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[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

"The future belongs to the geeks...nobody else wants it!

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La cosecha navideña va a dar para una temporada...

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"low-altitude economy" futurista sería desde luego #China #logistica

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is very interesting, and I think a world first: a local government in China has just sold its sky, literally.

This is the government of Pingyin County, Jinan, Shandong Province who sold for 924 million yuan (approximately $130 million) a 30-year concession to operate and maintain its low-altitude economic projects to a company called Shandong Jinyu General Aviation Co., Ltd.

The "low-altitude economy" is a big trend in China at the moment. XPeng, one of China's leading EV manufacturers, recently released a low-altitude flying car for instance. Drone deliveries are becoming increasingly common in Chinese cities, and various regions are actively developing low-altitude transportation networks. Shanghai, for instance, plans to establish 400 low-altitude flight routes by 2027.

But this is the first time a local government has monetized its low-altitude airspace. What makes this particularly fascinating is how it mirrors China's land management system. Just as local governments have traditionally derived substantial revenue from leasing land-use rights (which historically made up nearly half of their income), they're now looking upward to the skies as a new frontier for revenue generation. The Civil Aviation Administration of China estimates that by 2035, the low-altitude economy market could reach 3.5 trillion yuan (about $490 billion), so we're talking big, big money.

Pingyin County wasn't chosen by accident: the area already has significant aviation infrastructure, including two airports and several drone manufacturing companies. It has also partnered with Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University to develop a low-altitude logistics demonstration center. The winning bidder, interestingly, is a state-owned enterprise specifically created for this purpose.

All in all it looks like this local government wants to develop a pilot program to demonstrate how a "low-altitude economy" ecosystem can be developed locally, and also be a first-mover in that space. That's the way it often works in China's so-called "mayor economy": local governments act as policy entrepreneurs, experimenting with innovative approaches that, if successful, could become blueprints for national development while giving their regions first-mover advantages in emerging sectors.

Let's see how it develops: this experiment in Pingyin County might seem small, but it could be the beginning of something truly revolutionary. This is China effectively experimenting around becoming the world's first truly three-dimensional economy, with low-altitude transportation and logistics networks. In a decade or two Chinese cities might have as much activity happening in the sky as on the ground.

Here are a few sources on this:
- https://t.co/7gz6ZLRQlm
- https://t.co/TRmXFY6akG
- https://t.co/3iuNOFhRRj

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

@alb_olmos Que impresentable

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@eljukebox Apuntado

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Es el mercado de atencion amigo...

[Antonio Ortiz @antonello]

Colombia de la coca al cacao, Finlandia casi elimina el “sinhogarismo”.

Los orígenes de los bots de spam en Twitter, del “░M░Y░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░”

Conspiranoicos y La Oreja de Van Gogh

Todo aquí con sus enlaces y comentarios:

https://t.co/RnSVrnp8z7

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Interesante, por diferente, visión de lo sucedido en #telefonica
https://t.co/vby3k0zs1P

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Alemania siempre ha sido nuestro espejo en el modelo económico, así que conviene estar al tanto EL PAÍS
https://t.co/w2JXR6oZ6w

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Hoy es el día en el que entra en vigor en la Unión Europea la Digital Services Act...lo que nos sitúa a la vanguardia de la regulación de la red :) Ahora a ver si somos capaces de ponernos en la vanguardia tecnológica (o al menos recortar distancias...)

https://t.co/8PoIpcOSO2

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Pinduoduo ya es la mayor plataforma de comercio electrónico de productos agrícolas de la historia de la humanidad. El 11% de la humanidad fue comprador activo de Pinduoduo. #pinduoduo #ecommerce #Retail
https://t.co/zNdeVtAlPO

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

"Unfortunately for waves of young people, the media’s advice to “learn to code” may have been like investing in typewriters"  
Artificial intelligence will destroy ‘laptop class’ workers
https://t.co/Tbv0YbzbK6

[Sam Altman @sama]

ChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness.

it's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now. it’s a preview of progress; we have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

José Luis Alonso Andreano https://t.co/B6qFES656r

[Mintel @mintelnews]

Why is @Deliveroo opening its own pizza restaurant in London’s Swiss Cottage? Our Senior Foodservice Analyst Trish Caddy, a former restaurant manager and chef, speaks to the Wall Street Journal to explain the rationale: https://t.co/YCBMDr1NRs #restaurants #foodservice #food

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

De las entregas entregas rápidas, a la marca propia...

[NACS @NACSonline]

https://t.co/QvoK1QIPPo

@gopuff, a virtual on-demand c-store, is launching private-label products, as it aims to provide its customers with a wider and more eclectic range of goods than they’d find in a convenience store, and it delivers orders to customers in about 15 minutes.

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Y subiendo...

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee.

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Acabo de ver Eroski, reconocida por su apuesta por la reducción del plástico - Haga clic ver también ☛ https://t.co/HxNUAIbelv

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La demanda de proteínas vegetales se habrá multiplicado por siete para 2025, el equivalente a un valor de mercado de aproximadamente más de 240.000 millones de euros para el año 2035 https://t.co/UZz9GeXfJE

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

El coste de la "carne cultivada" en laboratorio... Cultivated meat: Out of the lab, into the frying pan https://t.co/rHejpq4rLc a través de @McKinsey

[David Sanchez Bote @dsanchezbote]

Y #google abrió una tienda...The Google Store Chelsea Opens June 17! https://t.co/cuj8WjiIDE a través de @YouTube