{"id":26816,"date":"2025-07-27T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26816\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:19:09","slug":"chinas-booming-low-altitude-economy-spurs-demand-for-drone-flight-planners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26816\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s booming low-altitude economy spurs demand for \u2018drone flight planners\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has officially recognised \u201cdrone flight planner\u201d as a profession amid a talent crunch in the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/low-altitude-economy?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">low-altitude economy<\/a> \u2013 a sector the government sees as a new engine of growth.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The role is among 17 newly designated occupations announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, alongside positions such as cross-border e-commerce operation manager and elderly care service worker.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe newly designated profession of a drone flight planner primarily involves planning multi-drone flight paths, developing flight plans and missions, and managing operations on-site,\u201d said Wang Xiaojun, deputy director of the ministry\u2019s Department of Vocational Capacity Building, according to the state-run Science and Technology Daily.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThese roles attract many tech-savvy and creative young people,\u201d Wang added.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beijing has classified the low-altitude economy \u2013 encompassing manned and unmanned activities up to 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) \u2013 as a strategic emerging industry that is poised to create jobs, drive innovation and stimulate economic growth.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In December, China\u2019s top economic planner established a dedicated department to devise and oversee growth strategies in the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has officially recognised \u201cdrone flight planner\u201d as a profession amid a talent crunch in the low-altitude economy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[16692,16697,84,891,16698,16701,16695,1294,16690,16700,16693,16691,4984,16696,56,4759,54,55,16699,16694],"class_list":["post-26816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-beihang-university","tag-beijing-institute-of-technology","tag-business","tag-china","tag-civil-aviation-administration-of-china","tag-department-of-vocational-capacity-building","tag-drone-flight-planner","tag-economy","tag-low-altitude-economy","tag-ministry-of-education","tag-ministry-of-human-resources-and-social-security","tag-national-development-and-reform-commission","tag-property-market","tag-science-and-technology-daily","tag-uk","tag-unemployment-rate","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wang-xiaojun","tag-zhang-chao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}