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Which country is the strongest in logistics drones in the world, and who among the governments and industries is making greater efforts?

Yesterday, JD.com released the 2017-2018 "World Logistics Drone Industry Development Annual Report". In this report, we can see more clearly the development status of international logistics drones.

If you are interested in this industry, want to know the latest overview, or have investment or research needs, this report may be able to help you.

Let’s take a look at the complete content:

The United States continues to lead

The report points out that the United States, as a pioneer in logistics drones, continues to lead the world.

According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, as of January this year, more than 1 million drones have been registered with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). The FAA predicts that by 2021, the number of commercial drones will reach 442,000.

Looking at the entire field of drone logistics, it is still in an industry explosion period. Not only is the United States ready for a full-scale military assault, Europe is also actively deploying.

For example, Germany's DHL has implemented fully automatic closed-loop drones and smart parcel cabinets, and Switzerland's van and drone pilot distribution projects have been implemented.

Last year, the British air traffic control agency NATS released an APP designed to help drone operators understand regulatory rules. Within 10 weeks, there were more than 10,000 registered users.

In contrast, Asia is still playing catch-up, but countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, and Israel are all making bets.

Africa has the most open policy

The development of the drone industry cannot be separated from the cooperation of the business community and the government. Looking at countries around the world, Africa, which does not lead the development of drones, has very open policies.

As early as 2016, Rwanda cooperated with the American Zipline to create a medical drone delivery system. Not only in Rwanda, this year, Zipline’s drone delivery service also provides delivery services to more than 1,000 medical stations in Tanzania.

This year, the Rwandan government released a new regulatory policy. The "Performance-Based Regulations" policy simplifies the innovation and approval process for commercial drones.

In fact, not only Africa, but also countries around the world have introduced corresponding policies and regulations. According to their own development conditions, the policy priorities proposed by each country are different.

For example, the United States has begun to pay attention to the large-scale commercialization of drones.

The European Union, for example, has begun to improve supervision and planning.

Asian governments have successively introduced encouraging policies to promote development at the national level.

Industrial chain panorama

At the end of the report, JD.com listed the major domestic R&D companies for complex drone components and system modules, forming a panoramic view of the domestic logistics drone industry chain.

In China, a series of e-commerce, logistics companies and professional drone manufacturing companies such as JD.com, SF Express, China Post, Zhihang, Cainiao, and Suning have joined in, forming a general environment for the development of the entire domestic drone industry.

With industry optimism, technical support, and policy encouragement, logistics drones have a bright future.

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