Low altitude economy accelerates into daily life
2025-06-24
Currently, the low altitude economy is facing unprecedented development opportunities and has become a new engine for technological innovation and economic growth. With the continuous improvement of relevant policies and regulations, the continuous consolidation of infrastructure construction, and the emergence of technological achievements, the low altitude economy industry pattern is accelerating its construction, and the market vitality is significantly enhanced. The application scenarios are increasingly rich. "This tethered aerial fire-fighting UAV can carry the fire hose up to 150 meters to 200 meters and hover in the air. With the cooperation of the ground command system, it can complete the work of locking the fire area, breaking windows, spraying foam extinguishing agent, etc., and transmit the fire scene image in real time through the dual light pod to assist the command center in decision-making, so as to achieve accurate extinguishing of aerial fires. ”In the exhibition hall of Beijing Zhuoyi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., the founder Ren Xuefeng pointed to a large firefighting drone and introduced it. Under the low altitude economic trend, we have ushered in valuable development opportunities. The company's revenue exceeded 300 million yuan last year, with a profit growth of 120%. ”Ren Xuefeng said that Zhuoyi Intelligence has been deeply involved in the field of intelligent unmanned systems for over 10 years, providing comprehensive solutions covering civilian, teaching, and scientific research scenarios. It is widely used in low altitude logistics, emergency rescue, energy inspection, industry education research and other fields. In recent years, there have been many companies like Zhuoyi Intelligent that have entered the low altitude economy track. Statistics show that as of the end of last year, the number of low altitude economic enterprises in China exceeded 200000. Low altitude applications are accelerating into the daily lives of ordinary people: in Jinan, Shandong, the manned airship "Xiangyun" AS700 brings people a stunning "cloud feast"; In Chongqing, JD Logistics has released four regular drone flight routes, with a one-way delivery time of less than 10 minutes and an overall transportation time reduction of nearly 70%; In many areas, crop protection drones are used for low altitude spraying of pesticides such as insecticides and fungicides, improving operational efficiency. Low altitude economy is a human improvement in transportation efficiency, which will generate more commercial scenarios and bring more employment opportunities. ”Guo Liang, CEO of Wofei Changkong, told reporters that recently, Wofei Changkong obtained the CCAR-135 operational qualification certificate issued by the Southwest Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, taking an important step towards the landing of future low altitude application scenarios. In Ren Xuefeng's view, with technological breakthroughs and gradual opening up of airspace control, the low altitude economy will continue to upgrade and grow, and various low altitude services will show a development trend from small to large, from cargo to manned, from special to civilian, forming a commercially closed-loop and replicable scenario application, empowering the industry to improve quality and efficiency, and releasing greater economic and social value. The continuous emergence of innovative achievements is the core driving force for the development of low altitude economy. The development of new aircraft such as eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) is expected to revolutionize transportation modes. The increasing maturity of drone technology will change the mode of logistics distribution, patrol surveying, emergency security and other work; Advanced low altitude navigation technology will make low altitude flight safer and more accurate... With the development and application of related technologies, the low altitude economy will usher in more possibilities. In 2018, Zhuoyi Intelligence established Feisi Laboratory, focusing on technological breakthroughs and ecological empowerment in core areas such as flight control, cluster collaboration, intelligent perception, and game confrontation of unmanned equipment. Feisi Laboratory connects more than 300 universities and research institutes, forming a huge technical support system, accelerating the development of intelligent algorithms and scenario verification for unmanned aerial vehicles, and deeply empowering the construction of the low altitude economic industry ecosystem, "said Ren Xuefeng. Mi Lei, founder of Zhongke Chuangxing, believes that constantly iterating and optimizing technology is an important foundation for promoting the development of low altitude economy. At present, the low altitude economy presents the characteristics of diversified technological routes and sinking application scenarios, but the entire industry is still in the initial stage of development and needs to accelerate product research and development, increase infrastructure construction, and accelerate the cultivation of application markets. Enli Power is a technology-based small and medium-sized enterprise that focuses on the research and production of solid-state batteries. Its products are compatible with various types of unmanned platforms such as drones, electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, and unmanned vehicles. Cao Yong, Senior Director of the Low altitude Economy Division of Enli Power, introduced that the company is currently conducting targeted research and development in collaboration with leading aircraft manufacturers, breaking through the bottleneck of battery technology with high specific energy, high rate, and high safety of 400Wh/kg. In the future, we will continue to increase our investment in technology and provide more reliable and efficient power solutions for the development of the low altitude economy. Mi Lei believes that policy dividends combined with capital inflows will help accelerate product research and development and the formation of industry standards, promoting high-quality development of the low altitude economy. Reasonable layout and orderly expansion of security are the primary prerequisites for the development of low altitude economy. Currently, China is following the principles of cargo transportation before passenger transportation, isolation before integration, and suburban areas before urban areas. While strictly controlling risks and ensuring safety, we are expanding the application scenarios of low altitude economy in a classified and orderly manner, and steadily promoting the development of low altitude consumption such as low altitude tourism, aviation sports, and consumer grade drones. Previously, the National Development and Reform Commission pointed out that it will follow the principle of adapting measures to local conditions and gradual progress, strengthen safety governance, consolidate the regulatory responsibilities of local governments and industry management departments, and the main responsibilities of enterprises, standardize and effectively organize pilot projects, severely crack down on "black flying" behaviors such as unlicensed pilots, low altitude aircraft without airworthiness certificates, and flight activities without approval, and guide and promote the rational layout of industries and orderly expansion of scenarios. Liu Zhenguo, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Transportation Research Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Ministry of Transport and an expert in the think tank of the Sustainable Transportation Innovation Center, stated that under the trend of low altitude economic development, various regions should fully consider their own resource endowments, industrial foundations, and demand characteristics, and explore low altitude economic development formats according to local conditions. He suggested that firstly, cultivate and explore application scenarios in the field of low altitude economy, formulate and introduce relevant industrial support policies, and avoid excessive subsidies from fiscal funds and blind capital investment; The second is to cultivate the consumer market, develop popular products such as low altitude freight logistics, low altitude tourism, and air commuting, and lower the experience threshold. Looking ahead to the future development of the low altitude economy, Mi Lei suggests that the government should further clarify its responsibilities, accelerate the construction of a "low altitude highway network", and open up the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicle services in the public domain; Enterprises need to accelerate the research and development of core technologies and explore diverse business models with partners; Investors not only need technical imagination and scenario imagination, but also need scale imagination. Only through collaborative efforts from multiple parties can we jointly promote the high-quality development of the low altitude economy. (New Society)
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:ECONOMIC DAILY
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