Focus interview： developing new productive forces and flying high in low-altitude economy

　　Cctv news(Focus interview): The Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that scientific and technological innovation should be used to promote industrial innovation, especially subversive technology and cutting-edge technology to promote new industries, new models, new kinetic energy and develop new quality productivity. We must vigorously promote new industrialization, develop the digital economy, accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, and build a number of strategic emerging industries such as bio-manufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy. From today (January 23), Focus Interview launched a series of reports on "Developing New Quality Productivity". Today, let’s get to know the low-altitude economy first. This word sounds a bit strange, and the first thing that many people may think of is drone delivery. Of course, the low-altitude economy doesn’t stop there. New concepts such as "air taxi", "low-altitude tourism" and "air car" all belong to low-altitude economy. So, how to define low-altitude economy? What new opportunities are there in it? How will it affect our lives?

　　In Shenzhen Talent Park, a drone landed above the take-out cabinet, and the take-out was put into the cabinet through the precise positioning system, and the customers took it themselves. This novel way of delivering food also attracted passing tourists to place orders.

　　In Yantian District, Shenzhen, a new type of low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle has just obtained the airworthiness certificate of the world’s first electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. It slowly flew 80 meters into the sky with a passenger, and achieved low-altitude integrated flight with a helicopter for the first time.

　　Low-altitude aircraft once existed only in science fiction movies, and now it is gradually entering our lives, especially at the end of last year, the central government clearly decided to build a number of strategic emerging industries such as low-altitude economy. As a representative of new quality productivity, low-altitude economy has become an important direction to cultivate and develop new kinetic energy.

　　Lu Renli, Director of Navigation Department of China Civil Aviation Management Cadre College, said: "Is the land bigger or the ocean bigger? The actual answer is that the sky is the largest. Urban land resources are already on the horizon. If the airspace resources below 3,000 meters or even below 1,000 meters are fully utilized, this dividend is huge. "

　　The so-called low-altitude economy generally refers to a comprehensive economic form driven by all kinds of low-altitude flight activities of manned and unmanned aircraft and driven by radiation, which can empower thousands of industries, become a new important engine of economic growth, and form a market of at least one trillion level. So, what is the current situation of China’s low-altitude economic development? What are the advantages? In Shenzhen, the reporter visited a number of enterprises.

　　On the second platform of DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., the latest equipment is being debugged. Workers operate on computers thousands of miles away, and the "unmanned airport" can complete a series of work. What we need to debug now is the ability to patrol in high-rise buildings. It needs to go around the building and take a patrol photo at every corner. Now, the maximum load of drones for pesticide spraying can reach 60 kg.

　　Zhang Xiaonan, Senior Corporate Strategy Director of DJI, said: "We have probably moved four or five times in Shenzhen, but all of them are within the scope of Shenzhen. At the earliest, it benefited from the support and improvement of the Shenzhen industrial chain. Later, the industrial chain of consumer electronics in the entire Pearl River Delta region was complete, and 80% could be completed in the Pearl River Delta. "

　　Low-altitude economy has a long upstream and downstream industrial chain. Taking low-altitude manufacturing as an example, it covers core components and raw materials such as chips, composite materials, connectors and sensors. At present, it is a new field for major economies in the world to compete for, and the completeness of industrial chain also brings agglomeration effect. More and more world-renowned enterprises choose to settle in Shenzhen.

　　At present, China has formed a relatively complete low-altitude economic industrial chain. Take Shenzhen as an example. As the capital of drones, by the end of 2023, more than 1,700 drone companies had gathered, with an annual output value of 96 billion yuan.

　　Lu Wenpeng, Deputy Secretary-General of Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Director of Policy Research Office of Shenzhen Municipal Committee: "After years of layout planning and continuous promotion, we have accumulated some obvious first-Mover advantages. The low-altitude economic head enterprises gather, the industry and market scale are large, and more importantly, the advantages of supporting industrial policies are formed. "

　　With the improvement of industrial chain, the gathering of scientific research teams and talents, more and more application scenarios have emerged, which has brought about great development of thousands of industries. At a drone transfer station in Baoan District, Shenzhen, more than a dozen planes are on standby, queuing to take off.

　　When the "No.8315" plane began to deliver goods, the flight status also appeared on the big screen of the monitoring room in real time, and the staff paid close attention to its flight status. What kind of delivery trip is this? The reporter went to the destination of the plane by bus, and it landed on the five-story platform of an industrial park. It took the reporter about 16 minutes by bus, but it took less than 8 minutes for the plane to fly. The staff told reporters that the speed advantage is more obvious when the ground traffic is busy.

　　Generally speaking, the average courier delivers about 150 orders a day, while a drone controller can fly 60 times a day, and the delivery volume is about 500 orders. For those who need to travel between cities in Greater Bay Area for business, it takes 15 minutes to reach Zhuhai and half an hour to reach downtown Guangzhou by helicopter.

