China News Service, April 2 (China News reporter Wu Tao Gecheng) Drone delivery, air taxis, flying cars... More and more low-altitude economic applications have been implemented or are in progress. According to data, by 2023 In 2017, the size of my country's low-altitude economic market exceeded 500 billion yuan, and the market potential is huge in the future.

A batch of applications have been launched, and the market size exceeds 500 billion yuan

　　A report recently released by CCID Research Institute shows that according to estimates, the scale of China's low-altitude economy will reach 505.95 billion yuan in 2023, with a growth rate of 33.8%. In the future, with the increasing number of low-altitude flight activities, the effects of investment in low-altitude infrastructure will gradually appear, and my country's low-altitude economy will continue to maintain rapid growth.

　　The reporter noticed that a number of low-altitude economic applications have emerged and may be integrated into people's lives in the future.

  Data map: EHang EH216-S. Photo courtesy

　　On March 18, the EH216-S unmanned manned aircraft, the world's first domestically produced and independently developed "air taxi" to obtain airworthiness certification, was launched on an e-commerce platform with a price tag of 2.39 million yuan each. It has been completed Obtain airworthiness certification and conduct commercial trials around the world.

　　Xpeng Huitian's "land aircraft carrier" split flying car and land and air integrated flying car were also unveiled in March this year. Both flying cars belong to the new generation of "land and air amphibious" flying cars and are expected to be launched in the next 2 to 3 years. Achieve mass production annually.

　　In addition, drone delivery has also been realized. As of the end of December 2023, Meituan drones have launched 25 routes in 11 business districts in Shenzhen, Shanghai and other cities. The delivery service covers a variety of scenarios such as offices, scenic spots, municipal parks, medical care, and campuses, and has completed a total of User orders exceeded 220,000.

  Data map: Drone. Photo courtesy

These cutting-edge tracks have broad room for development

　　So in the low-altitude economy, which tracks have the most potential? According to the report of CCID Research Institute, the two tracks of low-altitude economy, low-altitude intelligent networking and low-altitude safety industry, have great potential. According to estimates, the scale of my country's electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft industry will be close to 1 billion yuan in 2023, and the scale of the civilian drone industry will be close to 120 billion yuan.

  Image source: CCID Research Institute

　　Luo Hongjiang, deputy director of the Air Traffic Control Industry Management Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, also publicly stated recently that the drone logistics and distribution business has extended to urban business districts and communities, and the airworthiness certification work for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) models is progressing steadily. The prospect of drone application is generally optimistic by 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," Luo Hongjiang said.

　　Sun Wensheng, deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, pointed out that the low-altitude economy has "extremely broad room for development." “Through the empowerment of informatization and digital management technology, and the integration with more economic and social activities, a highly dynamic and creative comprehensive economic form that accommodates and promotes the coordinated development of multiple fields has been formed, with obvious new productivity characteristics. , the development space is extremely broad.”

There are still some "blocking points" to be cleared, and some areas may be "flying" first.

　　It is worth noting that from the perspective of the industry, there are still some "blocking points" that need to be cleared in the development of low-altitude economy.

　　Taking flying cars as an example, Zhao Deli, founder and president of Xpeng Huitian, said that there are still many problems faced by solving air transportation in a city, including safety, policy, battery life, etc.

  Data map. Photo by Liu Dong

　　Zhang Xiang, a researcher at the Automotive Industry Innovation Research Center of North China University of Technology and director of Vodafor Digital Automotive International Cooperation Research Center, also told Sino-Singapore Finance reporters that at present, flying cars can only be used as airplanes in China. "Although it has four wheels, it cannot be driven on the road at present. At the same time, flying cars cannot 'fly whenever they want'. They also need to apply for routes, etc."

　　It is worth noting that the "Implementation Plan for Innovative Application of General Aviation Equipment (2024-2030)" jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other four departments recently proposed that by 2030, the general aviation industry will be characterized by high-end, intelligent and green A new development model has been basically established to support and ensure the safe and efficient operation of the "short-distance transportation + electric vertical take-off and landing" passenger transportation network, the "trunk-branch-end" drone distribution network, and the low-altitude production operation network that meets the needs of industrial and agricultural operations. General aviation equipment It will be fully integrated into all areas of people's production and life, become a powerful driving force for low-level economic growth, and form a trillion-level market scale.

　　In this regard, He Tianxing, vice president of EHang Intelligence, believed in an interview with a reporter from China-Singapore Finance that with increasing policy support, the low-altitude economic industry is entering a stage of rapid growth.

　　Sun Wensheng also said at the press conference that in the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will strengthen research and planning in aspects such as aircraft airworthiness certification, low-altitude flight service guarantees, infrastructure construction standards, market access, and safety supervision. (over)