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Guangzhou & the Greater Bay Area
Snapshot: August 2026 · open sources (Guangdong Gov, EHang, CCID, People's Daily)
Guangzhou is the eVTOL capital — home to EHang — and the anchor of the Greater Bay Area, an 86-million-person mega-region with ~$2.15tn GDP. Guangdong runs a coordinated Five-Year Plan to build a complete low-altitude industrial chain from manufacturing to operations.
300bn¥
Guangdong sector target by 2026 (~$41B)
6,000+
GBA landing facilities in 2026 (3,592 end-2025)
+2,500
New take-off points planned + 20 helipads
83 km
EHang VT20 Zhuhai–Guangzhou cargo run
Key players & projects
EHang
Note Guangzhou-headquartered; world's first Type + Production + Air Operator certificates for an autonomous passenger eVTOL (EH216-S). Paid sightseeing flights; VT20 cargo eVTOL.
Cross-belt structure
Note GBA splits into a manufacturing belt (Guangzhou–Zhuhai–Foshan) and a services belt (HK–Macao–Shenzhen) — a full chain from components to finance.
"Sky City" 10-year plan
Note Guangzhou unveiled a 10-year plan to build a "Sky City"; SILAS intelligent airspace-fusion system manages dense low-altitude traffic across Guangdong.
Cross-border route
Note A Shenzhen–Hong Kong cross-border low-altitude logistics route is in pilot — a direct template for corridor cross-border operations.
Why it matters for your project
The GBA is the passenger-eVTOL and certification anchor (EHang) plus a coordinated policy-and-infrastructure engine. Its cross-border logistics pilot maps directly onto corridor routes into ASEAN.
Indicative market snapshot compiled from open sources (industry trackers and vendor disclosures) as of August 2026, for informational purposes only. Figures are estimates and vary between sources; this is not investment advice. iBRIDGE operates in Advisory mode.
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