Measures guide Guizhou's low-altitude development

Southwest China's Guizhou province has issued the Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Low-Altitude Economy (2025–27), with a focus on strengthening low-altitude infrastructure and enhancing industrial competitiveness.

The plan emphasizes the construction of an integrated low-altitude intelligent network, with a provincial-level platform that will streamline flight route approvals, provide aviation intelligence services, enable precise weather monitoring and early warning, and improve air risk identification and surveillance dispatch capabilities.

To support these operations, Guizhou will build a robust digital foundation, including communication, navigation, meteorology, flight monitoring, and electromagnetic environment facilities along key routes and test zones. Innovative technologies such as integrated sensing will be applied to ensure reliable low-altitude operations.

Ground infrastructure development is also a priority. Vertiports, drone takeoff and landing points, and flight camps will be strategically located, particularly in tourist destinations and logistics hubs. Existing emergency landing sites will be integrated with low-altitude facilities, and regional airports will be encouraged to expand general aviation services.

The province will further strengthen low-altitude meteorological infrastructure by establishing a dedicated research institute and a monitoring equipment R&D center. Advanced monitoring and early-warning systems will enable data-driven development, including national-level demonstration projects in complex mountainous climates.

In addition to infrastructure, the plan aims to enhance the competitiveness of the low-altitude industry. This includes fostering aircraft assembly, upgrading aviation engines, advancing components and new materials industries, promoting digital aviation equipment, and developing battery and materials R&D and production bases.