BEIJING: A China-Pakistan drone conference held in Pakistan Embassy Beijing on Thursday with theme of building a viable drone industry in Pakistan.
Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque said that unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) is be-ing used in many industries to ease the life of people. For instance, disaster Management, smart cities, policing, and agriculture sector are using these technologies.
“In recent years, it has been a lot of focus on economic operations within the IT industry, Chi-na Pakistan Economic Corridor, being the flagship project of BRI, is helping Pakistan and has helped Pakistan economic transformation, infrastructure, industry, Special Economic Zone have all been developed under this framework. we are also focused on Pakistan’s strategic infrastruc-ture, scitech and new emerging technologies. Now, we have a special working group on IT un-der CPEC”, the ambassador mentioned.
“We have agreed to launch China-Pakistan digital corridor also, as well as we made national drone policy and establishment of civil drone regulatory authority in Pakistan has also been un-der our consideration. In Pakistan, the National Center for Robotics and Automation (NCRA) is working on development of drones related solutions and technologies, with the support of a se-ries of dedicated drone labs, including UAV dependability lab, swarm intelligence lab, agricul-ture statistics lab, and robot design and development lab”, Haque added.
Chairman Yang, World UAV Federation told the audience that World UAV Federation was founded in 2017. More than 36 countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America have joined the Federation as local chapters.
“As mentioned in the LTP, agricultural development is one of the key cooperation areas, where UAVs can work in several aspects like breeding, disease prevention and control. That is to say, the partnership in the drone area will be beneficial to CPEC construction”, he mentioned .
He invited all participants to attend coming events, including CPSE 2023 and DCW 2023, held in October 25-28, DWC and UAV Expo next year. –Agencies
