{"id":23483,"date":"2026-07-21T09:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/shenzhen-aircraft-takes-flight-in-hong-kong-under-pioneering-insurance-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:32:32","slug":"shenzhen-aircraft-takes-flight-in-hong-kong-under-pioneering-insurance-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/shenzhen-aircraft-takes-flight-in-hong-kong-under-pioneering-insurance-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shenzhen aircraft takes flight in Hong Kong under pioneering insurance plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/21\/0253f680-c856-4fa4-abd2-958bf1a7c0ac_d71cb765.jpg?itok=j89YPIew&amp;v=1784625255\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A groundbreaking cross-border insurance policy covering a piloted aircraft has cleared a key regulatory obstacle, allowing the Shenzhen vehicle to take to the sky in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"11.127272727273\">With a total liability of HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) covering the one-year period ending in June 2027, this marks the first cross-border insurance policy for China&rsquo;s burgeoning <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">low-altitude economy<\/span>, according to a social media post by the Shenzhen government on Monday.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.814814814815\">The insurance policy was a collaboration between the Shenzhen branch of the People&rsquo;s Insurance Company of China Group and its Hong Kong unit. The former conducted the risk assessment and underwriting, while the latter handled local compliance and issued the formal policy in the city, according to an earlier statement by Shenzhen&rsquo;s <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">special economic zone of Qianhai<\/span>, where the aircraft maker is based.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Under Hong Kong&rsquo;s aviation regulations, an aircraft must carry compliant aviation insurance before it can take off or land in the city. For many mainland developers, obtaining locally recognised coverage has become a prerequisite for entering the Hong Kong market.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new insurance policy allows Yivtol&rsquo;s S-Zero aircraft, a one-seater with a maximum payload of 90kg, to fly for no more than 50 minutes at a top speed of 75km\/h, according to Monday&rsquo;s statement, which contained a screenshot of the policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Shenzhen aircraft takes flight in Hong Kong under pioneering insurance plan<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking cross-border insurance policy covering a piloted aircraft has cleared a key regulatory obstacle, allowing the Shenzhen vehicle to take to the sky in Hong Kong. With a total liability of HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) covering the one-year period ending in June 2027, this marks the first cross-border insurance policy for China&rsquo;s burgeoning low-altitude&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/shenzhen-aircraft-takes-flight-in-hong-kong-under-pioneering-insurance-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Shenzhen aircraft takes flight in Hong Kong under pioneering insurance plan&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}