In China, Drones Are Now Delivering Takeout to the Great Wall

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The new airdrop service is part of China’s push to quickly develop its “low-altitude economy.” With millions of riders on the road, China’s food delivery industry has long prided itself on being able to reach every corner of the country. Now, the platforms are even offering to deliver takeout to the Great Wall — dropped off not by a worker on an electric bike, but by a drone descending from the sky. The Chinese tech giant Meituan recently rolled out a drone delivery service to the popular Badaling section of the Great Wall, which will allow tourists to receive packages of food and medication while strolling the ramparts, the company announced on Friday. The new service — which is the first drone delivery route ever opened in Beijing — will not offer direct airdrops from merchants to customers, the company said. Instead, drones will fly along a fixed route from a depot to a landing site on the wall, with delivery workers hauling the packages from the merchants to the dep ………………………………