China is engaged in over 1,200 companies in the drone industry | Last year, it produced 2.9 million aircraft.

Xinhua News Agency reported on June 22, remote sensing mapping, agriculture and forestry plant protection, film and television aerial photography, express logistics, policing law enforcement, emergency search and rescue, power and oil pipeline inspections ... reporters at the second world drone conference held in Shenzhen on the 22nd It is understood that in recent years, the development of China's drone industry has been rapid, and drones have begun to play an important role in many areas of China's economic and social development. The data released by the Shenzhen UAV Industry Association shows that at present, China is engaged in drone maintenance. More than 1200 companies have developed and produced machines and their tight parts.

At the drone exhibition held on the same day, more than 200 Chinese and foreign drone companies demonstrated unmanned helicopters, unmanned fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned rotorcraft, unmanned airships, unmanned aerial vehicles, and flapping-wing miniatures. Drones and upstream and downstream ancillary products.

The reporter saw at the exhibition site that a group of smart drones appeared in succession and the fields of application were becoming more and more widespread. Some of them were equipped with functions such as obstacle avoidance, multi-point throwing, etc., which can help fire disaster relief, emergency supplies, geological surveying, etc. A farm drone can load 300 kilograms of chemical fertilizers, and it has been put into use in China, Australia and other countries and regions.

'In recent years, China's drone industry has developed rapidly and it has basically formed a complete set of R&D, manufacturing, sales and service systems.' Qu Weizhi, executive vice president of the China Electronics and Information Industry Federation, said at the conference.

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s civilian drone production reached 2.9 million in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 67%.