"Substitude Plastic with Bamboo" to Lead the Low-altitude Economy Revolution
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Zhonglin International Group Date：03-04 143 Belong to：Industry Related
In the depths of the bamboo sea in Anji, Zhejiang, a drone equipped with mutual fiber propellers glides over the treetops, and bamboo seeds are precisely dropped onto the slopes. This scene is precisely a technological poem created by the collision between China's "bamboo instead of plastic" strategy and the low altitude economy. The millennium bamboo culture meets the low altitude economy, and the millennium whisper between bamboo and wind is concretized here. A green revolution from the ground to the cloud is quietly unfolding.
Chapter 1 Policy Empowerment: Strategic Integration of "Substitude Plastic with Bamboo" to Low altitude Economy
In 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued the "Three Year Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of 'Replacing Plastic with Bamboo'", which clearly proposed to build a complete industry chain of bamboo based materials, with the goal of increasing the comprehensive utilization rate of bamboo by 20% by 2025. In 2024, the "low altitude economy" was first included in the government work report, opening the first year of "low altitude economy". This policy not only injects vitality into the traditional bamboo industry, but also deeply meets the needs of the dual carbon strategy.
The key integration point between the policy of "replacing plastic with bamboo" and low altitude economy lies in the application of new bamboo based materials such as bamboo wrapped composite materials and bamboo fiber reinforced materials in low altitude flight frames. Their lightweight and high-strength characteristics reshape the manufacturing logic of drones and aircraft, and the application scenarios of bamboo based materials gradually expand to the field of low altitude facilities. At the same time, the use of drones, aircraft and other multi scenario linkage with bamboo forest carbon sinks, low altitude logistics, etc., the use of drones to transport bamboo reduces harvesting costs, forming a logical loop of "planting bamboo harvesting processing carbon trading".
Through policy empowerment, the bamboo industry is leaping from "local handicrafts" to "sky technology". The precise national strategy and the growth of local innovation are jointly nourishing this green transformation. When the bamboo nodes of policies climb, the green cloud path of low altitude economy will have a solid fulcrum.
Chapter 2 Bamboo based Composite Materials: The "Green Skeleton" of Low altitude Economy
1. The Nirvana Journey of Bamboo Fiber
Under an electron microscope, these fibers taken from five-year-old bamboo are tightly arranged in a tubular structure with a diameter of 0.3 millimeters, resembling miniature beehives. The tensile strength of the fiber reaches 400MPa, which is equivalent to 80% of ordinary steel, but its weight is only 1/5. Applying this fiber to the body of a drone, the body made of bamboo based composite material successfully reduced weight by 27% and extended the endurance time to 135 minutes. Even better, when sunlight penetrates the blue and white skin, faint bamboo knot patterns can be seen, as if it is a journey of natural regeneration of bamboo forest imprints.
2. Aerial translation of bamboo weaving wisdom
At the ecological monitoring station in Xixi Wetland, Hangzhou, engineers drew inspiration from Southern Song bamboo lanterns and designed a foldable bamboo bone umbrella style unmanned aerial vehicle nest. When folded, it has a diameter of only 40 centimeters, but when unfolded, it can form a waterproof platform of 2 meters square. The density changes of the gaps between the bamboo strips precisely control the internal and external airflow. The project leader joked, "If Su Dongpo sees this thing, he might have to change 'I'd rather eat without meat' to 'I can't live without bamboo machinery'
3. Bamboo Grove Craftsman: The Sky Station that Grows Up
Above the bamboo forest in Anjiyu Village, three silver buildings resembling bamboo shoots pierce through the green waves. Upon closer inspection, the 15 meter high unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing tower is actually constructed with modified bamboo steel, with anti slip patterns laser engraved on the surface imitating bamboo node protrusions. The rainwater collection system at the top of the tower hides a mystery - bamboo root shaped diversion pipes lead the precipitation to the underground bamboo charcoal filter layer, and the treated soft water can be directly used for equipment cooling.
When the air passes through bamboo fiberboard, the PM2.5 filtration efficiency reaches 92%, and the temperature can be naturally adjusted. What's even more amazing is the base design: the pre embedded bamboo root network is connected to the underground stems of the surrounding bamboo forest. After five years, the main building can naturally degrade, and new bamboo seedlings will emerge from the cracks in the base.
4. Fission equation of bamboo energy
In the bamboo industry park in Yibin, Sichuan, thirty silver devices resembling spacecraft are processing bamboo shavings. These "bamboo energy reactors" developed by a Sino German team can convert 100 kilograms of bamboo waste into 38 cubic meters of biogas within 2 hours. On the display stand in the adjacent workshop, palm sized bamboo charcoal batteries are driving a drone model to hover - with an energy density of 280Wh/kg, comparable to high-end lithium batteries. The exhaust of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft loaded with bamboo based mixed fuel in the future no longer emits a pungent smell of aviation kerosene, but a faint scent of charcoal.
