4月19日，中国日报刊登新闻Number of UAV pilots takes off，小编在此贴心送上英文全文及中文翻译。

Licensing rules have resulted in fewer commercial flight disruptions

The number of civilian pilots certified to operate unmanned aerial vehicles－known as UAVs or drones－and training centers has soared over the past four years, according to an industry report released on Wednesday.

As of the end of 2017, China had 199 qualified training centers for civilian drone pilots and issued 24,407 certificates, according to a report issued by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of China, a nonprofit organization.

In 2014, China had just 18 such training centers. The number of certificates issued rose by more than 50 percent in the second half of last year. As of July, the association had issued 15,545 certificates.

"It shows that drones can be used in diverse businesses, which brings great convenience and incomparable advantages over manned aircraft," said Wang Xiazheng, director of the association's department that deals with unmanned aircraft.

The China Civil Aviation Administration authorized AOPA-China to issue licenses beginning in 2015. The administration requires licenses for people operating unmanned aerial vehicles heavier than 7 kilograms.

The report also found that about 60 percent of pilots are 24 to 32 years old, and more than 95 percent are male.

The development of drones has boomed since 2014. China produced nearly 450,000 drones in 2016, and the total likely hit 500,000 in 2017, according to Wu Renbiao, vice-president of Civil Aviation University of China in Tianjin.

"There are around 3 million drones worldwide, 75 percent of which were made in China," Wu said in an earlier interview with China Daily.

The scale of China's unmanned aerial vehicle market will likely grow at an annual rate of 30 percent between 2017 and 2021, Li Jian, deputy director of the administration, said at a conference in March.

The rapid development also comes with a downside. Civil aviation has occasionally been interrupted by unmanned aircraft. Last year, the administration reported 19 illegal drone flights around Chinese airports in May, which affected 326 commercial flights.

That prompted the administration to introduce regulations requiring real-name registration of drones weighing more than 250 grams. As of March this year, more than 180,000 drones in civilian use had been registered under real names.

Thanks to the new measures, incidents of commercial air travel disruptions have been significantly reduced, the authorities said.

译文：

根据周三（2018年4月18日）公布的《2017中国AOPA民用无人机驾驶员报告》显示，在过去的四年中，取得无人机驾驶执照的人员数量增长迅速。

中国航空器拥有者及驾驶员协会（中国AOPA）在其发布的该报告中表示，截止到2017年底，中国境内已设立了199家无人机训练机构，取得无人机合格证的人数更是高达24407人。

2014年，全国只有18家无人机训练机构。而仅在2017年下半年，无人机驾驶员合格证的颁发数量就增长了将近一半以上。截止到2017年7月，中国AOPA已经颁发了15545个合格证。

中国AOPA无人机事业部主任王夏峥在接受记者采访时表示“无人机用途广泛，方便快捷，和传统的飞机相比，具有无可匹敌的优势。”

从2014起，中国AOPA正式经中国民用航空局授权，负责在视距内运行的空机重量大于7千克以及在隔离空域超视距运行的无人机驾驶员的资质管理工作。

我们在这项报告中也发现，将近60%的飞行员的年龄都介于24岁—32岁，并且95%的飞行员为男性。

无人机行业近些年来发展迅猛，从2014年，该行业就进入了一个井喷期。中国在2016年制造了将近450000架无人机。而据中国民航大学副校长吴仁彪表示，在2017年，无人机数量很有可能突破500000架。

早些时候，在接受中国日报记者的采访中，吴仁彪曾说道“全球目前有大学300万架无人机，而其中75%是由中国制造的”

局方相关负责人在今年三月的一场会中曾表示，在未来的四年中，中国无人机市场规模将会以每年30%的增长率迅猛增长。

当然随着行业迅速发展，有些问题也会凸显出来。例如民航运输飞机在飞行的过程中会不时地受到一些无人机的干扰。去年五月，曝光了19起无人机非法飞行的案件，有326架班机受到了这些事件的影响。

这些事件促使中国民用航空局出台了新的管理规定——对起飞重量超过250克的无人机实行实名登记。截止到今年三月为止，完成实名注册的民用无人机数量就超过了180000架。

中国民用航空局方面表示，由于新的管理规定出台，违规非法飞行事件明显减少了。

文章来源：中国日报

翻译：中国AOPA