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Hefei — the R&D cluster
Snapshot: August 2026 · open sources (Anhui Gov, EHang, China Daily)
Hefei (Anhui) is China's rising low-altitude R&D and manufacturing cluster — the counterpoint to Shenzhen's commercial density. It combines a research base with municipal capital and became a second operational home for EHang's passenger flights.
100+
Low-altitude firms (EHang, ZeroG)
$100M
EHang–Hefei municipal partnership
Daily
EH216 flight tests (former Luogang airport)
2
Vertiports planned in Luogang Park
Focus & projects
EHang commercial base
Note Alongside Guangzhou, Hefei hosts EHang's paid autonomous passenger sightseeing flights — one of only two cities with commercial human-carrying eVTOL operations.
Intelligent-manufacturing cluster
Note A complete intelligent-manufacturing cluster with supply-chain support; municipal subsidies and incentives attract low-altitude firms to co-locate R&D and production.
Regional model
Note Hefei shows the "R&D + operations" template that a corridor training-and-assembly hub could replicate — research base plus municipal backing plus real flights.
Why it matters for your project
Hefei is the reference model for a corridor UPC-style hub: combine an R&D/training base, municipal partnership and real operational flights — not just a factory, but an ecosystem anchor.
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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