On April 18th, the Low Altitude Economy Application Demonstration Island event was held in Panyu District. The Panyu District People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality signed a "Joint Promotion Framework Agreement for Flying Car Application Demonstrations" with XPeng AeroHT. The plan is to develop the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center (HEMC) into China's first low-altitude economic application demonstration island.

XPeng AeroHT Research Center settled in HEMC in November 2021 and has since established flying car prototype factories and test flight bases in locations like Hualong Town, Panyu District. This time, the Panyu District People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality and XPeng AeroHT signed the framework agreement to cooperate in establishing a low-altitude economic think tank, constructing flying car infrastructure, exploring flying car application scenarios, and promoting cooperation on cutting-edge low-altitude technologies.

The event also announced the initiation of flying car infrastructure construction, planning to build four flying car takeoff and landing points in the HEMC, along with supporting infrastructure for takeoff, landing, parking, refueling, and communication. Once completed, these points will meet the needs of flying car research and operation, supporting scenarios such as low-altitude tourism and short-distance travel within the island, while also providing valuable experience for building future three-dimensional low-altitude transportation networks.

Addressing the most pressing question of how flying cars will be utilized, the Panyu District of Guangzhou and XPeng AeroHT jointly released a list of flying car application scenarios, including urban short-distance travel, low-altitude sightseeing tourism, science education, emergency rescue, logistics distribution, and regulatory patrols.

Infrastructure is the basis for developing the low-altitude economy. Based on the road improvement project, which was initiated to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of HEMC, this plan is oriented toward intelligence, digitization, and greenization. It involves the construction of flying car infrastructure in HEMC.

On the day of the event, the Traveler X2 vertically took off from the Qingchuanghui takeoff point in HEMC, circled around the riverside green belt, and returned to land, all in automatic driving mode.

Talent is the core resource for generating new quality productive forces and promoting the development of the low-altitude economy. The HEMC Management Committee initiated the establishment of the first low-altitude economic think tank, recruiting the first group of 125 technical talents in this field to contribute their expertise to the development of the low-altitude economy and to Guangzhou's pursuit of becoming a "city of the sky."

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

广州大学城岛内“打飞的”将成现实

4月18日，广州大学城低空经济应用示范岛发布活动在番禺区举行。广州市番禺区人民政府与小鹏汇天签订《共同推动飞行汽车应用示范框架协议》，规划将广州大学城打造成中国首个低空经济应用示范岛。

小鹏汇天研发中心于2021年11月落户于广州大学城，陆续在番禺化龙等地建立飞行汽车试制工厂、试验试飞基地。此次，广州市番禺区人民政府与小鹏汇天签署《共同推动飞行汽车应用示范框架协议》，从成立低空经济专家智库、开展飞行汽车基础设施建设、探索飞行汽车应用场景、推动低空颠覆性技术项目合作等多方面开展合作。

项目同时宣布启动飞行汽车基础设施建设，首批规划在大学城建设四个飞行汽车起降点，配套飞行汽车起降、停放、补能、通信等基础设施。起降点建成后可有效满足飞行汽车研发和运行需求，支撑环岛低空旅游、岛内低空短途出行等场景的落地，同时为构建未来城市立体交通低空航线网络提供宝贵的探索经验。

面对大家最为关心的飞行汽车如何应用的问题，广州番禺区和小鹏汇天联合发布飞行汽车应用场景探索清单，包含城市短途出行、低空观光旅游、科普教育、应急救援、物流配送、监管巡逻等多个场景。

低空经济起飞，基础设施先行。结合广州大学城建设20周年道路品质提升项目，本次规划以智能化、数字化、绿色化为导向，启动广州大学城飞行汽车基础设施建设。

活动当天，旅航者X2在广州大学城青创汇起降点垂直起飞，在沿江绿化带绕行一圈后返回降落，全程采用自动驾驶模式。

人才是催生新质生产力、推动低空经济发展的核心资源。广州大学城管委会发起成立了首个低空经济专家智库，首批吸纳125名低空经济技术人才，为低空经济发展出谋划策，为广州竞逐“天空之城”贡献“智造”力量。

文 | 记者 严锦程
译 | 刘佳慧
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