China has released new guidelines on the civilian
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, expecting the market value of the
industry to rose 40 percent year on year on average to 60 billion yuan (about
US$9.1 billion) by 2020.
The
market value would be tripled to 180 billion yuan by 2025, according to the
guidelines made by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The
estimate was much higher than a forecast by an iResearch report last year,
which said the overall market of UAVs, commonly known as drones, could reach 75
billion yuan by 2025 in China.
The
country's UAV manufacturing industry has been expanding rapidly in recent years
thanks to extensive use of drones in fields such as surveying and mapping as
well as rising individual consumption.
The
ministry said China is playing a leading role worldwide in consumer UAV product
manufacturing.
In
the future, the ministry will promote national unified management of the
industry, strengthen its competitive edge and help foster several leading drone
manufacturers by 2020, according to the guidelines.
While
it is good to see drones increasingly used in agriculture, environmental
monitoring and public entertainment, civilian drones have threatened the safety
of civil aviation on many occasions.
In
late April, four drones flown illegally over Chengdu Shuangliu International
Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. They obliged 58 flights to land
at alternative airports, four to return, and many more to be canceled.
China
requires civilian drones weighing more than 250 grams to be registered under
real names from June 1 to improve civil aviation safety. Registration of
civilian drones is a common international practice.
(Evangle Luo of TTFLY shared with you)
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