Nowadays, in the sky below an altitude of one kilometer in Hefei, an unprecedented new scene is unfolding: drones delivering takeaways shuttle within the city, "aerial life channels" for blood transportation have become the norm, and the nation's first urban air transportation hub has also been completed here...

As an important focus for developing new quality productive forces, Hefei layouts the new track of the low-altitude economy as a direction to exert efforts.

"Your drone takeaway has arrived at the pickup point..." In recent days, on the grasslands along the banks of Hefei, Sun Tao, who ordered food through a takeout platform, received a call. Almost at the same time, accompanied by the roar of propellers, a drone appeared in the sky and delivered the takeaway to him through "rope lowering".

On February 20, a drone loaded with 6 kilograms of official documents flew from the Municipal Government Center to the Hefei Post Zhanqian Road Postal Center. The entire 12-kilometer route only took 15 minutes, which could ensure that express deliveries met the deadline during the evening peak period.

Up to now, Hefei has gathered more than 100 low-altitude economic enterprises, initially forming an industrial cluster integrating research and development, manufacturing, sales, operation, and service, which provides strong support for the scene innovation of Hefei's low-altitude economy.

Why have so many low-altitude economic enterprises settled here? This is inseparable from the solid policy support of Hefei.

In 2024, Hefei issued several documents such as the "Decision on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Low-Altitude Economy in Hefei" and the "Several Policies for Supporting the Development of the Low-Altitude Economy in Hefei", making every effort to protect the low-altitude industry as it takes off. At the same time, the first municipal low-altitude flight service center was established, the first urban air transportation hub port was completed, various system platforms and intelligent network construction were carried out, low-altitude enterprises of the whole industrial chain were attracted, various low-altitude scenes have been actively expanded, and the high-quality development of the city's low-altitude economic industry has been efficiently promoted.

Source: Hefei Daily