SHANGHAI, Aug. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report
from english.shanghai.gov.cn
Shanghai unveiled on August 16 an ambitious plan of building
"city of sky" in the coming three years by establishing a complete
low-altitude industry with its core industrial scale to exceed
50 billion yuan ($7 billion) by 2027, according to official
sources.
Eyeing to build a low-altitude
economy highland of innovation, commercial application, as well as
operation services, Shanghai is
set to form a complete industrial system covering research,
development, design, assembly and manufacturing, airworthiness
testing and commercial application of new low-altitude aircraft by
2027, according to the action plan on the high-quality development
of low-altitude economic industry between 2024 and 2027 unveiled by
the municipal government of Shanghai on August 16.
At the forefront of low-altitude economic innovation and
development worldwide, Shanghai
looks to expand the core industrial value of the sector to
50 billion yuan by 2027, according to
the action plan.
In the meantime, Shanghai will
cooperate with cities across the Yangtze River Delta region to
build the nation's first batch of cities having low-altitude
aviation available across the region, to establish a national
low-altitude economic industry demonstration area, and to become a
city of the sky with international influence at an accelerated
speed, the action plan said.
Support will be offered to nurture industrial leaders engaged in
low-altitude related businesses including electric vertical takeoff
and landing (eVTOL), industrial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
new energy powered general aviation aircraft research, development
and manufacturing, it said.
Iconic products will be developed with breakthroughs made
constantly, infrastructure facilities will be improved
continuously, applications in commercial scenarios will be enriched
and comprehensive support will be in place to facilitate the
realization of the plan, said the action plan.
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