Integrating green elements into the entire chain of low-altitude economy has great development potential

The low-altitude economy spans the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. It is connected to advanced manufacturing at one end, and to new business formats such as digital economy and new consumption at the other. It has rich application scenarios, is characterized by multiple fields, cross-industries, and full chains, and is the development of new quality productivity. One of the important directions. This year's government work report of the State Council proposed to actively create new growth engines such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy. The low-altitude economy is about to usher in a golden period of development and is expected to open a new track for a trillion-scale economy.

At present, the low-altitude economy is mainly concentrated in application scenarios such as logistics and distribution, urban air transportation, and emergency rescue. For example, civil drones have taken the lead in achieving industry popularization in the fields of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and entertainment aerial photography, giving rise to "agriculture, forestry + aviation" and "electricity + aviation" New models and new business formats such as "Entertainment + Aviation". However, the integration of low-altitude economy and the construction of a beautiful China is not close enough. Innovative application scenarios such as "low-altitude economy + green development" need to be further expanded, and the penetration of low-altitude economy in the green economy needs to be further enhanced.

From the perspective of ecological civilization construction, low-altitude economy is facing major strategic opportunities. As an important carrier of green economy, low-altitude economy has great potential to achieve higher-level development in the fields of ecological environmental protection and green development, forming a green low-altitude economic development model that empowers, promotes each other, and deeply integrates. The author believes that in the future, we should work together on the policy side, manufacturing side, and application side to find a low-altitude economic and high-quality development path with prominent green elements.

The first is to strengthen top-level design and continuously improve the quality and level of green development of the low-altitude economy. Anchor the development goals of high-end, intelligent and green low-altitude economy, strengthen policy supply and technical support, stimulate market vitality, organically combine low-altitude economic development with ecological civilization construction, and continuously cultivate and expand new growth points for low-altitude economic green development. Strengthen departmental coordination, initiate the preparation of supporting standards for green development of low-altitude economy, provide more policy support for high-level ecological and environmental protection in fields such as general airport construction, electric aircraft manufacturing, jet fuel production and use, and low-altitude short-distance transportation, and accelerate the development of low-altitude economic industries. Green transformation under the rigid constraints of the dual carbon "strategy. Promote international cooperation and mutual recognition of standards and norms, and enhance the international competitiveness and market voice of my country's green low-altitude economy. Build a market-oriented low-altitude economic green technology innovation system, explore and form sustainable business models and mature service solutions, and gather low-altitude green economy professional and technical compound talents. Do a good job in green finance, guide state-owned capital and social capital to invest more in green low-altitude economic fields, create a "green low-altitude economic ecosystem", and encourage qualified places to build comprehensive demonstration zones for low-altitude economic green and low-carbon industries.

The second is to develop green aviation manufacturing and build a green background for low-altitude economy. Adhere to the use of scientific and technological innovation to lead industrial innovation, promote the accelerated integration of new energy, new materials, new generation information technology and the entire industrial chain integrating aviation power, complete machine manufacturing and navigation services, and drive the greening of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the low-altitude economy. Establish the concept of green and sustainable development of low-altitude economy, adopt advanced scientific and technological means and intelligent management methods, reduce energy consumption and resource consumption of low-altitude economic industries, and reduce the intensity and total amount of pollutants and carbon dioxide emissions. Taking the "Green Aviation Manufacturing Development Outline (2023-2035)" as the action guide, a green aviation manufacturing system that is both complete, advanced and safe will be built. Promote the further improvement of energy conservation, emission reduction, and noise reduction performance of low-altitude economic aircraft, comprehensively improve the green manufacturing level and remanufacturing capabilities of aircraft, and build a number of low-altitude economic aircraft green manufacturing industrial clusters according to local conditions. Do a good job in ecological design of low-altitude aircraft, and give priority to steel, aluminum alloys, polymer materials, etc. with low carbon footprints as raw materials for the production and manufacturing of low-altitude aircraft, so as to achieve easy recycling and reuse of key components and basic components. Deeply promote the greening, intelligence and high-end of aircraft batteries, motors, sensors, flight control systems and other related technologies, and promote the green transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing end of traditional low-altitude aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and drones.

The third is to enrich the application scenarios of low-altitude economy in the fields of green development and ecological environmental protection. Relying on the competitive advantages of low-altitude economic and technological evolution and rapid R & D iteration, we will continue to expand its application spatial dimension in the field of ecological and environmental protection, helping to make ecological and environmental supervision intelligent, scientific decision-making, and precise governance. Give full play to the advantages of general aircraft such as high sensitivity and flexibility, and use it as a "sentinel" and "probe" to carry out daily monitoring of ecological environment conditions, ecological protection and restoration effectiveness evaluation, environmental emergency management and other work to achieve accurate monitoring, early warning and dynamics of the ecological environment. Risk assessment and maintain the bottom line of safety for building a beautiful China. Carry out the "data elements + low-altitude economy" enabling action to help build a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization. Promote cross-regional and cross-departmental interconnection and sharing of results of various ecological and environmental information. For application scenarios such as industrial and agricultural production, natural resources, disaster prevention and relief, we encourage the connection of environmental information collected during low-altitude environmental monitoring activities to the comprehensive ecological and environmental big data management platform to better serve severely polluted weather response, water environment management, and "waste-free city" construction and other key areas to achieve higher-level precise and scientific pollution control. Seize the development opportunities of commercial aerospace, support the integrated application of Beidou satellite navigation systems and other systems in the low-altitude green industrial chain, create a low-altitude intelligent network connection system, and assist in ecological asset value assessment, management and ecological health evaluation. Support the use of drone technology to participate in the construction of smart agriculture, prevent and control agricultural non-point source pollution, and help revitalize rural ecology.

Author's unit: Hunan Province Environmental Protection Science Research Institute