Shanghai charts bold plan for low-altitude economy

Shanghai is planning to have at least 400 low-altitude flight routes by the end of 2027 to help achieve the city's ambition of building a "city of sky" featuring a complete low-altitude industry with its expected core industrial scale exceeding 50 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) by 2027.

The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission has unveiled an implementation plan for the high-quality development of the low-altitude industry in three phases.

"With details and specific targets, the plan has drawn a clear roadmap for the development of Shanghai's low-altitude economy and has striven to provide support in various ways for materializing these measures, which indicates that the development of Shanghai's low-altitude economy has entered into a stage of practical advancement," said Luo Jun, executive director of China Low Altitude Economic Alliance.