This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows the site of a low-altitude flight test at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. (Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport/Handout via Xinhua)
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province will endeavor to open 75 percent of its airspace to a maximum height of 120 meters (about 400 feet) above ground for drone flights and make the number of commercial low-altitude flight routes exceed 1,000 by 2025, reported the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities News.
The moves are part of the city's exploration to establish a refined and coordinated low-altitude airspace management model suited for mega cities.
To promote the development of low altitude flight economy, Shenzhen will complete the construction of low-altitude flight service platforms and flight service stations, gradually improving low-altitude communication, navigation, monitoring, meteorology and other services. Through the efforts, the city aims to gain the capabilities by the end of 2025 to support 1,000 commercial low-altitude aircraft operating simultaneously in the air and provide services for 1,0000 flights each day.
The tech hub of China will also expand the five low-altitude flight application scenarios of logistics distribution, manned transportation, emergency response, urban governance and public services, as well as cultural tourism consumption.
Efforts will be made to establish a comprehensive low-altitude flight institutional system consisting of standards, regulations and policies.
Shenzhen takes the lead in developing low-altitude flight economy in China. The annual output value of the city's low-altitude flight economy reached 90 billion yuan (about 12.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up 20 percent year on year, according to Shenzhen municipal transportation administration.
(Edited by Su Dan with Xinhua Silk Road, sudan@xinhua.org)
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