Shandong urged to accelerate development of low-altitude economy

(chinadaily.com.cn)| Updated : 2025-01-22

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Shandong province in East China should step up the development of application scenarios in the low-altitude economy, according to Liu Dejun, member of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Liu, also director of the Strategic Planning Institute of the Shandong Academy of Macroeconomic Research, made the remarks in his proposal to this year’s session of the CPPCC Shandong Provincial Committee.

Liu said that Shandong should fully leverage its robust industrial foundation, abundant resources, diverse environments, and significant service demand potential to boost the growth of the low-altitude economy.

He emphasized the need to focus on "low-altitude economy plus" and prioritize the creation of diverse, promising, and influential application scenarios to establish a Shandong model characterized by "development policy environment paving the way, core breakthroughs in application scenarios, attraction and aggregation of resource elements, and leapfrog development of the low-altitude industry".

The expansion of application scenarios in the low-altitude economy has the potential to drive the development of various industries, such as equipment manufacturing, logistics and distribution, aviation services, and information technology. It can also facilitate the deep integration of digital technology with the real economy and promote the high-end and intelligent development of industries. It has become crucial to the development of the low-altitude economy in various regions across China.

Liu called for strengthening policy support and regulatory efforts for the low-altitude economy, actively expanding application scenarios in the low-altitude economy to develop a smart logistics system, proactively planning out the infrastructure for the development of the low-altitude economy, and creating digital low-altitude airspace maps to optimize airspace resources.

He also proposed establishing a low-altitude smart network to enhance flight data processing capabilities, deepen the integration and innovation of low-altitude industries, strengthen industry-academia-research cooperation, reinforce talent support for the low-altitude economy and optimize talent policies.