On October 25th, as one of the important events of the 2024 China International Digital Economy Expo, the Low altitude Economy Industry Development Conference, hosted by the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government and the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce, was held at the Shijiazhuang (Zhengding) International Convention and Exhibition Center. Experts, scholars, business representatives, and others delve into the development direction, policy environment, application scenarios, and market opportunities of the low altitude economy.
As a representative of new quality productivity, the low altitude economy is accelerating its takeoff and gradually becoming an important engine of economic growth. Wang Ning, President of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce, believes that behind the increasingly hot low altitude economy is the market prospect of over one trillion yuan scale, as well as the huge potential to accelerate the development of new quality productivity and create new scenarios and formats.
Wang Ning stated that to promote better and more stable low altitude economy, government departments should coordinate and formulate policies to support low altitude economy, and continuously refine low altitude flight service guarantee work. The Low altitude Economy Working Committee of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce was officially established at the Low altitude Economy Industry Development Conference, with over 100 companies joining in the first batch to support the development of low altitude economy in Hebei Province.
We are following the trend of innovation in the low altitude economy, using digitalization to support high-quality development of the low altitude economy, and promoting the upgrading of new information infrastructure with a focus on 5G, computing power networks, and capability platforms towards the integration of air, space, and ground, the integration of intelligent and intelligent systems, and the integration of data networks, "said Qin Hongjun, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman, and General Manager of China Mobile Hebei Company.
China Mobile Hebei has built the largest "5G+gigabit broadband" high-quality network covering the whole province, successfully built Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Langfang, Tangshan and Handan into the first batch of 5G-A commercial cities in China, built the "nine days" artificial intelligence big model, wutong big data and other capability platforms, independently developed the China Mobile Lingyun platform, built a low altitude network service support system, and constantly built the foundation of digital capabilities.
AVIC Tongfei North China Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd., located in Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang City, is a leading general aviation and unmanned aerial vehicle R&D and manufacturing enterprise in China, with comprehensive production and manufacturing capabilities throughout the entire industry chain.
Huang Weidong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of AVIC Tongfei North China Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd., believes that with the deep integration of digital technology and low altitude economy, the development of low altitude economy presents trends such as communication perception integration, cutting-edge technology integration, diversified application scenarios, and industrial chain synergy. The development momentum is rapid and the space is vast.
We will continue to promote the strengthening of the fixed chain, introduce the upstream and downstream industries of aviation and drones, gather them in Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang City, and continuously improve the entire industry chain of research and development and manufacturing of low altitude economic equipment, "said Huang Weidong.
According to data, the scale of China's low altitude economy is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan in 2023 and reach 2 trillion yuan by 2030. The low altitude economy, which contains vast development opportunities, is spreading its wings and "flying" into people's daily lives.
As one of the important carriers of low altitude economy, eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) has gradually entered the stage of large-scale landing from scratch in the past few years.
Yang Shichun, Dean of the School of Transportation Science and Engineering at Beihang University, delivered a keynote speech titled "Key Technologies and Prospects of eVTOL in Low Altitude Economy". He believes that the development of the low altitude economy provides more opportunities for the popularization and development of eVTOL, which will promote the development of the eVTOL related industry chain.
EVTOL can take off and land vertically without the need for taxiing or specialized runways. It has good endurance, flight altitude, flight speed, and cargo carrying capacity, and will become the main force of low altitude economy. "Yang Shichun gave an example that eVTOL based air ground three-dimensional transportation can achieve the transformation from traditional two-dimensional plane transportation to three-dimensional space transportation, effectively alleviating urban traffic congestion problems.
The low altitude economy is seizing the opportunity to take off. At the Low altitude Economic Industry Development Conference, multiple low altitude economic projects, including the research and production project of short takeoff and landing unmanned transport aircraft and the construction project of the Luancheng Low altitude Economic Demonstration Zone, were signed on site.
Shijiazhuang is one of the first national comprehensive demonstration zones for the general aviation industry and a national pilot zone for civil unmanned aerial vehicles. With good resource endowment and industrial foundation, it has a comparative advantage in developing low altitude economy.
Emergency firefighting drones, vertical takeoff and landing artificial catalytic operation drones, electric unmanned helicopters... In the low altitude economic industry exhibition area of Shijiazhuang City at the 2024 China International Digital Economy Expo, unique shaped and functionally diverse unmanned aerial vehicles attract visitors to stop and take a look.
In front of the booth of Hebei Yinglan Automation Technology Co., Ltd., a red unmanned aerial vehicle stands out prominently. In addition to its cool appearance, it also has excellent functions.
If an earthquake disaster occurs, this drone can accurately detect mobile phone signals in the ruins, thereby locating the location of trapped people and facilitating rescue operations, "said Dong Pingping, the general manager of Hebei Yinglan Automation Technology Co., Ltd. This drone is mainly used for emergency rescue and has functions such as infrared search and rescue, video transmission, and laser ranging.
It is reported that the low altitude economy industry exhibition area in Shijiazhuang has gathered more than 30 low altitude economy related enterprises, covering aviation manufacturing, modification and maintenance, general aviation operation, technology research and development, service guarantee and other fields.
