(250510) -- SHENYANG, May 10, 2025 (Xinhua) -- 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.

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

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.

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.

The Shenyang general aviation industry base has attracted a cluster of enterprises, and multiple low-altitude passenger routes have been launched in Dalian. The low-altitude economy has injected impetus into the high-quality development of Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Chu Jiayin)