China's drones have a promising market and a unified standard to better grab the right to speak

China's drones have a promising market and a unified standard to better grab the right to speak

As early as February, the drones blew up on the Guangzhou Branch of the Spring Festival Gala. Recently, Jingdong also announced that it would use drones to send courier to rural areas in order to reduce logistics costs. On March 1st, the largest drone manufacturer, Shenzhen Dajiang Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., had a valuation of US$8 billion and released the latest entry-level drone-elves. The success of Dajiang also confirmed the success. The rise of the drone market. As a result of the high-tech content of the information age, drones have become an important symbol for countries around the world to strengthen national defense construction and accelerate informationization. Many developed countries and emerging industrial countries have all attached importance to the research, development and application of drones. At present, besides being widely used in the military, UAVs are also playing their role in police, meteorology, agriculture and forestry, and even exploration, and other civilian fields. Many leading UAV development countries have used them as a means to promote the development of emerging industries and meet the needs of social and economic activities. Important means and choices.

UAVs are developing rapidly and have a promising Chinese market
Since 2014, the development speed of drones has been swift and violent. There are more than 400 unmanned aircraft manufacturers in China, and the number of employees has exceeded 100,000, accounting for 70% of the global drone market. As China accelerates the implementation of “Made in China 2025”, the UAV industry will become the focus of the future market.

The market research organization IDC predicts that the volume of consumer-grade drones in the Chinese market will reach 3 million units by 2019, a substantial increase from the 390,000 units in 2016. In the next three years, drones will be applied to a wider range of areas, with aerial drone shipments expected to grow by more than seven times. At present, the Chinese drone market is not yet mature. For drone manufacturers who want to enter this field, the Chinese market has a bright future.

IDC believes that Chinese companies account for most of the world's consumer drones market. These include not only DJI, the world's top consumer drone maker, but also Yunei, Xiro, Ehang and other Chinese drone companies. IDC also pointed out that five major factors will affect China's aerial drone market by 2019: first, 4K technology will become mainstream; secondly, entry-level drones will have fierce price competition; and third, more distribution Channels; Fourth, the growth of the consumer drone market; Fifth, the competition brought by new players.

Only by shaping unified standards can we seize international discourse rights. Although the development of China's drone industry has been rapid, for a long time, market standards still lack unified standards.

Xu Ming, chief engineer of the China Aeronautical Institute for Comprehensive Technology and secretary general of the UAV System Standardization Association, said in an interview with the media that in recent years, through the joint efforts of all sectors, the market size of China's UAV system industry has increased year by year. The development of any new industry can not be separated from the lead and norms of the standard, China's drone system industry needs to upgrade standards, build an efficient industrial chain, and standardize the market order.

With regard to the formulation of standards, Xu Ming introduced that domestic standards include national standards, industry standards, local standards, group standards, and corporate standards. Each type of standard has different emphasis. National standards are mandatory and are the bottom line of the industry. They are concerned with standards such as national security and effective supervision. Industry standards establish industry thresholds and benchmarks, focusing on industry access, development and production standards. Group standards are close to the market and are the de facto standard for market selection. Corporate standards focus on reducing costs and improving efficiency.

On December 22, 2015, the “Inauguration Ceremony of the Board of Directors and Technical Committee of the UAV System Standardization Association” was held in Beijing. 160 representatives from 59 units including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the National Standards Committee, and China Aviation Industry Corporation participated in the conference. The two group standards of "UAV System Terminology" and "Uniform Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Classification and Grading" were reviewed on the same day by the Technical Committee. This is also the group standard for the first batch of UAV systems in China.

Industry self-regulation and regulation are very important. UAVs are a type of aircraft. Their laws and regulations and standards need to be extended and developed on the basis of aircraft.

In addition, the formulation of group standards as soon as possible, in addition to regulating the industry itself, is also strategic for preempting international discourse rights.

Xu Ming introduced that the standard has become the commanding height of the UAV industry competition. In foreign countries, UAV system standards are the current hotspots. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Regulations Development Joint Agency (JARUS), etc. Organizations, as well as social organizations such as the International Association of Drone Systems, have carried out a large number of standardization work on drone systems, using standards to compete for the right to speak in the market.

“The establishment of the UAV System Standardization Association is to use standards as a weapon for international competition and to participate in the formulation of industry rules for drone systems,” said Xu Ming.

China's drones have a promising market and a unified standard to better grab the right to speak