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Projected number of civilian aviation airports in China by the end of the year, with 13 new airports due to be completed by then, according to Wang Kunzhi, deputy director of the airport department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Wang made the remarks at the 2013 China Airports Summit on Thursday. The country is expected to have more than 230 civilian airports by the end of 2015, according to the government's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15).