The complaint is an indication of the tremendous influence wielded by China's wealthy who have managed to ignore the building rules set by both civilian and military authorities around PLA's facilities.
Complaining about the "skyscraper fever", Fu Jun, deputy commander of a division of the People's Liberation Army air force, said, "My pilots now have to take far more emergency maneuvers than before to avoid possible collisions".
More than half of China's military's air bases have been compromised by the emergence of high-rise structures, or by civilian activities as local governments are desperately pursuing rapid expansion, PLA told the State media.
"More than 1,000 high-rises exceed the approved height stated in the flight security perimeters for military air bases," Shan Shaoli, a staff officer at the HQ of the PLA general staff, said. "In the last 20 years, the growth of skyscrapers has led to the closure and relocation of about 20 airbases, and caused about 100 flying accidents."
Even the naval port in Dalian, the home of China's only aircraft carrier, was forced to spend $1.6 million to erect a wall 800 meters long and 22 m high to conceal its facilities and ships from the residents of a nearby array of European-style villas.
The Jianqiao Airport in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, where Fu's division is stationed, is surrounded by 20 skyscrapers that exceed the military's stipulated maximum height of 230 meters, according to the PLA air force.They include the 258-meter high Zhejiang Fortune Finance Center overshooting the allowable limit by 28 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a nine-story residential block.
"It's not uncommon for our aircraft to have to fly between two high-rise blocks to land. Moreover, in addition to these super-high buildings, balloons, model airplanes, and the fireworks used by people who live near the base also pose tremendous hazards to our planes," he added.
High rise buildings and populated areas also attract pigeons. "Many of our fighter jets are single-engine, so if they encounter pigeons or balloons during a flight, it's highly likely that airborne objects or debris will be sucked into the engine, which will then malfunction. That could result in an accident, or even greater tragedy."
"Sometimes a new, tall telecommunications signal transmitter tower will be erected near our airfield overnight," Fu told media briefing recently.
Citing the case of Russia, Fu said, "Encroaching on the airspace above a military airport is a felony in Russia. By contrast, China has not done very well in safeguarding military infrastructures". The PLA has started working with local authorities to demolish a number of illegally erected chimneys and transmitter towers.
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