market in the world, the guideline said.

该发展规划显示，中国的空客需求将占全球的四分之一，到2035年还将超越美国，使中国成为全球最大的航空客运市场。

It also said world-class airports will be built in the Yangtze River Delta¹ region, in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and in the Chongqing and Chengdu city cluster.

规划中还指出，将在长江三角洲地区、京津冀地区、粤港澳大湾区以及重庆和成都城市群建设世界级机场。

"Service has improved substantially, but existing airports are far from adequate and are unevenly² distributed throughout the country," said Dong Faxin, director of the administration's development and planning department.

中国民用航空局发展计划司司长董法鑫表示：“服务有了很大改善，但现有机场远远不够，而且在全国各地分布不均。”

In 2017, China's airports handled 552 million trips, and the number is expected to increase to 720 million by 2020, the administration said.

中国民航总局称，2017年中国机场的旅客运输量达到了5.52亿人次，预计到2020年，这一数字将增至7.2亿人次。