This Day, That Year

Item from June 8,1999, in China Daily: A girl poses in front of a Chinese-made miniature airplane outside a Beijing shopping center. ... The display was aimed at attracting flying enthusiasts. Many people, who have become wealthier under recent economic reforms, have a passion for such aircraft.

China's aviation industry has grown rapidly in the past decade.

Government statistics show that as of 2015, the country had 1,874 civilian aircraft and more than 300 airports to handle them.