Take advantage of the momentum to take off! China Zhaoqing releases a three-year development plan for low-altitude economy

Take advantage of the momentum to take off! China Zhaoqing releases a three-year development plan for low-altitude economy

Invest in Asia August 28, 2024 22:33 Guangdong, China

On the afternoon of August 28, 2024, Zhaoqing held a low-altitude economic development promotion meeting and officially released the "Zhaoqing City Action Plan for Promoting Low-altitude Economic Development (2024-2026)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan") at the meeting. It is planned to build a low-altitude economic ecosystem in Zhaoqing by 2026, promote the smooth operation of the management mechanism, basically complete infrastructure construction, increasingly sound industrial system, and continuously enrich application scenarios, and promote the development of Zhaoqing's low-altitude economy in accordance with local conditions.

Leaders and guests visited the low-altitude aircraft exhibition area. Photo by Liu Chunlin, a reporter from Zhaoqing City Media Integration Center

The "Action Plan" points out that by 2026, Zhaoqing will form a low-altitude economy with a smooth operation of the management mechanism, basically complete infrastructure, increasingly sound industrial system, and continuously expanding application scenarios.

The Action Plan defines eight key tasks for Zhaoqing to develop the low-altitude economy, including building a new pattern of coordinated development of low-altitude flight, consolidating the construction of low-altitude infrastructure, promoting the construction of low-altitude testing service platforms, increasing the efforts to attract and cultivate the low-altitude economic industrial chain, improving the technical research and development capabilities of low-altitude industries, building low-altitude economic industrial parks, cultivating low-altitude application scenarios, and striving to create a low-altitude economic pilot demonstration.

In terms of building a new pattern of coordinated development of low-altitude flight, Zhaoqing plans to plan and layout low-altitude flight take-off and landing facilities, establish and improve a coordinated management mechanism, start the preliminary work of general airports, and promote the construction of a new pattern of coordinated development of low-altitude flight.

In terms of consolidating the construction of low-altitude infrastructure, Zhaoqing plans to build a comprehensive management platform for low-altitude aircraft in Zhaoqing City, an aircraft supervision network and a comprehensive database, and build a low-altitude comprehensive service information center with "one platform, one supervision network, and one database"; actively promote the construction of Zhaoqing low-altitude flight service stations, low-altitude intelligent network infrastructure, and ground supporting infrastructure systems to meet the needs of Zhaoqing's low-altitude application in multiple scenarios; create a low-altitude flight service and supervision system to provide low-altitude flight-related services to flight users and the public.

In terms of promoting the construction of low-altitude test service platforms, on the one hand, we will accelerate the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhaoqing) low-altitude UAV test service base and low-altitude logistics test base, and provide multi-level and multi-scenario testing services such as R&D and operation for UAV manufacturers and operators. On the other hand, relying on third-party inspection and testing services, we will establish a UAV system quality inspection and testing center to provide service guarantees such as operation risk assessment, flight suitability test, finalization identification, mission payload verification, data link testing, and operator training.

In terms of increasing the efforts to attract and cultivate the low-altitude economic industrial chain, Zhaoqing will aim to build and expand the entire low-altitude economic industrial chain, strengthen the chain, supplement the chain and extend the chain, and promote cross-industry integration and development, and support local industries to expand or transform into the low-altitude economic field. At the same time, we will actively expand inspection and testing, maintenance, accident investigation, flight services, aircraft leasing, talent training and other businesses.

In terms of cultivating low-altitude application scenarios, Zhaoqing plans to explore low-altitude flight applications in emergency rescue, logistics distribution, characteristic cultural tourism and other public services, build a new "low-altitude + cultural tourism" business model, and improve the level of smart city management. In addition, Zhaoqing also plans to select 1-2 counties (cities, districts) with good industrial foundations to carry out low-altitude economic pilot demonstrations.

Not only that, in order to support the development of low-altitude economy, Zhaoqing also provides corresponding guarantee measures. It is planned to strengthen the overall coordination by establishing a joint working meeting system. At the same time, a low-altitude economic expert committee will be established to bring together the resources of enterprises, colleges and universities, scientific research institutions, academic groups, and industry associations to explore the co-construction of industrial funds by state-owned assets and social capital.

In terms of policy support, Zhaoqing will accelerate the research and formulation of policies to promote the low-altitude economic industry, implement the combination of industrial guidance fund investment, and support the gathering of low-altitude economic industries. Strengthen the construction of aircraft standards and quality supervision, crack down on various illegal flight behaviors in accordance with the law, improve the management mechanism and technical protection system of data security protection, and establish a low-altitude flight emergency rescue system to ensure development safety.

Low-altitude aircraft display at the promotion meeting

Picture 1: Photographed by Wu Yongqiang, a reporter from Zhaoqing Media Integration Center; Picture 2 and Picture 3: Photographed by Liu Chunlin, a reporter from Zhaoqing Media Integration Center

In order to implement the work deployment of Guangdong Province on promoting the development of low-altitude economy, actively seize the strategic opportunities of low-altitude economic development, build a low-altitude economic ecosystem, promote the development of low-altitude economy in Zhaoqing according to local conditions, and open up new fields and new tracks, this action plan is specially formulated.

One picture to understand

Competing in the low-altitude economy and striving to become the "Sky City", how will Zhaoqing take advantage of the situation to take off?

Zhaoqing has the courage to be the first

Facing new things, daring to show its sword and seize opportunities, Zhaoqing has made many successful explorations. In 2016, Zhaoqing keenly seized the opportunity of new energy vehicles and new energy storage industries to develop the "green electricity" industry: by joining hands with Xiaopeng Motors, the output value of new energy vehicles has exceeded 70 billion yuan; by introducing CATL, the Zhaoqing base has become the largest lithium battery manufacturing base in South China.

Zhaoqing has broad development space

Zhaoqing also has a diverse environment of densely populated urban areas, mountains, forests, large river basins, and lakes, which can form many low-altitude application scenarios such as "low-altitude + logistics", "low-altitude + cultural tourism", "low-altitude + plant protection", and "low-altitude + farming protection".

Zhaoqing has comprehensive support and guarantee

Zhaoqing has established an industrial guidance fund to support the gathering of low-altitude economic enterprises, the attraction of leading enterprises, the research of key core technologies, the construction of infrastructure, the cultivation of low-altitude data industries, the expansion of application scenarios, and the introduction of high-end talents.

The future has come, and the blue ocean is boundless.

Zhaoqing is expected to become the first city in South China to have a full chain of low-altitude flight services. It will complement and develop synergistically with the three major low-altitude economic clusters of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai to secure an important seat in the trillion-level low-altitude economic market.

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