China is flying 16 large drones to carry over 100 tons of steel and concrete up steep, roadless mountains to build new mountain solar power station at altitudes up to 1,650m in its southwestern Yunnan Province.

These drones, each carrying up to 420 kg and traveling 1.3 km at a time, can finish the task used to take a month in just three days. This method cuts road-building costs by 80%, reduces labor by 60% and boosts efficiency by a factor of 10.

Apart from lifting heavy loads, drones in Guangdong are also helping with typhoon disasters. China’s independently-developed unmanned drone, Wing Loong, was used before and after Typhoon Wipha, the nation’s first-ever typhoon early warning monitoring using a large fixed-wing drone. It flew through wind and rain, using its onboard synthetic aperture radar to scan thick cloud and rain barriers and sent live data to emergency teams. After the storm passed, the drone kept flying to support rescue missions, check river levels and find blocked roads.

It even acted as a flying mobile tower, restoring network services and sending over 6,000 emergency messages to people in disaster areas.
中国云南省派遣16架大型无人机向地势陡峭、道路不通的高海拔山区运输100余吨建材，用于建造新型山地光伏电站。
这些无人机每架可承载高达 420 公斤的货物，单次往返距离1.3公里，仅耗时3天便完成过去需要1个月的工作量。相比传统运输方式，该方案降低80%道路施工成本，减少60%劳动力投入，效率提升了 近10 倍。
除了运送重物之外，在广东，无人机还助力应对台风灾害。中国自主研发的翼龙无人机在台风"韦帕"生成前和登陆后执行探测任务，这是国家首次应用大型固定翼无人机实现台风早期预警监测。它穿梭于风雨之中，翼龙无人机搭载的合成孔径雷达穿透云雨屏障实施扫描，向应急救援指挥中心实时回传台风核心数据。台风过境后，该无人机持续开展灾害勘测，执行河道水位监测、道路阻塞定位等救援任务。
当灾区通讯设备全面瘫痪时，无人机化身空中移动基站，为受灾区域提供应急通讯保障，成功发送6000余条灾害预警信息。