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(Xinhua) 08:31, May 13, 2025

SHENYANG, May 12 (Xinhua) -- As an important driving force of new economic momentum, the low-altitude economy is viewed by many as a key strategic emerging industry.

An engineer assembles an unmanned helicopter at a workshop of Faku Zhong Jun Yi UAV Technology Co., Ltd. in Faku County, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

In recent years, Liaoning Province has seized opportunities to actively develop its low-altitude economy. Taking full advantage of its location and its strengths in the fields of aviation and aerospace, the province has focused its development of the low-altitude economy on the general aviation and drone sectors, and enriched application scenarios such as emergency rescue, sightseeing tourism, and agricultural and forestry protection.

An engineer of Optimal Aerospace Science and Industry Group Co., Ltd. checks a drone for emergency and firefighting operations in Shenbei New District of Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Engineers of Optimal Aerospace Science and Industry Group Co., Ltd. check a drone for emergency and firefighting operations in Shenbei New District of Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Chu Jiayin)

Staff members work on the assembly of an aircraft at Rhyxeon General Aircraft Co., Ltd. in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

A trainee takes a practical drone training session at an enterprise in Shenbei New District, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Chu Jiayin)

A helicopter takes off from the Shenyang general aviation industry base for forest protection operations in Faku County, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

A trainee (L) attends a light sport aircraft flight training session at Liaoning Zhongzhi Yisheng Aviation Flight Academy in Faku County, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

A trainee (R) attends a light sport aircraft flight training session at Liaoning Zhongzhi Yisheng Aviation Flight Academy in Faku County, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Chu Jiayin)

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2024 shows a drone performance in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

A staff member (R) of Liaoning Yilong General Aviation Co., Ltd. helps tourists try a shared drone at a scenic area in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

A lighting drone conducts illumination operations at a forest farm in Haicheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 6, 2025. (Xinhua)

A development pattern featuring Shenyang and Dalian as key forces supporting Liaoning's low-altitude economy is taking shape, ranging from China's home-grown four-seat electric aircraft RX4E, independently developed by the Liaoning General Aviation Academy of Shenyang Aerospace University, securing the first type certificate, to a drone powered by an ultra-low-temperature high-energy-density lithium battery, developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, completing a flight test under extreme cold conditions.

RX4E lands after its maiden flight in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Oct. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

Researchers install an ultra-low-temperature high-energy-density lithium battery on a drone in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)