According to new regulation issued by Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), passengers under the following four conditions are exempted from paying airport construction fee:

1. International passengers in transit through domestic airports, but stay within airport buffer zone;

2. Passengers holding diplomatic passports take international planes for going abroad or departure from Hong Kong, Macao airports;

3. Children under 12 (or at 12) with half-fare tickets,

4. Passengers taking domestic planes for transit on the day (within 8 hours of interval to the next flight).

(People’s Daily 04/16/2001)