Fengtai, Beijing: A Series of Investigations on the "Low-altitude City" by Another Way to Hatch in a Misplaced Place that can't Fly
DATE:  Jun 30 2024

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01 Fengtai District of Beijing, as a place where low-altitude aircraft "cannot fly", attracts enterprises to settle in and supports and develops low-altitude economic industries by setting up industrial funds, landing industrial parks and creating industrial ecology.

02 Fengtai Park Management Committee stated that in the future, guiding and policy documents will be issued at the right time to form a dislocation development with all parts of the country.

03 to this end, Fengtai district plans to integrate China pass, traffic control technology, Beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics, yuanfei technology, etc. to set up a low-altitude flight control research center to carry out research and development, incubation and investment in related technologies.

04 At the same time, Fengtai District will also focus on the development of key technologies for aircraft development, ground supporting service systems and equipment, and promote the improvement of product technology.

05 In addition, Fengtai District is planning to build a 2 million-square-meter low-altitude economic industrial park to create physical space for industrial chain enterprises.

Technical support provided by Tencent's hybrid model

Caixin News Agency, June 30 (Reporter Wu Xin) Since last year, local governments have issued low-altitude economic development plans, such as bamboo shoots. According to incomplete statistics from a reporter from the Caixin News Agency, as of now, more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country have included the low-altitude economy in the government work report. Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hunan and other places have focused on cultivating the low-altitude economy as a new quality of productivity.

Among them, Beijing is a little special-it does not have sufficient and flexible low-altitude airspace resources. In other words, this is a place where low-altitude aircraft "can't fly. How to develop a low-altitude economy in such a place? How to create a competitive advantage? How to attract industrial chain enterprises to settle in?

Fengtai District of Beijing is giving a "Fengtai sample" for reference ". Based on the advantages of science and education, industrial foundation and resources within its jurisdiction, Beijing Fengtai will be guided by research and development, attract enterprises to settle in, support and develop low-altitude economic industries by setting up industrial funds, landing industrial parks and creating industrial ecology. The Fengtai Park Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (hereinafter referred to as the Fengtai Park Management Committee) told reporters, "What we need to think about is how to give full play to regional advantages and form a dislocation development with all parts of the country under the condition of restricted airspace."

Ideas: another way of dislocation development

Under the blueprint of the low-altitude economy, it can be said that "the eight immortals cross the sea, each showing his or her magic power". The Guangzhou Municipal Government recently proposed to promote Guangzhou to become the first commercial operation city for manned flights in China. By 2027, the market size of Guangzhou's low-altitude economic cross-border flight, cultural tourism consumption, logistics and transportation and other key operation service areas will reach 30 billion. yuan. Shenzhen, known as the "capital of unmanned aerial vehicles", has taken the lead in running out of the "closed loop" of low-altitude economic ecology, sitting in Xinjiang with a global unmanned market share of more than 80%, as well as leading enterprises in the industrial chain such as Fengyi Technology and Meituan, which have been laid out for a long time in the field of low-altitude express logistics ".

Fengtai District, Beijing, in 2024, after determining the initial form of low-altitude economic industries in the region in combination with the survey, it clearly proposed to develop a low-altitude economy. The Fengtai Park Management Committee told reporters, "This is the first time that Fengtai has clearly proposed to develop a low-altitude economy, and use this as an opportunity to help Beijing seize the commanding heights of the low-altitude economy and industry." The management committee said that in the future, guiding and policy documents will be issued at the right time.

But the problem that cannot be avoided is that Beijing is a city with limited airspace. Taking civil unmanned aerial vehicles as an example, the reporter inquired from the integrated management platform of civil unmanned aerial vehicles and found that most of the airspace in Beijing does not belong to the suitable airspace for such aircraft (the height is less than 120 meters). In such a place to develop a low-altitude economy, Fengtai District is bound to give a different solution.

In the interview, the Fengtai Park Management Committee frequently mentioned that it should be the master of core technology, the maker of standards, and the designer of the system. The management committee reminded reporters, "What we need to think about is how to give full play to regional advantages and form a dislocation development with all parts of the country under the condition of restricted airspace."

The "Urban Low-altitude Economy" Link Power "Index Report (2024)" shows that Beijing leads the country in terms of corporate concentration, capital activity and innovation concentration indicators, while Shenzhen ranks first in the country in terms of environmental friendliness. The management committee said, "Compared with being scene and application-oriented, Fengtai and other parts of Beijing must conduct differentiated competition, which is more suitable for R & D-oriented.

