Drones driving growth in Beijing's villages

Local residents among beneficiaries, innovators in booming new business as Chinese government recognizes profession

Drone operation has become a new source of income for Wu Haining, a 26-year-old villager in Beijing's northwest Yanqing district at the foot of the Great Wall. Drones are widely used in aerial shooting, mapping as well as power line inspections in China.

Yanqing has become one of the first regions in Beijing to promote the use of drones to help solve the area's rural labor shortage.