China Civil Aviation Forum is designed to serve as a high-level communication platform for global aviation leaders. It is hosted by Civil Aviation Administration of China and organized by Civil Aviation Management Institute of China. It focuses on long-term trends and hot issues, and discusses strategies for the development of civil aviation industry. Since its beginning, the forums have proved a series of success, greatly promoting the communication among aviation community home and abroad.

The conference of the Forum is held in each May, and is so far the largest and highest-level meeting in China's civil aviation industry. In each May, around 700 top officials, leaders, specialists and celebrities from across the world gather together to exchange ideas and deliver brilliant speeches on the industry's hot issues. The attendance of these outstanding and influential guests made the forum truly a resounding success with significant influence on civil aviation community.

The Forum held in each May has become an annual practice in global aviation community. This annual meeting is a grand international forum for top officials, leaders, entrepreneurs, specialists and celebrities from various international organizations, industrial associations and enterprises of global aviation industry, and a primary platform for domestic and overseas airlines, airports, ATC, manufacturers, aviation schools and consulting institutions to communicate interactively on hot issues of the industry.

China Civil Aviation Development Forum 2012 will be held at the China World Summit Wing Beijing, China on May 23 and 24, 2012.