# Meituan received China's first nationwide low-altitude logistics operating certificate from the CAAC for its delivery drones, after 450,000+ drone orders on 53 routes by end-2024

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250422-delivery-rider-1
Date: 2025-04-22 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/delivery-rider

## Scope

China; routes concentrated in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing. Volume is a small fraction of platform orders; state-media source reporting company figures.

## Source

- China Daily — https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/22/WS6807752fa3104d9fd3820e14.html (secondary source)

## What this means

A deployment record with regulation attached: China's aviation regulator issued a nationwide operating certificate after 450,000+ drone orders on 53 routes, so drone delivery of the ride segment is licensed production, not a demo. It supports the task's 'augmenting' judgement on the deployment layer: the machines take specific routes in specific cities, and the record itself shows how small that slice is.

## What it does not show yet

450,000+ orders by end-2024 is, by the source's own account, a small fraction of platform orders, on 53 routes concentrated in five cities, so most of the platform's delivery work is untouched. The figures are the company's, relayed by state media, and a Chinese certificate says nothing about permits in any other country.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Meituan drone route list for your city (or first check whether your city appears at all) and count how many of the pickup points sit inside the zones you usually work; if the answer is none, this record describes someone else's routes for now.


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