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China to launch drone owner registration, no-fly zones and filming limits under new rules
- Interim Regulations for Managing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Flights bans non-Chinese drones and pilots from using the vehicles for surveying land from 2024
- Authorities say UAVs ‘interrupting flights, injuring people when control is lost, harming rights of others by secret filming’
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China’s drone owners will have to register with the government from next year under new rules aimed at improving public safety and national security.
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The first national regulations on drones – published on Wednesday– also ban people from using the devices to take pictures or video of military or defence industrial installations or secretive facilities. Drones cannot be used to gather and publish state secrets or unlawfully transfer information outside mainland China.
The Interim Regulations for Managing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Flights also bans non-Chinese drones and pilots who are not Chinese nationals from using the vehicles for surveying land.
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“Serious offences” could lead to deportation, the rules say. Under existing Chinese law, publishing geographical information on China without state permission is illegal.
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