Beijing completely bans flying drones and provides repurchase and scrapping subsidies to complete processing before November 14

The tallest building in Beijing, China, "CITIC Tower (China Zun)" was hit by a light aircraft at the end of June this year, killing one pilot and injuring 13 others. The Standing Committee of the 16th Beijing People's Congress held its 26th meeting on the 11th of this month and voted to adopt the newly revised "Beijing Unmanned Aircraft Management Regulations". From November 15th, the flying of drones in the city, including the possession of them, is prohibited.

According to the "Beijing Daily" report, the revised regulations stated that all administrative areas in Beijing are controlled airspace, and drone flights are completely prohibited. It is also prohibited to possess and store drones and their core parts in the city's administrative areas; it is prohibited to transport or carry drones and their core parts into Beijing.

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The Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress stated that this is to maintain the capital's security defense line and protect the fundamental interests of the people. In order to facilitate citizens to legally dispose of their own drones, in addition to citizens being able to take the drones out of Beijing on their own, the city government also provides services such as on-site repurchase, scrap recycling, and mailing to other places, but these must be completed before November 14.

In terms of on-site repurchase, people need to bring their drones to the repurchase points set up by the district governments for processing. If the processing is completed from September 12 to October 31, the subsidy standard is 30% of the repurchase transaction price, and each drone is priced at 3,000 people. The upper limit is RMB (approximately NT$14,000); if the processing is completed from November 1 to November 14, the subsidy standard is 15% of the repurchase transaction price, with an upper limit of RMB 1,500 per unit (approximately NT$7,094).

In terms of scrapping and recycling, people need to bring their drones to recycling centers set up by the government. If the drones are recycled from September 12 to October 31, the subsidy standard is 200 yuan (approximately NT$946) per drone; if the drones are recycled from November 1 to November 14, the subsidy standard is 100 yuan (approximately NT$473) per drone.

As for mailing to other places, from September 12th to November 14th, people can send drones to locations outside Beijing through the postal service, and after inspection, they can pay free shipping.