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At Hefei's urban air mobility hub, the rotor blades of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft hum to life before it glides smoothly into the summer sky.

Known as a "flying taxi", this innovative vehicle is operated by Hefei Heyi Aviation Co, which in March became one of China's first companies to receive an operating certificate for passenger-grade civil unmanned aircraft.

"Chinese companies have long been capable of designing and building these aircraft, but operating them was challenging due to regulatory restrictions," said Li Xiaona, general manager of the company in East China's Anhui province.