Seize the 100 billion blue ocean (low-altitude economy, unmanned aerial vehicles)! Zhaoqing takes off!
Invest in Asia August 28, 2024 20:37 Guangdong, China
Recently, the sky is very lively.
Xiaopeng Huitian invested 500 million yuan to establish a flying car manufacturing company in Guangzhou to carry out the research and development, manufacturing and sales of flying locomotives.
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The "manned flying saucer" made its first flight in Yantian, Shenzhen, providing innovative solutions for low-altitude tourism, urban logistics, etc.
△The manned flying saucer eVTOL made its first flight in Dameisha Seaside Park, Yantian District. Picture source Shenzhen News Network
△The first "low-altitude + rail" air-rail intermodal project in China. Picture source Shenzhen Release
The China headquarters of Airbus Helicopters, a global aircraft manufacturing giant, signed a contract to land in Hengqin, promoting the development of the low-altitude economy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Developing low-altitude economy has become the annual buzzword of 2024.
Guangdong Province, as a national innovation highland, took the lead in "taking off":
Write "low-altitude economy" into the government work report, formulate a three-year action plan, and propose that by 2026, the scale of low-altitude economy will exceed 300 billion yuan, basically forming a low-altitude economic industrial pattern with three cores of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai linked, multi-point support, and integrated development, and cultivate a group of leading enterprises and specialized and new enterprises... A series of policies and guidelines have drawn a blueprint for the development of Guangdong's low-altitude economy.
As an important node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, an important part of the Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing Economic Circle and the Guangzhou Metropolitan Circle, Zhaoqing not only enjoys the unique location advantages of serving the Greater Bay Area and connecting the Southwest, but also has a vast flight airspace, a basically compatible industrial foundation, and a rich and diverse application scenarios. It will be a "potential stock" for the development of low-altitude economy.
✦ Seize the opportunity and take advantage of it!✦
On August 28, 2024, the Zhaoqing City Low-altitude Economic Development Promotion Conference was held. In today's competitive world, Zhaoqing is rushing to the future track, seizing the 100 billion blue ocean, and actively embedding itself in the low-altitude economic development chain of the Greater Bay Area, and is expected to compete for a place in the "Sky City".
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Conditional - The vast airspace is conducive to "take-off"
Adjust parameters, test performance, clear the road surface...
At the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhaoqing) Low-altitude Test Service Base located in Xiaoxiang, Gaoyao, some aircraft company engineers are testing drone products and enjoying the convenience brought by this base.
Engineer Liu
"Drone flights need to be legal and compliant, so finding a legal test site has become the most troublesome problem for our company's development. Today, I am testing two industrial-grade transport drones at the Zhaoqing Low-Altitude Test Service Base. In the future, these models can be used to carry goods and realize point-to-point logistics and transportation services."
△The low-altitude test service base built by Zhaoqing is adjacent to the Xijiang River and can provide a test environment for drones for logistics and transportation.
Why can Zhaoqing develop a low-altitude economy?
First of all, it is reflected in its unique airspace advantages.
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The low-altitude economic industry has great uncertainty at the technical level. The test flight of drone whole machine enterprises needs to meet the basic conditions of large airspace area, good weather conditions, no "three high" buildings on the ground (high-voltage lines, viaducts, high-rise buildings), 5G signal base stations, construction of take-off and landing points and flight runways.
Zhaoqing, as the city with the largest land area in the Greater Bay Area, has relatively open waters, plains and low mountain and hilly areas, and no important routes pass through.
Guangdong Province (Zhaoqing) Large Industrial Cluster Area Municipal Management Start-up Area, Sihui City Start-up Area, Dinghu-Zhaoqing New District Start-up Area, Duanzhou District Start-up Area and other areas have obvious advantages in test flight conditions and can carry out low-altitude flight business.
Sun Chao, head of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhaoqing) Low-altitude Test Service Base
“Zhaoqing has few low-altitude users, a large area of non-densely populated areas under the airspace, and a variety of terrain environments, which can form many low-altitude application scenarios.
This is the conclusion they came to after visiting and investigating-in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration, in the early stage of low-altitude economic development, Zhaoqing is a region with better airspace conditions and richer application scenarios. It is a golden choice for the development of low-altitude economic industries in Guangdong Province.
△Zhaoqing has vast land, clean airspace, and diverse terrain. It is a golden choice for the development of low-altitude economy.
Having a foundation-the industry "turns" and advances into the low-altitude field
At present, the development of the low-altitude economic industry is in its infancy due to factors such as weak infrastructure, lack of low-altitude management regulations, and limited low-altitude management methods.