Some enterprises in Fengtai District also believe that they should find the right position and be cautious. Gao Chunhai, chairman of traffic control technology (688015.SH), is very calm: "it takes time to cultivate and grow the market. We should not be overly pessimistic or rush in. We should find our own advantages and business model."

confidence: outstanding scientific research strength to participate in the formulation of line standards

What is the "bottom line" for Fengtai District to create differentiated competition? In this regard, the Fengtai Park Management Committee provided reporters with a set of data: Fengtai has 2 national key laboratories and 9 national enterprise technology centers; it has 2 100 billion-level industrial clusters of rail transit, aerospace and aviation; low-altitude economy The initial form has been formed. There are 115 low-altitude economic key enterprises and 110 peripheral related enterprises in the zone, which are distributed in the industrial chain links of low-altitude manufacturing, low-altitude support, low-altitude flight and comprehensive services. Among them, there are 16 core enterprises in the fields of drones, low-altitude defense systems, high-precision navigation, radar, and communication equipment, with an output value of nearly 40 billion yuan.

In the region, the First Academy of Aerospace, the Third Academy of Aerospace, and the Eleventh Academy of Aerospace have all included low-altitude economy in key research areas. Among them, Aerospace Rainbow (002389.SZ), a listed company controlled by the 11th Academy of Aerospace, has the most complete UAV-type spectrum in China, and its Rainbow 8 series UAVs, Rainbow -3, Rainbow -4, etc. can be applied to the domestic civil low-altitude economic field. Beijing Yinglong UAV Technology Co., Ltd., a private enterprise, entered Fengtai Park in May 2023 and also focused on the research and development innovation of UAV core components, flight control systems and complete UAV machines.

in the field of airspace management and flight support, yuanfei technology in Fengtai district has already held a national unmanned aerial vehicle cloud system license, and china tong (688009.SH), traffic control technology, china ship haifeng, etc. have achieved phased breakthroughs.

In order to seek new market opportunities at low altitudes, Traffic Control Technology and China Communications have migrated technologies such as safety control, intelligent perception, and dispatch command to the field of low-altitude airspace management. Gao Chunhai told reporters that in 2023, traffic control technology has set up a special low-altitude economic class to conduct research and research in many places to develop low-altitude airspace management. In January 2024, Traffic Control Technology established a subsidiary specializing in low-altitude business, Traffic Control Aviation Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. So far, traffic control technology has formed an overall plan for the low-altitude airspace dispatching and command system, identified key technologies, is conducting research and development and testing, and conducting application tests in Tianjin and other places.

Since its establishment in 2017, Iris has been focusing on low-altitude airspace management and low-altitude traffic management. The company is committed to building a digital low-altitude ecology, in the drone flight control technology, drone low-altitude air control, navigation man-machine low-altitude air control, as well as urban low-altitude integrated services and other directions continue to make efforts, its technology, products in the domestic first echelon.

The market access efficiency of enterprises can be greatly improved by being close to the approval department. The reporter learned that the airspace management, aircraft access, flight control, and safety management involved in the low-altitude economy all involve state powers, and local governments can only participate in a limited manner within the scope of local powers. The Fengtai Park Management Committee said, for example, that Xi'an Aisheng UAV, a secondary subsidiary of the Arms Industry Group, is preparing to land in Fengtai. The main factor attracting it is that it can be closer to the examination and approval departments and research institutions, making it easier to attract high-end scientific research talents.

Fengtai District also plans to support enterprises to develop standards around low-altitude manufacturing, flight applications, infrastructure, flight supervision, service support, etc., and form a group of industry standards and national standards that Fengtai enterprises participate in drafting.

action: build ecology, build platform to lead enterprises to compete

West of the Yongding River, Fengtai Park is planning to build a 2 million-square-meter low-altitude economic industrial park. Among them, the R & D base and manufacturing base each accounted for 1 million square meters. So far, 260000 square meters of workshop space and 5000 sets of public rental housing for talents have been prepared for the Erqi Factory and Shougang Ertong Factory, which can directly connect enterprises and talents. Reporters learned that Xinzhuang District will rely on the collective industrial land of Xinzhuang Village in Beigong Town to build a UAV manufacturing research and development and application verification base. The West Second District will build a low-altitude innovation research and development and intelligent manufacturing center, which will be located in the future technology research and development, aircraft manufacturing and low-altitude application scenarios.

to create a "Fengtai sample", we can't just talk about it with great strides; when an enterprise enters the game, it must also choose a good place to live. In addition to planning and building a low-altitude economic industrial park to create physical space for industrial chain enterprises, Fengtai is also building a more comprehensive and three-dimensional foundation for the development of low-altitude economy through the establishment of industrial funds and the creation of industrial ecology.

