The Bao’an district of the vast city of Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong province is set to become a hub for advanced air mobility (AAM) services, with its district government now having signed partnership agreements with three eVTOL aircraft developers. Earlier this month, officials there signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China-based AutoFlight, which is working to bring its Prosperity I aircraft to market. This followed similar alliances recently announced with another Chinese company, EHang, and Germany’s Lilium, which this week published its latest letter to shareholders reporting on the second quarter of 2023.
The agreement with AutoFlight, whose Chinese name is Shanghai Fengfei Aviation Technology, will result in AutoFlight establishing a marketing center and a research and development institute in Bao’an. It is one of nine districts of Shenzhen and has a population of around 4.4 million people. The wider Shenzhen area has more than 17 million inhabitants.
