Nanshan Boosts The "take-off" Of Drone Industry

Drones are equipped with lidar and visible light camera geographic information mapping system to map the earth's surface and generate high-precision 3D maps more efficiently. This is dJI's new mapping solution released in Germany last week. drone + lidar method breaks the technical barrier of traditional industry, and a huge market is expected to emerge.

At the opening ceremony of the 4th World UAV Conference and 5th Shenzhen International drone Exhibition held last month, relevant data showed that there are more than 650 uav companies in Shenzhen, and the export of consumer drone accounts for 90 percent of the national total, while industrial drone accounts for 60 percent of the domestic market share. Among them, DJI drone accounted for about 70% of the global market share of small civilian drones. Therefore, the industry has a "global civil drone to See China, China drone to see Shenzhen, Shenzhen drone to see Nanshan" statement. However, with a first-mover advantage, Nanshan still faces new challenges. From the perspective of industry insiders, how to support enterprises to improve their core research and development capabilities, how to enhance regional competitiveness, reduce the risk of being "lured", and how to layout innovation chain around the industrial chain are still the new topics that Nanshan should study in the next five years.

When it comes to drones in China, the first thing most people think of is DJI.
In September this year, dJI Sky City, based in Liuxiandong, Nanshan District, was officially capped. The 200-meter tall building is supported by a huge steel frame and six oversized "glass boxes" are suspended from the sky, making it another landmark in Nanshan District and even the whole city.

In hurun 2020 China's Top 10 Consumer Electronics Companies list, the company, which provides production and services of aircraft, aerial photography drones and their accessories, ranks the fifth most valuable consumer electronics company in China with a value of 100 billion yuan.

In fact, what many people don't know is that besides DJI, Nanshan District, as the most concentrated area of uav enterprises in Shenzhen and even the whole country, has more than 80 drone enterprises, with an annual output value of more than 20 billion yuan. According to Yang Jincai, President of the Shenzhen drone Industry Association, the companies are involved in the manufacturing of complete drones, flight control system development, motor batteries, product design, application services and other links. Because most of them are industrial drone, the public is not well known, but they are in a leading position in their respective industries, such as Corbett, which is good at inspection and mapping, High-tech Xingnong, which focuses on agricultural plant protection, and Daotong Intelligence, which serves users in the industry.

Insiders believe that the reason why Nanshan District took the lead in forming a relatively complete drone industry chain is closely related to the driving of the industry leader DJI to the upstream and downstream. "A drone needs 2,000 to 3,000 parts, all of which can be purchased from Nanshan and surrounding areas." Meanwhile, the innovation atmosphere and talent gathering advantages of Nanshan district provide fertile ground for the growth of uav enterprises, insiders said.

In recent years, the development of cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, big data and artificial intelligence has injected more vitality into the rapid development of the drone market. According to Yang jincai, as an important grasp of the artificial intelligence industry, drones are mobile data acquisition.