shanghai plans blueprint for high-quality development of low-altitude economy
2024-09-13
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the m1 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft independently developed by shanghai yufeng future aviation technology co., ltd. is taking off. (file photo)
take-out orders are delivered by drone "riders", low-altitude drone logistics between islands has become a reality... in shanghai, a series of new drone products continue to be launched and gradually integrated into citizens' lives, and the low-altitude economy shows a positive development trend.
shanghai continues to "release" new low-altitude economic policies and plan a blueprint for the positive development of the low-altitude economy. in july this year, shanghai officially released the "shanghai low-altitude economic industry high-quality development action plan (2024-2027)". the plan mentioned that by 2027, shanghai will establish a complete industrial system for the research and development, design, assembly and manufacturing, airworthiness testing, and commercial application of new low-altitude aircraft, and build shanghai's low-altitude economic industry innovation highland, commercial application highland and operation service highland, with the core industry scale reaching more than 50 billion yuan, leading the global low-altitude economic innovation and development.
as the "first city" of the civil aviation industry, shanghai has gathered more than 300 drone general aviation companies approved by the east china administration of civil aviation in recent years, forming a complete industry chain of research and development, systems, parts, complete machines, applications and services. at present, shanghai has 70% of the professional talents in the civil aviation system in the country, has gathered about 50% of the country's leading evtol (electric vertical take-off and landing) innovative companies, and has been approved as the first batch of civil unmanned aviation test areas in the country. the application scenarios such as jinshan's "sea-shore-city" scene logistics and transportation, yangpu urban low-altitude smart logistics distribution, xuhui binjiang drone cluster performances, and cross-city low-altitude passenger operations in the yangtze river delta region have been gradually deepened and expanded.
for drones, only good raw materials can achieve a higher "take-off". when the reporter walked into the shanghai petrochemical carbon fiber center, the staff on site were studying how to create cost-effective carbon fiber to apply to the "skeleton" and "skin" of drones. li peng, general manager of the carbon fiber division, said that the strength of carbon fiber is 7 to 9 times that of ordinary steel, and the weight is only one-seventh to one-ninth of steel. the drone shell made of carbon fiber composite materials is light and strong. "our carbon fiber technology is purely domestically developed, especially the 48k large-tow carbon fiber known as 'black gold', which has reached the international advanced level. large-tow carbon fiber contains thousands to tens of thousands of fibers, and the diameter of each fiber is only one-eighth of the diameter of a hair. at present, the company is developing carbon fiber with lower cost and higher cost performance for use in fields such as drone manufacturing." li peng said.
in shanghai, the drone industry has blossomed in many places, with the government and enterprises making plans one after another. the east china uav base in jinshan is a leader in promoting the development of the low-altitude economy in shanghai.
xue bin, chairman of the east china uav base, said that as a uav specialty industrial park, the base has completed the construction of 55,000 square meters of industrial park properties. through the combination of investment and attraction, a group of growing uav enterprises have been cultivated, and a total of 36 uav industry chain enterprises covering manufacturing, application, materials, etc. have been introduced, with a total planned investment of 3.33 billion yuan. at present, 8 uav logistics routes have been approved, including jinshan-zhoushan, jinshan-huaniao island, jinshan-shengsi island, and jinshan-longhua airport, as well as 1 square kilometer of land test flight take-off and landing points. it has two cross-shaped flight runways with a length of 800 meters and a width of 30 meters, and is equipped with an air traffic management system to fully support the research and development, test flights, and scene application tests of various small, medium and large uavs.
at the east china uav base, a flying drone attracted the attention of reporters. according to the on-site staff, the drone is the fengzhou 90 drone under fengyu shuntu uav technology (shanghai) co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "fengyu shuntu"), which is mainly used in express delivery, medical, emergency and inspection fields. through the drone operation and control platform, reporters can clearly see its flight trajectory and dispatching itinerary. "the logistics drone independently developed by fengyu shuntu can carry 10 kg to 50 kg, and the range is from 10 kilometers to 130 kilometers." sun biao, head of fengyu shuntu in shanghai, said, "in may this year, we opened a route from the east china uav base to shanghai xuhui binjiang longhua airport. in the future, live seafood from shengsi, zhejiang can be delivered directly from goji island to the homes of shanghai citizens."
in addition to cargo, drones carrying people is no longer a dream. when the reporter walked into the trial production factory of shanghai yufeng future aviation technology co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "yufeng future"), a 2-ton manned electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft matrix 1 (m1 for short) original scale verification aircraft with its wings spread out came into view. yue tingting, vice president of yufeng future, said that the company's independently developed m1 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft adopts a composite wing configuration scheme, has 20 rotors, a maximum load of 700 kilograms, can carry 5 people, cruises at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, and has a designed range of 250 kilometers. in the future, it will be mainly used to meet the needs of short-distance air travel within and between cities, shortening the travel time of two or three hours to about 30 minutes.
looking ahead, shanghai will take multiple measures to help the low-altitude economy continue to develop in a positive direction, actively build a low-altitude intelligent logistics and transportation system, make a blueprint plan for low-altitude infrastructure, hardware and software facilities, organizational structure, development goals, etc., realize the deep integration of low-altitude operation services and low-altitude business services, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the low-altitude economy. (economic daily reporter tang yilu)
