DJI, the world’s biggest maker of consumer drones, intends to build a new global headquarters for its intelligent aviation systems operation in its home city of Shenzhen, according to a plan released recently by the southern tech hub’s municipal government.
The plan involves DJI’s acquisition of a 15,658-square-metre plot inside the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, a waterfront business and financial centre under development in the city’s Nanshan district.
The project’s total construction area of 188,000 square metres, will contain research and development (R&D), management, demonstration and other facilities, according to the plan.
DJI becoming an anchor enterprise at Shenzhen’s 117-hectare Super Headquarters Base reflects the municipal government’s efforts to boost development of the low-altitude economy in the city, also known as China’s “drone capital”.
The DJI project’s land use term will be for 30 years, and the office space can only be used by the company and its subsidiaries, according to the plan.
