About

China National Aviation Holding (CNAH) is the 100% shareholder of China Air, the flag carrier of China and an enormous aviation organisation that boasts a fleet of almost 400 aircraft. In addition to this, CNAH holds a controlling stake in a number of other airlines, including Macau Air, and a minority stake in China Eastern Airlines. Nie Ying, general counsel of CNAH, is an aviation law expert who has used his more than 20 years of research and professional experience to help shape the Chinese aviation sector into its current form. He was previously an adjunct professor of Civil Aviation at the University of China, is the current vice president of China Law Society’s Aviation Law Research Centre and has had a key role in drafting Chinese aviation legislation. Nie’s resume is one with few equals in the field, but some particular career highlights are worth emphasising. For example, he led Air China’s investigative body in their analysis of the 2002 crash of Air China Flight 129 in Busan in 2002, which resulted in 129 fatalities and required an incredibly thorough eight-month investigation, at the end of which a comprehensive compensation scheme was agreed upon for those affected by the disaster. Nie also had a major role to play in Air China’s response to an antitrust case brought by the United States Department of Justice in regards to freight pricing arrangements. Along with these high-profile cases, Nie tackles employment law matters, such as employee work scheduling, and deals with a wide range of arbitration and dispute cases. The range and complexity of the challenges that Nie has successfully faced, along with the huge contributions he has made to the practice of aviation law in China, mark him out as one of the leading aviation legal experts in China and globally.