Deep cultivation of scenarios empowers various industries, unmanned aerial vehicles reshape new economic growth scenarios

2025-09-20

A drone takes off from high-rise buildings in the central business district of Jinan and completes a 15 minute delivery journey for ground vehicles in 7 minutes. It accurately delivers emergency documents to their destination and is then relayed by ground robots to complete the "last mile" delivery; In the East China Sea area of Taizhou, Zhejiang, drones fly along 12 regular land island intermodal routes and can cross more than 50 kilometers of sea in 25 minutes, delivering mobile phones, medicines and other supplies to Dachen Island. When returning, they also carry deep-sea yellow croaker to help fish out of the island. Nowadays, drones have broken through the single aerial photography function and deeply integrated into multiple fields such as logistics, agriculture, culture and tourism, activating new drivers of economic growth through scene innovation.

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In the field of logistics, drones are solving transportation problems in special scenarios, reconstructing efficiency and cost advantages. The Jinan Central Business District is home to over 50 provincial-level financial institutions, and credit approval, contract signing, and other businesses require extremely high logistics timeliness. Through drone delivery, the delivery time for emergency parcels has been reduced from half a day to 30 minutes, achieving "minute level delivery" and greatly improving the efficiency of financial business circulation. In island areas, traditional land island transportation not only takes a long time, but also has high costs. The delivery of a single mobile phone using a drone in Taizhou only costs 18 yuan, which is more than 90% lower in cost and nearly 20 times more efficient compared to the more than 200 yuan boat ticket and one-day travel time purchased by residents to and from the city. More importantly, drones have filled the logistics gap between fresh food delivery and emergency medicine transportation on islands, allowing island residents to enjoy a quality of life that is indistinguishable from that on land. At the same time, they have opened up efficient channels for agricultural and fishery products to leave the island, and widened the path for fishermen to increase their income.

The agricultural sector is the core scenario for the economic landing of drones, and its economic value in reducing costs and increasing efficiency has been fully demonstrated. In Zigui, a mountainous agricultural county in Hubei Province, unmanned aerial vehicles have become a standard equipment for fruit farmers to lift navel oranges. A large Xinjiang T100 agricultural drone can transport 85 kilograms of navel oranges from the receiving point to the distribution square in just 50 seconds, while traditional manual transportation takes 40 minutes per trip. Based on the planting area of 400000 acres of navel oranges in Zigui County and a 30% coverage rate of drone lifting, the comprehensive cost can be reduced by 250 yuan per acre, and the county can save 30 million yuan only in the lifting process. Nowadays, agricultural drones have expanded from single crop protection to multifunctional operations such as sowing, fertilizing, and lifting, fully penetrating various fields such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishing. They have changed the limitations of high operating costs and narrow applicability of traditional aviation aircraft and become an important support for the transformation of modern agriculture.

The scene innovation in the fields of culture, tourism, and emergency response has further expanded the value boundary of the drone economy. In scenic spots such as Badaling Great Wall, drones airdrop hot drinks and emergency supplies for tourists. Although the average cost per order has increased to 5 yuan due to low order density, users are willing to pay a premium for "5-minute emergency rescue", forming a differentiated cultural and tourism consumption scene. In emergency rescue, drones can quickly traverse complex terrain and transport emergency supplies such as snake venom serum and vaccines, buying time for life rescue; At natural disaster sites, the aerial reconnaissance function of drones can quickly grasp the disaster situation, provide accurate basis for rescue decisions, and indirectly reduce economic losses caused by disasters. The implementation of these scenarios has upgraded drones from commercial tools to important carriers that combine economic and social value.

The large-scale implementation of drone scenarios cannot be achieved without the support of supporting technologies. Jinan has established a low altitude fusion perception detection experimental zone, integrating base station and communication tower resources, integrating electromagnetic perception and optoelectronic AI technology, and building a safety guarantee network for unmanned aerial vehicles flying in high-rise areas; Agricultural drones continuously improve their intelligence level by integrating technologies such as LiDAR and visual recognition. With technological iteration and deep cultivation of scenarios, drones are moving from single point demonstrations to large-scale applications, becoming a "new engine" that activates the segmented economic field.



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