In the year and a half since e-commerce food delivery platform Meituan rolled out its first drone delivery route in the city of Shenzhen, more than 184,000 orders have been delivered and 17 delivery routes now exist across the country.
This month, the Tencent-backed firm opened its third delivery route in Shenzhen's Nanshan district.Meituan has officially launched its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) intelligent manufacturing center in Shenzhen. The center will handle the research and development, production, and maintenance of Meituan’s self-developed UAVs and intelligent modules. It has the capacity to produce over ten thousand units of intelligent equipment annually.
