About CNY200 billion will be spent to develop 51 civil aviation projects linked to the “Belt and Road Initiative”. China built 15 new airports and expanded 28 existing ones in provinces involved in the initiative during the past two years. A total of CNY4.7 billion was allocated to these provinces over the same period to upgrade air traffic control installations and equipment. Twenty-four out of 83 new air routes planned to be opened this summer and autumn by Chinese airlines will link cities in China and areas covered by the initiative, including four countries that now have no air links with China.