Longest line of paper aircrafts sets record in Beijing

The longest line of paper aircrafts, a new Guinness World Record, was achieved on Thursday in Beijing.

The 14,285 paper aircrafts created a line measuring 3,029.02 meters in length. The project, which was initiated by the China Children and Teenagers' Fund and the Sister Ma Food Company in May, collected paper planes from students of 100 schools in 22 provinces. The final paper planes were selected from the more than 60,000 they received

According to the fund, each of the airplanes had the dream of a primary or middle school student written on it, as the project aims to help children get interested in handicrafts and keep them away from electronic devices. This record was also said to be a gift for the 69th anniversary of National Day, which falls on Oct 1

The dreams on the planes include; "I want to live for myself", "I wish to become a superstar" and "I wish to spend my next school year happily".

Jin Sihan, a 7-year-old girl from Beijing, said: "My wish is to get a perfect score on all the tests so my mother could reward me with nine pieces of ice cream."

"The work was tougher than what we've imagined," said Fu Chuanxue, an officer for CCTF. "We need to connect these aircrafts end to end to form a serpentine shape. Planes in neighboring lines should be strictly separated," he added.

As introduced by Fu, some 30 people worked to connect the planes. It took them nearly 20 hours to meet the final standard

Marco Frigatti, Global Records senior vice-president of Greater China at Guinness World Records, said: "There are so many world records in China. Guinness has strong values of integrity, respect, inclusiveness and passion. And we love young people and kids, because they have a lot of creativity and imagination and could help us make a record."