China's civil aviation sector is implementing the steady and orderly resumption of scheduled international passenger flights to speed up the recovery of the global aviation market, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To fulfill the needs of overseas students and people involved in international exchanges looking to return to their home countries, the Civil Aviation Administration of China is working under the coordination of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council to carry out the resumption of the flights, said Xu Qing, deputy director of the administration's Department of Transportation, at a news conference on July 12.

Xu also noted that the effort is taking into account the evolving pandemic situation, the optimization of recent prevention and epidemic control measures and the improvement of the ability of local regions to receive international flights.

She added that the CAAC will continue to strengthen communication with other countries to increase the number of international flights.

China's international civil aviation market has been badly affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic.