China News Service, March 29. The Civil Aviation Administration of China held a special press conference on promoting the development of low-altitude economy on the 29th. Luo Hongjiang, deputy director of the Air Traffic Control Industry Management Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, introduced the development of drones in recent years and related work carried out by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. He pointed out that in the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration will strengthen planning, resource and business coordination, and focus on urban scenarios to carry out urban development. Air traffic pilot demonstration.
Luo Hongjiang said that unmanned aviation activities, as the main driving force for the future development of low-altitude economy, have shown a good development momentum in our country in recent years. As of the end of 2023, there are 1.267 million real-name registered unmanned aircraft in the country, an increase of 32.2% year-on-year in 2022, and 194,000 people hold drone operator licenses. In 2023, civil unmanned aircraft will fly a total of 23.11 million hours, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%.
my country's civil drones have taken the lead in realizing industry popularization in the fields of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and entertainment aerial photography. The management model and technical standards for urban scenarios and logistics applications have initially laid the foundation for widespread promotion. Operation practices on islands, mountainous areas, deserts, etc. continue to be carried out, and manned/unmanned collaborative operations and manned flights have entered the experimental verification stage. Currently, drone logistics and distribution business has extended to urban business districts and communities. The airworthiness certification work for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) models is also progressing steadily. The prospects of drone application are generally optimistic about the society. It can be seen from the statistical data that the unmanned aircraft industry is developing rapidly, and its service scope has covered agriculture, industry, and service industries, and can link the economy, society, production and life, etc. Through informatization and digital management technology empowerment, comprehensive three-dimensional transportation and low-altitude integrated flight represented by smart air travel will be realized, becoming a new engine for promoting China's modernization construction.
In recent years, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has carried out a number of UAV trial operations based on operational safety risk assessments in accordance with the idea of "oriented to operational scenarios and implementing hierarchical management based on operational risks". Based on actual needs, it has gradually standardized drones with higher safety risks. Drone operation. At the same time, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has successively launched pilot projects for UAV air traffic management information service systems in Shenzhen and Hainan, accumulating valuable experience for actively exploring low-altitude navigation services. Now the civil unmanned aircraft integrated management platform (UOM) has also been put into operation, realizing services such as airspace delineation, flyable airspace information inquiry, flight activity application, etc., and has basically formed an integrated comprehensive regulatory service capability. The Civil Aviation Administration of China has launched the policy document "Guidelines for the Construction of Civil Unmanned Aviation Test Bases (Test Zones)". So far, it has approved the establishment of 17 test zones and 3 test bases for civil unmanned aviation, realizing urban scenarios and island scenarios. , feeder logistics and comprehensive application expansion and other typical operating scenarios and application coverage, by giving full play to the enthusiasm of both the central and local governments, orderly guide and guide the pilot zone to carry out the operation and test verification of various scenarios.
Luo Hongjiang said that in the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration will strengthen planning, resource and business coordination. The first is to carry out urban air traffic pilot demonstrations focusing on urban scenarios. The second is to combine the traditional air traffic control support system and the general aviation flight service support system to strengthen the construction of the unmanned aircraft air navigation service system and continuously improve my country's low-altitude navigation service capabilities. The third is to further strengthen international cooperation, give priority to strengthening technical cooperation with the "Belt and Road" countries and the Asia-Pacific region, strive to form a regional technical alliance, expand the "circle of friends"; participate in the work of international organizations and international cooperation at multiple levels, and gradually realize "technological cooperation". ", products, standards and internationalization" four-in-one systematic promotion.