5. The Eastern Password in the Carbon Account Book
On the big screen of Shenzhen Carbon Exchange, a green curve is climbing sharply. This is the "Bamboo Sky Carbon Sequestration" project jointly developed by bamboo enterprises and drone companies: for every bamboo fiber drone sold, 667 bamboo shoots (corresponding to 1 acre of bamboo forest) are planted in northwest Yunnan, and consumers can view their "aerial carbon fields" in real-time through satellite imagery.
Chapter 3: The Dilemma of Cloud Folding Wings: Challenges and Breakthroughs of Bamboo Based Materials
Although bamboo has a tensile strength similar to steel, its fiber anisotropy makes it prone to cracking under complex stresses. When the drone passes through the mountain mist at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, micro cracks may appear on the bamboo based skin due to high-frequency vibration. What's even more tricky is that bamboo fiber has a moisture absorption rate of 8% -12%, repeatedly expanding and contracting in the fluctuation of cloud humidity, like playing the "deformation record" on a wing. At the same time, to composite bamboo fiber with bio based resin to form the required materials for unmanned aerial vehicles, 12 nano level modification processes are required, which will result in a cost 40% higher than aviation aluminum, with great technical difficulty and limited industrial scale.
The "White Paper on Aviation Bamboo based Composite Materials Technology" project, launched in early 2025, involves the joint establishment of a certification system covering 200 indicators by research institutions from 18 countries to fill the gap in international standards and issue a "cloud passport" for the application of bamboo in the aviation field.
At the same time as bamboo based composite materials enter the aviation standard, the continuous upgrading and iteration of bamboo material technology manufacturing, and the addition of intelligent manufacturing revolution, not only can lower the production cost of bamboo, but also have more accurate identification of differences in bamboo age and fiber density control, ensuring the safety of bamboo based materials in the aviation field.
The wings of the bamboo based drone are made into transparent display modules, and the internal bamboo fibers dance like clouds during flight. Combined with the "real-time carbon footprint display", every time the bamboo drone completes an order, the onboard screen flashes the increased carbon sequestration data. These poetic technological narratives are composing the 'future story' of bamboo materials.
In the lonely twilight, when the bamboo fiber landing gear of the inspection drone lightly touched the ground, it alarmed the dormant textile girl, and a few fireflies rose from the grass leaves. From the recitation of "Gazing at the Qi Ao of the Book of Songs, Green Bamboo Grass" to the bamboo winged elves that shuttle through the clouds today, this plant engraved in the genes of Chinese civilization is completing the most magnificent cross-border transformation. Riding the wind, traveling thousands of miles, looking down at mountains and rivers, the romantic imagination of ancient people is becoming commonplace for us.
Chapter 1 Policy Empowerment: Strategic Integration of "Substitude Plastic with Bamboo" to Low altitude Economy
In 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued the "Three Year Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of 'Replacing Plastic with Bamboo'", which clearly proposed to build a complete industry chain of bamboo based materials, with the goal of increasing the comprehensive utilization rate of bamboo by 20% by 2025. In 2024, the "low altitude economy" was first included in the government work report, opening the first year of "low altitude economy". This policy not only injects vitality into the traditional bamboo industry, but also deeply meets the needs of the dual carbon strategy.
The key integration point between the policy of "replacing plastic with bamboo" and low altitude economy lies in the application of new bamboo based materials such as bamboo wrapped composite materials and bamboo fiber reinforced materials in low altitude flight frames. Their lightweight and high-strength characteristics reshape the manufacturing logic of drones and aircraft, and the application scenarios of bamboo based materials gradually expand to the field of low altitude facilities. At the same time, the use of drones, aircraft and other multi scenario linkage with bamboo forest carbon sinks, low altitude logistics, etc., the use of drones to transport bamboo reduces harvesting costs, forming a logical loop of "planting bamboo harvesting processing carbon trading".
Through policy empowerment, the bamboo industry is leaping from "local handicrafts" to "sky technology". The precise national strategy and the growth of local innovation are jointly nourishing this green transformation. When the bamboo nodes of policies climb, the green cloud path of low altitude economy will have a solid fulcrum.
Chapter 2 Bamboo based Composite Materials: The "Green Skeleton" of Low altitude Economy
1. The Nirvana Journey of Bamboo Fiber
Under an electron microscope, these fibers taken from five-year-old bamboo are tightly arranged in a tubular structure with a diameter of 0.3 millimeters, resembling miniature beehives. The tensile strength of the fiber reaches 400MPa, which is equivalent to 80% of ordinary steel, but its weight is only 1/5. Applying this fiber to the body of a drone, the body made of bamboo based composite material successfully reduced weight by 27% and extended the endurance time to 135 minutes. Even better, when sunlight penetrates the blue and white skin, faint bamboo knot patterns can be seen, as if it is a journey of natural regeneration of bamboo forest imprints.
