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North China's city cluster forms low-altitude economy alliance

CGTN

Passengers ride on an eVTOL aircraft in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 16, 2024. /CFP
Passengers ride on an eVTOL aircraft in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 16, 2024. /CFP

Passengers ride on an eVTOL aircraft in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 16, 2024. /CFP

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster, north China's economic circle, established the low-altitude economy industry alliance on Saturday in Tianjin Municipality, with 33 projects officially signed off.

The projects include the construction of a low-temperature battery production line and supporting facilities, and the overall planning of a low-altitude public route in a science park, among others.

Guests from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province attended the ceremony and watched a drone show demonstrating low-altitude application scenarios in the air.

Guo Kangwei, head of Baodi District in Tianjin, said the low-altitude economy is a typical representative of new quality productive forces, a new engine of economic growth, and a new track of industrial development.

Baodi is vigorously promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerating the cultivation of low-altitude economy-related industrial clusters, Guo said.

The "low-altitude economy" largely refers to economic activities conducted in low-altitude airspace, typically below 1,000 meters, including flight operations, passenger transport and cargo delivery.

In a 2024 report, the Chinese government identified the low-altitude economy as a new growth engine for the first time, with vertical mobility seen as a "new productive force" in areas such as passenger and cargo transport. 

In 2023, the scale of the "low-altitude economy" sector increased to 506 billion yuan ($70 billion). China's aviation regulator foresees a 2-trillion-yuan industry by 2030, a fourfold expansion from 2023.

(With input from Xinhua)

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