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The General Office of Anhui Provincial People's Government recently issued the Action Plan for Expanding "Low-Altitude Plus" Application Scenarios in Anhui Province (2026–2028), laying out a clear three-year roadmap for the province’s low-altitude economy. By 2028, Anhui aims to achieve an annual low-altitude flight duration of 5 million hours, gather over 300 low-altitude operation enterprises, and build a total of 100 demonstration low-altitude application scenarios, fostering a development model that features guaranteed safety, sustainable commercial viability and broad public acceptance.
Target to Own Over 45,000 Agricultural Drones
Low-altitude agricultural and forestry operations are designated as a core priority under the plan. By 2028, the province strives to own more than 45,000 agricultural drones and complete 350 million mu-times of annual plant protection operations. A low-altitude forest protection system will be upgraded simultaneously, with annual aerial forest protection flight hours hitting 1,000, drone forest patrol coverage rising to 60%, and managed forest areas reaching 30 million mu.
The plan mandates the large-scale rollout of low-altitude inspection scenarios across the province. Drones will be regularly deployed to inspect road conditions and hidden hazards on expressways including Hefei Ring Expressway, Hefei-Nanjing Expressway and Wuhu-Hefei Expressway, forming a "Low-Altitude Plus Smart Expressway" inspection system. The province will accelerate the adoption of three-dimensional drone inspections on railways and urban rail transit lines in Hefei, Wuhu and Chuzhou. Drones will also patrol water areas and water conservancy facilities along the Yangtze River, Huaihe River and Chaohu Lake, while boosting inspection frequencies for power transmission lines of the Eastward Power Transmission Project from Anhui, oil and gas pipelines, urban pipe corridors and industrial parks.
By 2028, Anhui targets to cover over 500 kilometers of provincial expressways with drone inspections. Each year, helicopters will inspect 1,000 kilometers of power grids and drones 20,000 kilometers, while annual oil and gas pipeline inspection mileage will reach 1,000 kilometers.
Three Demonstration Intercity Heavy-Cargo Air Routes Planned
Relying on Anhui’s satellite navigation and positioning reference service system, drones will be deployed for multiple tasks including land use change monitoring, geological hazard risk screening, river topographic surveying, ambient air quality monitoring, pollution hotspot grid identification, and waterbird monitoring in lake wetlands. By 2028, the coordinated capacity of drone surveying and mapping with satellite remote sensing will be further enhanced.
To boost low-altitude logistics, Anhui will explore a cross-regional low-altitude logistics network covering the Yangtze River Delta. It will pilot heavy-lift, long-endurance intercity freight transport and last-mile urban drone delivery, with plans to launch 3 demonstration heavy-cargo air routes and 100 urban last-mile delivery routes.
In addition, the province will develop general aviation short-haul transportation services, innovate operation models and boost market competitiveness. It will support enterprises manufacturing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to conduct verification flights and accumulate technical experience, and roll out passenger transport services in an orderly manner under strict safety guarantees. By 2028, Anhui aims to launch 1 to 2 commercial eVTOL passenger routes.
The province will also ramp up investment in urban governance, emergency rescue and aeromedical services. The integrated government drone management model "Unified Drone Operation Platform" piloted in Hefei and Bozhou will be summarized and promoted. By 2028, no fewer than 10 cities will operate the regular low-altitude government "Unified Drone Operation Platform".
At Least 3 Provincial Aerial Emergency Rescue Bases to Be Built
The plan stipulates that Anhui will construct aerial emergency rescue bases and landing sites in eastern and northern Anhui in the coming years. It will pilot emergency monitoring via an intelligent management platform integrating drone hangars, unmanned aerial vehicles and inspection pods, and organize regular provincial-wide drills for emergency rescue equipment to improve low-altitude response capacity for natural disasters and workplace safety incidents.
An intelligent emergency management platform will be established, alongside a minimum of 3 provincial aerial emergency rescue bases equipped with at least 3 large and medium-sized emergency helicopters, enabling full-province emergency rescue coverage within one hour.
Aeromedical helicopters will be put on standby, and trials for drone delivery of first-aid supplies will be carried out, with drone medical delivery services launched in 8 cities by 2028.
Meanwhile, Anhui will cultivate new growth drivers through low-altitude cultural tourism and aviation sports. Compliant and safe low-altitude tourism products and featured flight routes will be developed, targeting an annual visitor volume of 30,000 for low-altitude tourism by 2028. Twenty aviation flight camps and aerospace science popularization bases will be built, and over 20 provincial-level and above events including drone racing, paragliding and youth aerospace competitions will be held on a regular basis, attracting more than 30,000 participants to aviation sports annually.
Source: Anhuinews.com
