On June 22-23, Wang Zhiqing, deputy chief of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), led a delegation to visit Mexico and met with the head of Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC).

During the meeting, the two parties exchanged in-depth views on strengthening cooperation between Mexico and China in the civil aviation industry, and signed a meeting protocol, which will involve havin a more flexible legal framework to encourage business collaborations in the air transport sector, as well as increasing services between the two countries.

In 2015, passenger traffic between the two countries saw a 13.8% increase, said the CAAC.

Currently, Aeromexico operates a thrice-weekly service between Shanghai and Tijuana. In April 2016, China's Capital Airlines submitted an application to the aviation watchdog for a thrice-weekly Beijing-Mexico City service. Scheduled in January 2017, the Beijing-Mexico service will be operated by Airbus A340 aircraft.