Drones soar into wider application in China
China DailyA staff member shows a drone at the First Jinjiang Trade Fair on Scientific and Technological Innovation in Quanzhou, Fujian province, April 9, 2024. On Monday morning, an unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time delivered four college admission letters issued by the South China University of Technology to the hands of four students in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. In recent years, drones have become increasingly common in video clip productions, express and meal deliveries and fleet shows as China strives to expand its low-altitude economy, which was included in the country's government work report for the first time in March this year. CAAC data shows that the scale of China's low-altitude economy exceeded 500 billion yuan in 2023, and is expected to reach 2 trillion yuan by 2030. In 2023 alone, over 3.17 million civilian drones were delivered in China, and the general aviation manufacturing industry generated an output exceeding 51 billion yuan, an increase of nearly 60 percent year-on-year.