EHang Holdings Limited, an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology platform company, announced a comprehensive strategic partnership with China Communications Information & Technology Group Co. (CCIT) in the fields of the low-altitude economy and advanced air mobility ecosystem.

CCIT is a specialized subsidiary of China Communications Construction Group (CCCG), which is a world’s leading comprehensive service provider of extra-large infrastructure. It is also a key technical support unit for major projects and pilot projects under the Ministry of Transport of China. Its main business covers in-depth enterprise digitalization, information industry, system integration and engineering implementation, network security and operations, big data and cloud services, and other fields.

In response to the big data services for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), CCIT has constructed a comprehensive technical total solution and a systematic commercial service process. As part of the collaboration, CCIT will work with various business sectors under CCCG, including China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC), to partner with EHang to co-develop digital UAM infrastructure and transportation hubs, innovate UAV services, as well as establish a commercial operation model and comprehensive support system for the low-altitude economy, driving innovative development within the sector.

Through this strategic partnership, EHang and CCIT will collaborate on advancing the research and development, planning and construction of digital UAM infrastructure, while also promoting integrated innovations of the low-altitude economy industry. The two parties will combine their respective technological expertise and industrial experience to incorporate digital technologies such as 5G, 6G, satellite communications, sensing, and high-precision navigation into the low-altitude aviation industry. These initiatives target creating an intelligent low-altitude platform that integrates five key networks: air traffic infrastructure network, aerial route network, communications and navigation network, airspace management network, and low-altitude service network.

Both parties will also work together to promote local governments in China for planning and construction of flight data centers, dedicated communications networks, and integrated flight take-off and landing platforms, with EHang providing operational services.

By pooling their high-quality industry resources, EHang and CCIT will jointly create platforms of low-altitude economy for research and innovation, digital industry investment, digitalized joint operations, and ecosystem development. Additionally, both companies will work together to drive the global development of advanced air mobility and low-altitude economy industries, contributing to China’s “Belt and Road” initiative and the interconnected development of a four-dimensional transportation network covering land, sea, air, and digital infrastructure.

Leveraging CCCC’s extensive infrastructure construction capabilities across China, this strategic cooperation will actively foster partnerships with local governments and EHang’s regional low-altitude business operators. The partnership will deliver comprehensive industrial solutions for UAM infrastructure, ranging from planning and design to construction and operations. This collaboration will advance the rapid deployment and operation of low-altitude economy initiatives in major cities, coastal regions, and major economic zones across China.

In the fields of low-altitude tourism and UAM, both parties plan to jointly develop 100 intra-city and inter-city comprehensive air traffic terminals and 100 low-altitude tourism terminals in National 5A Scenic Areas over the next three years since 2025. CCIT and EHang will collaborate to establish city-level low-altitude air mobility service systems (E-Port terminals) and jointly operate a fully integrated low-altitude economic demonstration zone. Several cities in China have reached cooperation intentions with EHang and CCIT to participate in the construction of a comprehensive low-altitude service system centered around culture, tourism, transportation, and emergency services. The two parties will also jointly expand the aircraft sales and leasing market and explore the integrated operations in the “transportation + tourism” industries.

Hang Yuan, Chairman of CCIT, remarked: “EHang is a leading enterprise in the UAM industry, providing excellent products and solutions to customers in various fields globally, covering applications such as air mobility (passenger-carrying and logistic), smart city management, and low-altitude emergency rescue. Both sides have a solid foundation for cooperation and broad development prospects. We hope that this partnership will serve as an opportunity to fully leverage our respective professional strengths, establish a good cooperation mechanism, focus on the construction of air mobility hubs and innovation in low-altitude economic service scenarios, and inject new impetus into the innovative development of the low-altitude economy industry.”

Zhao Wang, EHang’s Chief Operating Officer, stated: “We are very pleased to establish a long-term strategic partnership with CCCG. It’s a crucial step for EHang in forming a low-altitude economy industrial ecosystem. Together, we look forward to advancing the deep integration of digital infrastructure and low-altitude aviation industry, and accelerating the construction of a smart low-altitude new infrastructure system. Upon this foundation, we will comprehensively, deeply, and innovatively apply our technologies, products, and operational management systems in various air traffic flight scenarios, empower the construction and sustainable development of the industrial ecosystem, and inject new momentum into the high-quality development of the low-altitude economy.”