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while the three "golden business cards" of the great wall, the world horticultural expo, and the winter olympics are getting brighter and brighter, beijing yanqing district has also built four characteristic industrial systems focusing on drones, sports technology, new energy and new materials, and horticultural technology. on september 11, a beijing business daily reporter learned from the yanqing district special session of the "welcome to the 75th anniversary of the founding of new china" series of themed press conferences that in the first half of this year, the revenue of four characteristic industries such as drones was 4.41 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%. technological innovation is becoming an important force to promote industrial upgrading, and new quality productivity has enabled yanqing to increase its high-quality development. at the meeting, ye dahua, deputy secretary of the yanqing district committee and district mayor, introduced that as the first batch of civil unmanned aviation test areas of the civil aviation administration of china and the beijing unmanned aviation demonstration area, yanqing took the lead in the city to seize the new track of low-altitude economy and open up a new blue ocean of tens of billions of industries. it is estimated that by 2025, the total volume of low-altitude economy in the district will reach 5 billion yuan.

gathering more than 100 drone companies

in terms of low-altitude economy, ye dahua introduced that since 2018, yanqing has focused on cultivating the drone industry. currently, there are 102 drone companies, covering the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain including complete machine research and development and manufacturing, key materials and components, drone countermeasures, inspection and testing, education and training, and flight services. the low-altitude economy has become a concentrated development trend in yanqing.

at the same time, ye dahua introduced that as the first batch of civil unmanned aerial vehicle test areas of the civil aviation administration of china and the unmanned aerial vehicle demonstration area of ​​beijing, yanqing was the first in the city to seize the new track of low-altitude economy and open up a new blue ocean of tens of billions of industries.

in august this year, beijing's first low-altitude economic industrial park, the "zhongguancun (yanqing) low-altitude economic industrial park", was established in yanqing. "we worked with the 9th academy of aerospace and the national key laboratory of air traffic management systems to formulate the yanqing district's low-altitude economic development plan and low-altitude infrastructure plan, and planned six functional groups of low-altitude industries with zhongguancun yanqing park as the focus. we have established a work coordination mechanism with 13 departments including the municipal bureau of economics and information technology, the municipal development and reform commission, and the municipal science and technology commission to coordinate the construction of beijing's unmanned aviation demonstration zone. in addition to the more than 100 drone companies that have gathered, a number of "national" testing institutions such as the 514th institute of the fifth academy of aerospace have also settled in yanqing, forming an unmanned system testing service industry highland. by 2025, the total low-altitude economy in the district is expected to reach 5 billion yuan," said ye dahua.

"in the next step, yanqing district will further integrate policies and concentrate resources to highlight the characteristics of low-altitude safety, military-civilian integration, and green aviation. it will carry out pilot projects in low-altitude safety technology research, low-altitude infrastructure construction, low-altitude airspace management innovation, and low-altitude application scenario expansion. it will form a demonstration and leading role in a relatively short period of time and strive to build a pilot zone for the city's low-altitude economic industry." ye dahua said.

in addition, in terms of sports technology industry, yanqing has gathered more than 460 upstream and downstream enterprises in the digital sports industry chain. the new campus of capital institute of physical education officially started construction on august 25 this year, and the industrial pattern of integrating production, learning and research is accelerating. at the same time, several characteristic industries such as new energy and new materials industry, horticultural technology industry, etc. are also opening up new channels and providing new momentum for the development of yanqing.

"in the future, yanqing will also focus on cultivating industries such as drones and sports technology to promote the region's high-quality development to take new steps and reach new levels," said ye dahua.

eight ice and snow events will be held this winter

ye dahua said that yanqing district continued to promote the integrated development of culture, tourism, sports and other industries, polish the three "golden business cards" of "great wall", "world horticultural exposition" and "winter olympics", and build the "most beautiful winter olympic city".

yanqing district is rich in great wall resources, and the badaling great wall is a representative section of the ming great wall. "we must protect and inherit this precious historical and cultural heritage, and protect the great wall like we protect our homeland," said ma honghuan, member of the standing committee of the yanqing district committee of beijing and minister of the propaganda department. yanqing has successively held the beijing great wall cultural festival, beijing great wall music festival, and badaling great wall cultural forum, focusing on "bringing cultural relics to life", telling the great wall story well, and striving to be the "leader" in the construction of the great wall cultural belt.

at the foot of the great wall, the successful hosting of the 2019 beijing world horticultural exposition has further enhanced yanqing's international reputation, and today's beijing world horticultural exposition park has also become an important showcase for the capital's ecological civilization construction. with the world horticultural exposition park as the core, yanqing district has focused on the construction of the world horticultural exposition guishui ecological leisure outdoor sports park project in recent years, integrating surrounding cultural and tourism resources, and holding activities such as the strawberry music festival, the spartan warriors race, and the "guihe night painting" night tour experience to stimulate new vitality in the cultural and tourism industry.

the 2022 winter olympics attracted the world's attention to yanqing. after the winter olympics, relying on the world-class venues such as "snow swallow" and "snow dragon", yanqing successfully hosted the yanqing station of the bobsleigh and skeleton world cup, the national bobsleigh championships, the national alpine skiing championships and other international and national ice and snow events.

during last year's snow season, yanqing olympic park also launched a series of preferential measures such as free admission and free viewing of games to attract more people to visit the park, experience the spirit of the beijing winter olympics up close, and participate in ice and snow sports. in addition, hiking, alpine sleds and other projects also make yanqing olympic park exciting all year round.

at present, the "ice house" of the national bobsleigh and luge center has been put into use, providing support for the chinese national team to enter and train in the 2024-2025 snow season. in the 2024-2025 snow season, yanqing will host eight ice and snow events, including the international bobsleigh and luge federation-skeleton world cup, the international luge federation-sledge world cup, and the international ski federation-alpine skiing far east cup. top athletes from all over the world will continue to break through themselves and challenge their limits here.

"we keep in mind the important instruction that 'yanqing belongs to the future', accelerate the gathering of green development momentum, follow the yanqing path of integrated development of culture and tourism, conduct in-depth exploration on the subsequent utilization of the winter olympics heritage, and achieve powerful breakthroughs." ye dahua said.

ren jianghao, deputy district mayor of yanqing district, further stated that yanqing district will build a cultural and tourism industry development model based on the functional positioning of the ecological conservation area, "policy guidance, resource linkage, and cultural empowerment", stimulate the enthusiasm of market players, promote the quality upgrade and high-quality development of regional tourism, and accelerate the construction of an international cultural, sports, tourism and leisure area.

beijing business daily reporter lu yangzhuoyang