Guangdong-Hong Kong low-altitude economic bilateral sandbox cooperation mechanism launched

China News Service, Guangzhou, September 16 (Reporter Wang Jian) ​​According to the Guangzhou Nansha District Government on the 15th, the International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center (Greater Bay Area) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council recently officially exchanged the "Hong Kong-Guangdong Province (Nansha) All-Space Unmanned Systems and Low-altitude Economic Bilateral Sandbox Cooperation Memorandum" and jointly launched the country's first Guangdong-Hong Kong low-altitude economic bilateral sandbox cooperation mechanism.

“Sandbox” refers to a relatively isolated, closed, and controlled cross-border policy and regulatory testing ground. It demarcates specific areas to allow real test flights of drones, with the core being risk isolation and safe trial and error. The two parties take this opportunity to reconcile the differences in regulations between the two places, promote the alignment of rules and standards, and ultimately hatch a replicable cross-border low-altitude economic development model.

According to the Nansha District Government, the Hong Kong-Guangdong Province (Nansha) all-space unmanned system and low-altitude economic bilateral sandbox has expanded the testing scope to the Greater Bay Area cross-border scenario, and integrates technical verification, product testing, innovative applications and standard coordination to provide enterprises and scientific research institutions with a more complete platform for testing and achievement transformation.

At the same time, the two parties will jointly promote the establishment of an innovative cooperation model of "technology research and development, scenario testing, standard certification, and project implementation", attract more low-altitude economic and all-space unmanned system companies to participate in verification and demonstration applications, and accelerate the formation of mature cross-border operation models, technical standards, and industrial specifications.

The Nansha District Government stated that this cooperation mechanism will gradually extend to the fields of all-space unmanned systems such as unmanned vehicles and unmanned ships in the future, promote the multi-dimensional coordinated development of sea, land and air, and help the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area build a world-class all-space unmanned system industry cluster. The International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center (Greater Bay Area) will continue to leverage its advantages in scientific research transformation, industrial empowerment and international standard connections to promote Hong Kong to become an important international hub for the country's low-altitude economy and all-space unmanned systems, and help build the Greater Bay Area into a low-altitude economic innovation highland with global influence. (over)