An instructor (L) supervises as a trainee changes battery for a drone at a low-altitude science and technology innovation base located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb 28, 2025.

Ningbo is one of the pioneer cities for the country's pilot reform on low-altitude airspace administration and trial demonstration of general aviation industry. Jiangbei District has been boosting the "low-altitude economy" by cultivating industry-leading enterprises, improving industrial chains, creating industrial clusters, attracting talents and projects, and enriching application scenarios. It is now home to diversified enterprises and application scenarios related to the low-altitude economy, ranging from low-altitude aircraft manufacturing, drone flight training, to urban low-altitude logistics. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)