The reporter learned that Fengtai District is planning to set up a low-altitude economic industry development fund to jointly promote the rapid and high-quality development of low-altitude economic industries. At the Beijing level, the recently released "Beijing Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economic Industries 2024-2027 (draft for comments)" also mentioned that a low-altitude industry fund should be set up to guide social capital and professional institutions to invest in low-altitude industry projects. Fengtai Park Management Committee said, "in the future, funds will be set up in different ways, such as cooperation at the urban level and integration of social forces." For enterprises settled in the park, Fengtai District has industrial policies being implemented, such as "Unicorn Eight Articles" and "Fengjiu Articles.

In terms of building an industrial ecology, the Fengtai District Government initiated the establishment of the Beijing Low-altitude Economic Industry Development Alliance in April this year. Its goal is to gather the upstream and downstream resources of the industrial chain, build a collaborative platform for politics, industry, learning, research, and use, and form a low-altitude economy. Industrial ecology.

Fengtai Park Management Committee explained to reporters, "We plan to build the alliance into a platform for information sharing, technology exchange, and complementary resources. After the establishment of the alliance, the relevant enterprises, research institutions and universities can know the development ideas of Fengtai or Beijing around the alliance. At the same time, mutual cooperation is formed. For example, I don't know this company, and he doesn't know what his peers can do. After understanding through the industrial alliance, cooperation can be formed immediately and things can be done under one banner. This is ecology. When the ecology is formed, industrial resources will continue to gather and continue to form linkages."

Zhang gang, chairman of yuanfei technology, said: "yuanfei technology is a low-altitude operation technology enterprise. the core consideration for landing in Fengtai, Beijing in 2017 is the technological height here, the rich scientific research institutes, the gathering of leading enterprises, and the source of industry and technology." He also analyzed that aircraft manufacturing enterprises consider two points, one is close to the supply chain, the other is close to the end user, that is, the area with rich operation scenarios; However, the main consideration of enterprises in the operation link is to keep up with the forefront of low-altitude management policies, systems and related technologies.

Main line: Only well managed can fly the focused ATC system

The Fengtai Park Management Committee and the enterprises in the area have solved the problem of low-altitude development from different angles-to fly, you must manage it well. "The core of solving the airspace problem is the safety and reliability of the technology. Only when the low-altitude air traffic control system is mature and stable can the airspace restriction problem be solved." The Governing Council believes.

To this end, Fengtai plans to integrate China Communications, Communications and Control Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Iris Flying Technology, etc. to set up a low-altitude flight control research center to carry out research and development, incubation and investment in related technologies. It is expected that 1-2 more mature management and control systems will be launched within 1 year, followed by 1-2 years of enterprise-oriented management and control systems.All over the promotion of demonstration, improve product reliability, promote the improvement of product technology. At the same time, Fengtai District will also focus on aircraft development, ground supporting service systems and equipment key technology research and development. With the increasing maturity of various technologies, the gate of the low-altitude city will also open wider and wider.

High-altitude aircraft are large and few, low-altitude aircraft are many and dense. Therefore, in the face of a large number of low-altitude aircraft with different standards, the low-altitude airspace management system is indispensable. Zhang Gang believes that manufacturing, operation, and operation are the three main links of low-altitude development. Among them, operation is a bridge that provides guarantee, manages airspace, and links manufacturing and operation. The main body of the operation link is divided into the top-level leadership management mechanism, the middle digital airspace management system, and the infrastructure as the bottom support.

the reporter learned from yuanfei science and technology that the company mainly provides four categories of low-altitude digital products: unmanned aerial vehicle digital air traffic control/traffic control platform, urban low-altitude integrated service platform, unmanned aerial vehicle industry application integrated service platform, and navigable manned low-altitude flight service stations (class a and class B), which can cover various scenes such as urban comprehensive management, agriculture, forestry and plant protection, unmanned aerial vehicle terminal distribution, unmanned aerial vehicle manned flight, etc. Over the past few years, nearly 10 local governments have used the products of Iris Flying Technology. When the air manned traffic really comes, Iris Flying Technology will also expand the To C scene.

Gao Chunhai said that low-altitude economy, as a part of three-dimensional transportation, will eventually realize manned flight under the premise of safety and efficiency. The reporter learned that traffic control technology mainly focuses on three major directions in the field of low-altitude economy, digital infrastructure, low-altitude airspace scheduling management system, and the application of specific scenarios. Gao Chunhai introduced to reporters that the low-altitude airspace scheduling management system of traffic control technology will undergo international third-party safety certification. In terms of application scenarios, artificial intelligence technology will be used to realize effective coordination and scheduling of manned/unmanned aerial vehicles, optimal coordination of safety control and airspace utilization, etc.

(Caixin reporter Wu Xin)

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