Highlights of new quality productive forces: Low-altitude economy
By Yang Yang chinadaily.com.cn Updated: Dec 23, 2024
Broad market prospects
The market scale of China's low-altitude economy is projected to reach 1.5 trillion yuan ($210 billion) by 2025, and 3.5 trillion yuan by 2035, said the National Development and Reform Commission citing data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Sound infrastructure and technical capacity
China has more than 440 drone routes.
5G-A, artificial intelligence, satellite communications and other technologies are also applied to low-altitude economic infrastructure construction.
The number of low-altitude economic invention patent applications in China has increased rapidly from 852 in 2014 to 14,134 in 2023.
Enterprises pursue new quality productive forces through innovation
By the end of March 2024, China had over 69,000 enterprises related to the "low-altitude economy", and the top four provinces with the most companies related to the "low-altitude economy" are Guangdong, Shandong, Shaanxi and Anhui.
What is the low-altitude economy?
The "low-altitude economy" refers to a comprehensive economic form that involves low-altitude flying activities, both manned and unmanned, within the airspace below 3,000 meters, spreading across multiple fields.
