The Fuzhou Changle International Airport, which was personally planned and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping when he was working in Fujian, started the second phase of the expansion project on September 10, 2020. Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Yu Weiguo participated in the mobilization.

Changle International Airport is the country's first large-scale modern international airport entirely invested by local governments, embracing the great efforts of General Secretary Xi Jinping. In the early 1990s, General Secretary Xi Jinping used his far-sighted strategic thinking to scientifically plan and deploy the construction of Changle International Airport. From airport conception, planning, organization establishment, team selection to design planning, funding, and construction, he personally made decisions and personally Deployed, personally promoted, and specially established a leading group, took the lead in donating money, and conducted many field trips to the construction site to help solve difficult problems. The airport started construction in 1993 and officially opened to air in 1997. After more than 20 years of development, today's Changle International Airport has become one of the busiest airports on the southeast coast of China, and has been designated as the gateway hub airport for the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" by the National Civil Aviation Department. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Changle Airport has developed rapidly, and its annual passenger throughput has increased from 7.85 million in 2012 to 14.76 million in 2019.

Yu Weiguo emphasized that the second phase of Changle International Airport construction must follow the direction guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping, vigorously practice the people-centered development idea, benchmark international first-class standards, high-start planning, high-standard design, and high-quality construction , And strive to build a first-class international airport, to promote high-quality development and surpass in an all-round way, and accelerate the construction of new Fujian in the new era.

The second phase of the expansion project of Changle International Airport will build a second runway with a length of 3,600 meters and a width of 45 meters, a new T2 terminal building of 255,000 square meters, a 60-seat apron, a comprehensive transportation center of 80,000 square meters and A freight station of 25,000 square meters, supporting auxiliary production and living facilities, and introducing multi-standard transportation such as the Airport Second Highway, Metro F1 Line, Fupu Intercity Railway F2 Line, Funing Intercity Railway F3 Line, etc. After the project is completed, Changle International Airport will become a comprehensive urban passenger and cargo flow distribution hub that integrates multiple transportation modes such as aviation, railway, subway, and ground public transportation. Editor/Xia Changwang