A staff member tests an unmanned aerial vehicle at the base of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guangdong has positioned its burgeoning low-altitude economy as a key driver for developing new quality productive forces and cultivating new economic growth points. Shenzhen stands out as China’s “Drone Capital”, boasting a concentration of over 1,700 drone-related enterprises.
A staff member introduces an unmanned helicopter at an exhibition hall of United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)Patrol unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at an exhibition hall of United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)Staff members test an unmanned aerial vehicle in the workshop of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)A staff member displays a drone which can provide lighting at an exhibition hall in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)A staff member checks unmanned aerial vehicles in the workshop of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)Staff members assemble unmanned aerial vehicles in the workshop of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)This combo photo shows unmanned helicopters at an exhibition hall of United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)Staff members assemble unmanned aerial vehicles in the workshop of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)A staff member works on a flight control board of unmanned aerial vehicle in the workshop of the United Aircraft Group in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
