On November 10, 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Emergency Response jointly issued “14th Five-Year Plan” Special Plan for Scientific and Technological Innovation of Public Security and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) (source: Ministry of Science and Technology website).
Today on November 16, XYEHang reported the plan. It is understood that the plan focuses on the research and development of air emergency rescue and intelligent autonomous emergency rescue technology and equipment. This is relevant to the business areas of XYEHang and EHang with corresponding products such as EH216F and Falcon AAVs.
The “Plan” proposes five specific goals, including:
– deepening applied basic research;
– overcoming key technologies for risk prevention and control of major disasters and accidents;
– developing monitoring and early warning and emergency rescue technical equipment;
– building a high-level scientific research and innovation base; and
– cultivating a high-level scientific and technological innovation talent team.
It clearly strengthens the innovative application of cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, industrial Internet, artificial intelligence and other digital technologies in the research and development of major disaster accident monitoring and early warning and emergency rescue technology and equipment.
Some excerpts are as follows:
01 – Development Trend of International Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Science and Technology Innovation
Countries with leading technologies are accelerating the deployment of basic research and technological innovation, consolidating the scientific basis for disaster risk investigation and hidden danger investigation, and strengthening the research on disaster formation mechanism and quantitative loss prediction technology; Strengthen the construction of space-based, air-based, ground-based and sea-based multi-dimensional coverage monitoring network systems, and promote the research and development of intelligent, high-precision and high-stability monitoring and early warning technology and equipment; Fully integrate the Internet of Things, big data and intelligent computing application technologies to improve the informatization and intelligent service capabilities of monitoring, forecasting and early warning; Research and develop sophisticated risk assessment and precise prevention technologies, and strengthen the construction of integrated technical systems for disaster preparedness, rescue, and reconstruction.
02 – Monitoring, early warning and prevention and control of extraordinarily large forest and grassland fires
Focus on the research and development of space-climate-air-ground multi-temporal forest fire monitoring, early warning and early identification technology, dynamic prediction and accelerated early warning technology of cross-scale spread of forest and grassland fires, comprehensive prevention and control technology of high-intensity forest and grassland fires, intelligent disaster research and judgment and coordinated command technology, etc., to achieve scientific forecasting, early detection, dynamic and accurate prediction, and efficient prevention and control of forest and grassland fires.
03 – Emergency rescue technical equipment
Promote the implementation of the modernization project of natural disaster prevention technology and equipment, the innovation and development project of safety emergency equipment, research and development of on-site situational awareness research and judgment of major disaster accidents, new emergency command and communication, special traffic emergency support, accurate acquisition of large-scale disaster situations, special emergency rescue, intelligent unmanned emergency rescue, special rescue, efficient protection of rescuers, rapid life search and rescue, technical equipment such as major disaster accident traceability and process digital reconstruction; Research and develop intelligent, practical, and lightweight special rescue equipment suitable for extremely harsh environments such as high altitudes and special terrains and special events; Realize independent and controllable high-end equipment.
In terms of emergency rescue technology and equipment, focus on the research and development of emergency rescue technology and equipment for long-term highway tunnel accidents in plateau and alpine regions, air emergency rescue technology and equipment in extremely harsh environments, high-rise/super-high-rise fire extinguishing and emergency rescue technology and equipment, technical equipment for demolition, intelligent search and rescue and unmanned rescue in complex environments, water life rescue and underwater search and salvage technical equipment, weak life signal identification and rapid positioning, rapid rescue of floods and dam breaks, urban emergency drainage, forest and grassland fire extinguishing and other special equipment, technical equipment for rapid disposal of hazardous chemical accidents, emergency rescue technical equipment for major mine accidents, long-distance oil and gas pipelines and offshore oil and gas accident rescue technical equipment, etc., comprehensively enhance the scientific and technological support capabilities of emergency rescue.