In March of this year, the State Council of the State Council wrote the "actively creating new growth engines such as biological manufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low -altitude economy" into a government work report.In July, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Mainland Government once again proposed "the development of general aviation and low -altitude economy."The low -altitude economy has become an important track for China's new productive productive forces and cultivating new momentum for economic growth.By analyzing this sparrow, we can glimpse the main reasons for the Chinese government to vigorously develop new productivity in recent years.

First of all, the development of a low -altitude economy shows that the Chinese government still hopes to promote economic development by creating a new industry and opening up new tracks.In recent years, China's economic growth has declined, and public opinion at home and abroad generally believes that China should expand domestic demand, boost consumption, start from demand to solve the difficulties facing economic growth.However, from the perspective of the existing approach, the Chinese government may have unique ideas for economic growth. They believe that only by continuously cultivating emerging industries such as the low -altitude economy can we maintain the momentum of innovation and entrepreneurship and stimulate entrepreneurial spirit.This is a key factor in promoting the sustainable development of China's economy over the decades, and it will continue to play a role in the future.

Taking the low -altitude economy as an example, in just a few years, Billion Airlines Intelligent, Peak Fei Airlines, Xiaopeng Huitian, and Shishi Technology and other start -ups have risen rapidly, becoming the main players in the industry.This phenomenon that starts the development of emerging industries by startups is commonplace in the Chinese economy, but it is rare in other economies in East Asia.Because of the risks of emerging industries and strong uncertainty, the private sector is rarely willing to follow up.A large number of research on innovation and entrepreneurship has shown that newly established and rapidly growing startups, regardless of the salary level and the creation of employment capabilities, must be higher than traditional enterprises in the existing industry, which can strongly drive economic growth.

Secondly, the development of the low -altitude economy reflects the Chinese government's hope to provide application scenarios for new technologies. In the fourth industrial revolution technology competition, we have achieved the basic ideas of leading position.In the competition between China and the United States, China has always emphasized that one of its own unique advantages is to have the richest new technology application scenarios in the world.Not only has the large demand for new technologies because of the huge scale of manufacturing, but also strives to launch new scenes through the development of emerging industries.The low -altitude economy is undoubtedly a powerful attempt for the Chinese government to create new scenes.

The low -altitude economy is a huge and complex system. It not only involves drones, but also the intelligent hardware technology of EVTOL (EVTOL (electric vertical take -off and landing aircraft).Related artificial intelligence technology.Whether these technologies can be achieved are closely related to the underlying technologies such as digital modeling, virtual simulation, intelligent perception, and machine vision.All these new technologies are the key technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The low -altitude economy can provide huge demand for these new technologies and accelerate the pace of commercialization.We see that all walks of life are trying to explore the possible application scenarios of low -altitude economy.UAV is the most mature scene of the low -altitude economy. It is enthusiastically discussing the possibility of logistics, traffic patrols, emergency rescue, survey and painting, and electricity inspection around the use of drones. The industry is discussing it.With the gradual maturity of EVTOL technology, more and more manned application scenarios will be opened up in the future.

Finally, the development of the low -altitude economy also shows that the Chinese government takes the development of new productivity as an opportunity to promote institutional reform and establish a willingness to establish new production relations.The development of emerging industries is not only subject to technological progress, but also produced in production relations that lag behind in productivity.For the development of a low -altitude economy, the biggest obstacle is the strict control of the airspace.In countries with developed low -altitude economy, they have gone through a process of airspace management from the leadership of the military to civil aviation leadership.For example, in the United States, the airspace resources have gradually tilted to civil aviation in the past few decades, and the airspace controlled by the military has less than 20 %. The development of a low -altitude economy will undoubtedly effectively promote China's relaxation of airspace control.

In November 2023, the Civil Aviation Administration and other relevant departments issued the airspace management regulations of the People's Republic of China (draft for comments). In space below 300 meters, there was a non -controlled airspace of Class G and W.To simplify.In the future, how to formulate airspace management in various regions to make them land, and how to coordinate the management rules between various regions will become the focus of airspace management reform.

The low -altitude economy is one of the many tracks related to new productivity.Even in the next few years, it has developed to the scale of trillion yuan, and it may still be difficult to become a pillar industry like real estate or new energy vehicles.However, the author believes that as long as new industries and new tracks such as low -altitude economy are continuously created, related new technologies and new scenarios are constantly emerging, and corresponding system reforms are constantly advancing, and the Chinese economy can last for a long time.

The author is the director of the Asian Institute of Economic Research Institute of Japan Trade Promotion Institute