Beijing will ban the possession of drones within city limits under new rules from November, further tightening regulations that already-prohibited the sale of the devices.
The rules, announced on Sunday and due to take effect on November 15, forbid possessing or storing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Chinese capital and ban flights in its airspace.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. The rules, announced on Sunday and due to take effect on November 15, forbid possessing or storing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Chinese capital and ban flights in its airspace.
The regulations, formulated by Beijing’s municipal government, cited the need to “safeguard the security of the capital”. “The outright ban is really an indication of how politically sensitive Beijing is and how important it is politically to the Communist Party,” said Drew Thompson, a senior fellow at the S. Exemptions may be provided for special purposes like counter-terrorism, agriculture, disaster relief, and research, according to the new rules.