Zhaoqing has a complete industrial foundation, and related links can directly switch to the low-altitude track to achieve seamless connection, thus "overtaking on the curve".
There are currently two drone complete machine manufacturers in Zhaoqing. Among them, Century South was invested and established by Shenzhen Kobite, and is a quasi-listed company integrating component production and complete machine assembly; Lingfei Aviation was founded by locals and focuses on the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles. It is a technology-based growing company.
Kong Ling, general manager of Lingfei Aviation
"Although there are not many companies in Zhaoqing that are directly involved in the division of labor in the low-altitude economic industry, they can make drones as long as they "turn a corner". ”
△ Lingfei Aviation, a local enterprise in Zhaoqing, focuses on the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles and is a technology-based growing enterprise. Lingfei Aviation provided the picture
As a "manufacturing new city" in the Bay Area, Zhaoqing has a new energy vehicle industry with a production value of nearly 100 billion yuan, as well as a metal processing industry with a production value of over 100 billion yuan. It is also vigorously developing emerging industries such as new energy storage and new generation electronic information, and the relevant chains are complete.
➣ In addition to the assembly of the whole machine, in terms of fuselage manufacturing, Zhaoqing has companies such as Asia Pacific New Materials (carbon fiber materials) and Bohui New Materials (glass fiber materials);
➣ In terms of battery production, there are companies such as Ruiqing Times and Fenghua New Energy;
➣ In terms of brushless motor manufacturing, there are companies such as Hongwang Motor, Guangzhao Motor, and Fuwei Motor;
➣ In the production of electronic components, there are companies such as Fenghua Hi-Tech, Fushi Electronics, and Xizhen Circuit;
➣ In the manufacturing of fuselage structural parts, there is support from Jinli Town, a major town of small hardware...
➣ They all have the potential to be embedded in the low-altitude economic industrial chain, forming the initial ecology of Zhaoqing's low-altitude economy.
△Zhaoqing has a solid industrial foundation. Xiaopeng Motors built a factory in Zhaoqing and became the "chain leader" enterprise of the local new energy vehicle industry chain. The picture shows Xiaopeng Flying Car. Liang Xiaoming, reporter of Zhaoqing Media Center Photo
At present, these companies are rushing to enter the low-altitude economy track:
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Xpeng Huitian, a subsidiary of Xiaopeng Motors, announced that it will mass-produce flying cars;
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Continental Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd., the parent company of Ruiqing Times, has successfully tested 4-ton civil electric aircraft and 8-ton aircraft, which are expected to be released between 2027 and 2028;
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Fenghua Hi-Tech has provided safe and efficient product solutions for drone equipment in terms of lightweight, miniaturized and efficient passive components, including drone sensors, power management, cameras and communication equipment.
Kong Ling, General Manager of Lingfei Aviation
“Some local motor companies, electronic information companies, and even hydrogen energy companies are contacting us, hoping to enter the low-altitude industry through cooperation with us. At present, our drone products are gaining momentum in the industrial field, and we expect to expand production this year. I am very optimistic about the prospects of Zhaoqing’s development of the low-altitude economy, and the sky of Zhaoqing will definitely be lively in the future. ”
△ In the future, drones will have a wide range of application scenarios. Photo provided by Lingfei Aviation
There is a future - full coverage of application scenarios, great market potential
For the development of low-altitude economy, it is not only necessary to "fly", but also to "use".
A city with a mature industrial chain, huge market demand and rich application scenarios is an important soil for the construction and development of low-altitude enterprises.
Zhaoqing City has a vast territory. In addition to ocean scenes, it has terrain features such as mountains, lakes, cities, rivers, forests, springs, and gorges, which basically cover the flight scenes required by low-altitude enterprises. In recent years, Zhaoqing has actively promoted the widespread application of drones in the fields of power inspection, agricultural plant protection, emergency rescue, social governance, etc., and the market potential for providing public services based on drones is huge.
Zhaoqing City has a vast territory. In addition to ocean scenes, it has terrain features such as mountains, lakes, cities, rivers, forests, springs, and gorges, which basically cover the flight scenes required by low-altitude enterprises.
In recent years, Zhaoqing has actively promoted the widespread application of drones in power inspection, agricultural plant protection, emergency rescue, social governance and other fields. The market potential for providing public services based on drones is huge.
