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(News Network): At the Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2023, it was proposed to "create several strategic emerging industries such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy." The low-altitude economy has also become a “new track” targeted by more and more cities.
As we enter the new year, "low altitudes" everywhere are busy. Next, we will follow the reporter’s lens to take a look at the new changes in the low-altitude world.
At the beginning of the new year, Shenzhen's "air taxi" territory has once again expanded. At the Yanzi Lake Convention and Exhibition Center in Pingshan, many people are queuing up to get ready to go to work by helicopter. From here, they fly to Futian CBD, which is originally an hour's drive away. It takes 13 minutes.
In Anhui, the world's first commercially available unmanned aerial vehicle officially began regular flights in Luogang Park in Hefei; and in Hunan, you can now fly wherever you want within an area of more than 210,000 square kilometers.
Go wherever you want and let Hunan’s low altitude get busy this New Year. The reporter came to the Changsha Flight Service Station. The big screen displayed the current real-time situation in Hunan's air. Dozens of aircraft were flying, and many aircraft that had declared plans that day were preparing.
On the screen, the entire low-altitude airspace in Hunan is divided into 179 blocks. When and how each block can fly can be monitored in real time. For each flight plan submitted for approval, its flight route can be quickly simulated to ensure flight safety.
On this low-altitude heat map, the red areas are the two new aviation schools that were recently added. More and more people are starting to learn to fly airplanes; and the place where drones have been flying the most is actually in a county town, where... A county-wide pilot program for drone delivery is underway.
As planes began to fly, the industry also started to heat up. In Beichuan, Mianyang, the newly approved dedicated test flight airspace for drones attracted companies from all over the country to test flights.
Huang Tian told reporters that they have rented a factory in Beichuan. This year, they plan to build another production workshop of their own to further improve the efficiency of R&D and testing. In Beichuan, there are already many companies like Huang Tian that are ready to settle in, covering the entire industry chain from engines and batteries in the upstream to complete aircraft manufacturing, to aviation training in the downstream.
Seize the opportunity and get ready to take off. The increasingly prosperous low-altitude economy has made sci-fi scenes such as "flying" to work and food delivery falling from the sky accelerating into our lives. It has also opened up a new track for a trillion-level industry. The convergence and collaboration of tens of thousands of companies will lead to the creation of dozens of new industries, and new opportunities will continue to emerge. (CCTV.com)