Ministers meet the media: Highlights

Ministers are taking questions from the media about the most pressing public issues. This is the second ministers' "passage interviews" of this year's two sessions.

Passage interviews got their name because they usually take place on walkways leading to the main hall of the Great Hall of the People before or after plenary meetings of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Here are the highlights:

Country's aviation sector will boost efforts to provide higher quality services: Feng Zhenglin

Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, is interviewed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 3, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said the country's aviation sector will boost efforts to provide higher quality services, as well as improved safety and accessibility.

The on-time rate of national flights reached 80.13 percent, the highest level since 2010. Passengers also saw more quality services at airports with a paperless ticketing drive, a better ticket change and refund system and wi-fi coverage on more than 300 planes, Feng said.