The application of "low altitude + agricultural and forestry plant protection" has matured, and the demand will increase greatly in the future. According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in the field of crop planting, the control effect of drone operation is 15%-30% higher than that of traditional pesticide application machinery, which can reduce costs and increase efficiency for agricultural producers. At present, the sown area of crops in Zhaoqing is 5.7766 million mu, with more than 1,800 agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery enterprises, more than 3,600 farmers' cooperatives, and more than 9,900 family farms. The operation area of agricultural plant protection drones is about 560,000 mu. According to statistics from the Zhaoqing Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, it is expected that the "low altitude + agriculture" operation area will be 3.76 million mu in the next two years, and the field inspection will be about 771,900 times.
One of the market drivers of the low-altitude economy comes from logistics and transportation.
There are 47 express delivery companies and 135 postal business premises in Zhaoqing City, which have achieved full coverage of express delivery outlets in towns and villages in the city.
There are many express delivery outlets, full regional coverage, and the basis for opening "drone + express logistics" routes. The infrastructure conditions are good and application scenarios can be created quickly.
The popularity of low-altitude cultural tourism has risen and become a new outlet.
In the first half of 2024, Zhaoqing City received 9.337 million tourists and realized a comprehensive tourism income of 8.15 billion yuan.
The water, land and air sports tourism base represented by Yanzhou Island in Dinghu District brings fresh tourism experience to citizens and tourists, and makes the historic city of Zhaoqing glow with new vitality.
The Zhaoqing Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting, Tourism and Sports predicts that the number of low-altitude sightseeing tourists will reach 100,000 in the next two years, and the number of low-altitude photography and aerial photography services will reach 20,000.
Diversified low-altitude tourism products such as skydiving, flight experience, drone training, and drone formation performances are bringing unprecedented opportunities.
Actions - Multiple favorable factors help to reach the trillion-yuan market
According to estimates, the scale of China's low-altitude economy in 2023 has exceeded 500 billion yuan, and is expected to reach 2 trillion yuan in 2030.
Guangdong's provincial-level planning also pointed out that it is expected that the scale of the low-altitude economic industry will exceed 300 billion yuan within three years.
Following Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, Zhaoqing is seizing the opportunity to join the game. At the conference on the 28th, Zhaoqing City issued the "Zhaoqing City Action Plan for Promoting the Development of Low-altitude Economy (2024-2026)", planning that by 2026, Zhaoqing will form a low-altitude economy with smooth management mechanism, basically complete infrastructure, increasingly sound industrial system and continuously expanding application scenarios.
△ Construction rendering of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhaoqing) low-altitude test service base. Photo provided by Yuanwang Company
Zhaoqing City is building a test service base and a logistics test base to support the technology research and development and product testing of the low-altitude economy and related industries.
At the same time, a low-altitude economic comprehensive information service center will be built in the municipal management area of Guangdong Province (Zhaoqing) Large Industrial Cluster Zone to provide algorithm computing support for low-altitude flight.
In order to welcome the vast number of low-altitude enterprises and join hands in entering the trillion-dollar market, Zhaoqing has built an industrial carrying space with "two parks as the core and multi-point layout development".
More than 1,000 acres of low-altitude economic science and technology industrial park will be built in the municipal management area of Guangdong Province (Zhaoqing) Large Industrial Cluster Zone; more than 200 acres of mature land will be reserved in Huodao Town, Gaoyao District to create a new type of low-altitude logistics demonstration park.
The "two parks" will provide a carrier for the manufacturing of drones, the production of core components, key materials, and logistics and transportation operations.
△ Low-altitude enterprise staff conduct product testing at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhaoqing) Low-altitude Test Service Base.
In addition, Shuanglong Industrial Park in Duanzhou District has 180 mu of contiguous land, Zhongan Zhigu has over 100,000 square meters of industrial plants; Feiya Industrial Park in Gaoyao District has over 50,000 square meters of vacant land; Guangdong Province (Zhaoqing) Large Industrial Cluster Zone City Management District has over 200,000 square meters of industrial plants for low-altitude enterprises to invest. Each park carrier is about 30 minutes' drive from the central urban area, which is a blessed place for the low-altitude economy to achieve industrial-city integration development.
In Zhaoqing, in addition to a solid industrial foundation and low investment costs, enterprises can also obtain support for scientific and technological innovation, talents, and financial financing.
The low-altitude economy is just in time, and Zhaoqing is taking off at the right time. Zhaoqing will rely on digital and intelligent technologies to promote in-depth integration in more fields, give birth to a new cross-border integration ecology, create a highland of innovation in the low-altitude economy, and soar in the trillion-level market of the low-altitude economy.
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