Low altitude as a roll, original intention as wings

Opening Language

In the hot practice of promoting Chinese path to modernization, a large number of advanced models and heroic models have emerged in all fronts and fields of the province. They have vividly interpreted the original mission of Communists in the new era with unremitting struggle and selfless dedication, and set an example for us to learn from. On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, this newspaper has launched a series of reports on "South Guangdong's children are eager to take the lead in the reform and opening up of the Party", striving to create a strong atmosphere for the whole society to learn, advocate and strive for advancement. Please pay attention.

On the testing ground in the early morning, dozens of heavy-duty drones lined up in a row, and Su Chao, the general manager of the General Aviation Engineering Technology Innovation Center of Southern Power Grid General Aviation Service Co., Ltd., closely watched the screen to debug flight parameters. He travels around the laboratory, deep mountain routes, and emergency sites all year round, and his eyes are resolute and determined. With 11 years of party experience, he has been deeply involved in the low altitude field of electric power, dedicating himself to tackling core technologies, integrating his personal ideals into national strategies and people's livelihood supply guarantee undertakings, and writing a pioneering answer as a Communist Party member guarding the lights of thousands of households with practical work. Recently, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Communist Party Member of Guangdong Province".

He waited in the deep mountains for five days and nights, planting the party flag at the forefront of the fight against ice disasters

Su Chao is 40 years old this year. After graduating from graduate school, he joined Southern Power Grid and devoted himself to the power and navigation industry. In his fifth year of employment, he proudly joined the party.

In 2018, a major ice disaster occurred in northern Guangdong, causing widespread icing on transmission lines in the high-altitude mountainous areas. The steep terrain made manual de icing both inefficient and dangerous, putting tens of thousands of people's heating and electricity supply at risk. In the current dangerous situation, Su Chao quickly formed a Party member assault team and launched a charge towards unmanned aerial vehicle de icing technology. For five whole days and nights, he stationed himself in the deep mountains to observe the laws of ice cover, worked all night to draw and optimize the structure, repeatedly polished and vibrated the de icing device, and overcame the technical difficulties of unstable drone flight in low-temperature environments. After the new equipment was put into practical use, the accumulated ice on the power lines was successfully cleared, the security line of the power grid was guarded, large-scale power outages were avoided, and the winter lights of the masses were preserved. Su Chao was also awarded the title of "China Southern Power Grid Anti icing and Anti icing exemplary individual".

The more perilous the moment, the more it can demonstrate the true nature of a Party member. In 2025, Typhoon Huajiasha swept through southern Guangdong, causing damage to multiple power transmission facilities. Upon hearing the order, Su Chao immediately took action and led the team to complete various technical adaptation solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles, providing full process low altitude operation technical support for cross regional party member air rescue and assault teams. The team has completed a detailed aerial inspection of over 1200 kilometers of disaster affected routes, accurately identifying every potential fault. This new model of aerial intelligent disaster detection has completely reshaped the logic of power grid disaster prevention and relief work, promoting a leapfrog transformation of the power emergency system from passive disposal of post disaster situations to a modern emergency new pattern of risk prediction, aerial full area rapid detection, and precise and efficient disposal.

Working day and night, he led a party member assault team to capture the low altitude equipment highland

Faced with the long-standing industry pain points of short endurance, weak load capacity, and lack of research and development platforms in domestic low altitude equipment, Su Chao, as the captain of the Party member assault team, shoulders the heavy responsibility of tackling them. He worked tirelessly to connect with research institutes and led the establishment of the Guangdong Provincial Electric Power Low altitude Economic Engineering Technology Research Center. To break through the technological bottleneck, he led the team to study day and night, innovate the three rotor tail rudder control configuration, and developed the world's first electric multi rotor inspection drone with a range of 100 minutes, reducing inspection costs by 70%. The team has successively developed 150kg electric and 300kg oil powered heavy-duty unmanned aerial vehicles, filling the gaps in domestic high load low altitude transportation equipment. At the same time, he built the "Shunyifei" low altitude operation platform, opened up military civilian airspace coordination channels, linked universities to apply for national level scientific research projects, and accelerated the industrialization of low altitude power equipment in Guangdong.

Let Guangdong's experience set sail, he builds a bridge of Sino foreign cooperation in Laos

In Su Chao's office, there has been a military order for the development of unmanned aerial vehicle technology for the China Laos Internet of Things project, which was signed with the team when he led the research and development of high-altitude cross-border disaster exploration unmanned aerial vehicle technology.

The China Laos 500 kV interconnection project is a benchmark project to implement the "the Belt and Road" initiative and deepen the construction of the China Laos community of common destiny. In the second half of last year, the project was blocked in the mountains. The project is located in deep mountains, with rugged mountain roads and extremely difficult transportation of building materials. Traditional vehicle transportation has a long cycle and causes significant ecological damage. As a party member, my first reaction is to bring Guangdong's mature low altitude practical experience out, which is the responsibility of central enterprises to serve the country's opening-up strategy, "Su Chao said. He actively promoted the landing of Guangdong's mature "drone+helicopter" aerial three-dimensional transportation mode in overseas projects, optimized the air transportation process, directly reduced the transportation cycle of building materials by 50%, and efficiently transported over 2000 tons of engineering materials. The cross-border drone route not only ensures the smooth connection of cross-border clean power channels, but also makes Guangdong Power's low altitude scientific and technological innovation experience a shining business card for Sino foreign energy cooperation.

Original Intention

The times are changing, and our original intention remains unchanged. We must put the Party flag on the front line of work, write our responsibilities on the scene of tackling difficulties, and place our mission in serving the people. By being the vanguard of serving the overall situation, safeguarding people's livelihoods, and integrating science, technology, and industry, we will contribute to the development of Guangdong's low altitude power economy! "- Su Chao

■ Writing: New Express reporter Wang Tong, correspondent Zhuo Chenying

■ Image: Provided by the interviewee