2. Aerial translation of bamboo weaving wisdom
At the ecological monitoring station in Xixi Wetland, Hangzhou, engineers drew inspiration from Southern Song bamboo lanterns and designed a foldable bamboo bone umbrella style unmanned aerial vehicle nest. When folded, it has a diameter of only 40 centimeters, but when unfolded, it can form a waterproof platform of 2 meters square. The density changes of the gaps between the bamboo strips precisely control the internal and external airflow. The project leader joked, "If Su Dongpo sees this thing, he might have to change 'I'd rather eat without meat' to 'I can't live without bamboo machinery'
3. Bamboo Grove Craftsman: The Sky Station that Grows Up
Above the bamboo forest in Anjiyu Village, three silver buildings resembling bamboo shoots pierce through the green waves. Upon closer inspection, the 15 meter high unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing tower is actually constructed with modified bamboo steel, with anti slip patterns laser engraved on the surface imitating bamboo node protrusions. The rainwater collection system at the top of the tower hides a mystery - bamboo root shaped diversion pipes lead the precipitation to the underground bamboo charcoal filter layer, and the treated soft water can be directly used for equipment cooling.
When the air passes through bamboo fiberboard, the PM2.5 filtration efficiency reaches 92%, and the temperature can be naturally adjusted. What's even more amazing is the base design: the pre embedded bamboo root network is connected to the underground stems of the surrounding bamboo forest. After five years, the main building can naturally degrade, and new bamboo seedlings will emerge from the cracks in the base.
4. Fission equation of bamboo energy
In the bamboo industry park in Yibin, Sichuan, thirty silver devices resembling spacecraft are processing bamboo shavings. These "bamboo energy reactors" developed by a Sino German team can convert 100 kilograms of bamboo waste into 38 cubic meters of biogas within 2 hours. On the display stand in the adjacent workshop, palm sized bamboo charcoal batteries are driving a drone model to hover - with an energy density of 280Wh/kg, comparable to high-end lithium batteries. The exhaust of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft loaded with bamboo based mixed fuel in the future no longer emits a pungent smell of aviation kerosene, but a faint scent of charcoal.
5. The Eastern Password in the Carbon Account Book
On the big screen of Shenzhen Carbon Exchange, a green curve is climbing sharply. This is the "Bamboo Sky Carbon Sequestration" project jointly developed by bamboo enterprises and drone companies: for every bamboo fiber drone sold, 667 bamboo shoots (corresponding to 1 acre of bamboo forest) are planted in northwest Yunnan, and consumers can view their "aerial carbon fields" in real-time through satellite imagery.
Chapter 3: The Dilemma of Cloud Folding Wings: Challenges and Breakthroughs of Bamboo Based Materials
Although bamboo has a tensile strength similar to steel, its fiber anisotropy makes it prone to cracking under complex stresses. When the drone passes through the mountain mist at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, micro cracks may appear on the bamboo based skin due to high-frequency vibration. What's even more tricky is that bamboo fiber has a moisture absorption rate of 8% -12%, repeatedly expanding and contracting in the fluctuation of cloud humidity, like playing the "deformation record" on a wing. At the same time, to composite bamboo fiber with bio based resin to form the required materials for unmanned aerial vehicles, 12 nano level modification processes are required, which will result in a cost 40% higher than aviation aluminum, with great technical difficulty and limited industrial scale.
The "White Paper on Aviation Bamboo based Composite Materials Technology" project, launched in early 2025, involves the joint establishment of a certification system covering 200 indicators by research institutions from 18 countries to fill the gap in international standards and issue a "cloud passport" for the application of bamboo in the aviation field.
At the same time as bamboo based composite materials enter the aviation standard, the continuous upgrading and iteration of bamboo material technology manufacturing, and the addition of intelligent manufacturing revolution, not only can lower the production cost of bamboo, but also have more accurate identification of differences in bamboo age and fiber density control, ensuring the safety of bamboo based materials in the aviation field.
The wings of the bamboo based drone are made into transparent display modules, and the internal bamboo fibers dance like clouds during flight. Combined with the "real-time carbon footprint display", every time the bamboo drone completes an order, the onboard screen flashes the increased carbon sequestration data. These poetic technological narratives are composing the 'future story' of bamboo materials.
In the lonely twilight, when the bamboo fiber landing gear of the inspection drone lightly touched the ground, it alarmed the dormant textile girl, and a few fireflies rose from the grass leaves. From the recitation of "Gazing at the Qi Ao of the Book of Songs, Green Bamboo Grass" to the bamboo winged elves that shuttle through the clouds today, this plant engraved in the genes of Chinese civilization is completing the most magnificent cross-border transformation. Riding the wind, traveling thousands of miles, looking down at mountains and rivers, the romantic imagination of ancient people is becoming commonplace for us.
