The 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) ran in Shanghai from November 5 to 10.

Zhongshan-based aviation technology company FCourier, also the industrial drone brand of low-altitude mobility company Vertaxi, joined its parent brand at the expo again this year to co-build a low-altitude economy experience zone. The M1, a full-scale manned "air taxi", and a range of other low-altitude aircraft were the main draw.

According to Xie Ling, founder of both FCourier and Vertaxi, it was FCourier's fourth trip to the CIIE. A revamped booth, he said, is meant to give visitors a hands-on feel for low-altitude airspace: subways, cars, high-speed trains and ships are placed alongside low-altitude travel and high-altitude airspace in a single picture, setting out a three-dimensional transport network that runs from underground to ground level, and on up to low and high altitude.