Chinese state news agency Xinhua said in a February 17 news report that the country’s first privately-funded next-generation aircraft test facility has begun construction in Chongzhou, Sichuan Province. The site is due to be completed within the next two years.
Xinhua quotes Liu Chen, chairman of ZhongfaTianxin Aviation Technology, which leads the project as saying that the facility, also a light aircraft engine production base, will provide critical research and development support for next-generation aircraft, including drones, flying cars, and low-altitude vehicles, while advancing China’s burgeoning low-altitude economy.
The article says an additional project, the Hongyuan aviation power industrial park in Chongzhou, has announced an investment of 600 million yuan. Both projects are in line with the region’s ambition to build a “Sky City” – integrating manufacturing, testing and urban air mobility services by 2027.
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