On June 2, the 7th Drone World Congress 2023 opened in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

　　More than 3,000 drone products from over 300 domestic and foreign UAV enterprises were unveiled at the Congress, providing a one-stop purchasing and communication platform for buyers.

　　The Congress, which will last for 3 days, is expected to receive more than 50,000 visitors from home and abroad,including 2,000 foreign visitors. It will be the largest-scale professional UAV exhibition in the world.

　　Starting from 2017, the Drone World Congress has been held successfully in Shenzhen 6 times, attracting more than 6,000 foreign representatives in total from over 130 countries and regions to participate, which has added huge momentum to the exchanges between Chinese and foreign drone industries.

　　By the end of 2022, there have been 15,000 drone operators in China, with an annual output value of 117 billion yuan, among which 1,300 enterprises were from Shenzhen with an annual output value of 75 billion yuan. The number of registered drones has reached 950,000 with approximately 386 million real-time flights.

　　As the global center of the UAV industry, Shenzhen boasts a complete UAV industry chain integrating R&D, design, manufacturing and trial flight. DJI, a UAV tech company in Shenzhen, has an edge in consumer drones while leading the world in both spraying drones for farming and industrial drones.