　　In terms of agricultural production, drones have been used to transport fresh Tricholoma matsutake in western China. Originally, it took one to two hours to manually carry it down the mountain, and drones only took 15 minutes to half an hour. In some remote areas, regional drones have been used instead of manually setting up stations to do all kinds of work.

　　In recent years, the low-altitude economy has spawned a series of consumption scenarios. Logistics drones have solved the "last mile" of distribution, and "air taxis" have created a new way of urban transportation. China’s agricultural drones are spread all over six continents, covering more than 100 countries, and can carry out a series of work such as sowing, spraying and transportation. With the increasing number of application scenarios, the imagination space brought by low-altitude economy is also growing.

　　According to professional analysis, the future of low-altitude economy contains infinite possibilities. Low-altitude economy can not only build a transportation system, but also an industrial system. The emergence of more and more application scenarios will also extend a brand-new industrial chain. High-tech technologies such as digital technology, intelligent technology and digital twin technology can all make great achievements in low-altitude industries.

　　Lu Renli: "How to develop low-altitude airspace efficiently and orderly is an area that no predecessors can learn from. It is a huge challenge to develop a complete technical system and operating rules."

　　For the Shenzhen Transportation Bureau, a huge intelligent convergence infrastructure construction has been put on the agenda.

　　Li Shipeng, Executive Dean of Low-altitude Economy Branch of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Research Institute: "With the development of low-altitude economy, the flight frequency and density are increasing. There must be a system to let everyone know where each other’s aircraft are and better plan flight routes."

　　The basic information of flight equipment, flight altitude and speed are recorded in the system. In the future, more functions will be developed and connected to all relevant units, so that unified management can be carried out through the digital system.

　　Low-altitude infrastructure construction has a broad prospect. Shenzhen alone needs an investment scale of 10 billion yuan, so it is estimated that the national low-altitude economic infrastructure investment will be trillion-scale. This work is related to low-altitude communication, navigation, positioning, meteorology, maps and other fields, involving multiple departments, how to coordinate?

　　Zhang Zhifeng, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau, said: "Work together to establish a mechanism for consultation and consultation. There will inevitably be differences of opinion in the middle, because there is no ready-made standard. At this time, we will go to the enterprise to listen to what ideas and demands the enterprise has. During the collision, everyone will unify the cooperative operation plan. "

　　Not only infrastructure construction, how to provide flight services, promote the innovative development of industrial applications, and how to manage airspace safety, but also many departments will be involved in the promotion of each work. In the "Several Measures to Support High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economy in Shenzhen", almost every project involves more than three departments.

　　This year, the country’s first special regulation on promoting low-altitude economic industries — — The Regulations on the Promotion of Low-altitude Economy and Industry in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone will be implemented soon. More than 6,800 words in the full text mentioned a key word — — "coordination"

　　Lu Wenpeng: "Promote and guarantee low-altitude economic development in the form of local legislation. We have a good grasp of the system and mechanism ‘ Establish first and then break ’ The job requirements, through the reform methods and paths, form and release new quality productivity, open up new tracks, and enhance new kinetic energy for high-quality development. "

　　In the form of legislation, Shenzhen has defined the coordination mechanism of low-altitude economic and industrial development and clarified the rights and responsibilities between various departments. Including this, a series of reform measures to break down institutional and institutional obstacles for the development of new quality productive forces have been promoted nationwide by seven ministries and commissions including the National Development and Reform Commission.

　　Nationwide, more than a dozen provinces have written low-altitude economy, general aviation and other related contents into government work reports. Hainan Province recently released the first airspace map of provincial unmanned aerial vehicle flight test; Guangzhou’s navigation enterprises won the world’s first unmanned manned aircraft system type certificate; Anhui Province has just planned the rudiment of general aviation "one-hour commuting circle" centered on Hefei.

　　Lv Renli: "The low-altitude economy is on the right track, and it needs local governments to put forward the development direction and solve the practical problems in the actual production demand operation. It needs to combine all aspects of research and development capabilities, manufacturing capabilities and enterprise innovation capabilities. Once it is deeply applied in a city, it can quickly copy the whole system to various cities and fully scale our new quality productivity."

　　Low-altitude economy is becoming a "new track" for more and more cities to compete. Take drones as an example. In 2023, the scale of China’s civil drone industry exceeded 120 billion yuan, ranking first in the world. It is estimated that by 2025, this number will exceed 200 billion yuan. In the future, the application scenarios of low-altitude economy will be more and more diverse. General airports, aviation parks, aviation towns, drone bases, flight camps, etc. will be dotted, and our sky will be busier. Of course, we should also see that as a new productive force, there will be many new problems in the process of low-altitude economic development, which need us to solve with new technologies, coordinate with new mechanisms, support with new policies and standardize with new rules. Starting from the "new", fully stimulate the potential of low-altitude economy, so that low-altitude economy can fly well and far.