Impact of low-altitude technology on low-altitude industry development from perspective of low-altitude economy

Authors

Yong WANG, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaFollow
Yusen YANG, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Jimin ZENG, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Zhenglong HE, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Zongxi CEN, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Keywords

low-altitude economy; low-altitude technology; new quality productive forces; industrial transformation

Document Type

S & T and Society

Abstract

Low-altitude economy, as a typical representative of new quality productive forces and a strategic emerging industry, has become an important engine for promoting high-quality economic development and achieving technological self-reliance and self-improvement in China. This study systematically reviews the development trajectory of low-altitude economy, deeply elucidates the connotations and characteristics of low-altitude technology and its impact mechanisms on low-altitude industrial development, providing theoretical support for constructing a modernized low-altitude economic system. It finds that the concept of low-altitude economy has undergone a paradigm shift from industry terminology to economic formation, gradually completing the institutionalization process from strategic planning to legal guarantee, forming a new paradigm of low-altitude economic development with Chinese characteristics. Low-altitude technology serves as the key bottleneck constraining low-altitude economic development. Its essence is a new system formed by the integration of five core technologies: low-altitude aircraft manufacturing, drone remote communication and control, environmental perception and navigation positioning, low-altitude air-route planning and airspace management, and big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, which drives systematic development of low-altitude industries through three mechanisms. Nevertheless, the current transformation of low-altitude technology to industry still faces systematic obstacles including low technological maturity, fragmented market demand, lagging regulatory environment, and incomplete industrial ecosystem. Based on the strategic layout of a unified national market, efforts should be coordinated to advance technological research, market cultivation, institutional innovation, and ecosystem construction, accelerating the formation of a virtuous cycle between low-altitude technological innovation and industrial development, providing strong support for building a modernized industrial system and serving major national strategic objectives.

First page

1853

Last Page

1866

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

WANG, Yong; YANG, Yusen; ZENG, Jimin; HE, Zhenglong; and CEN, Zongxi (2024) "Impact of low-altitude technology on low-altitude industry development from perspective of low-altitude economy," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 40 : Iss. 10 , Article 19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.1000-3045.20250708005
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss10/19