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DJI

2025.03.10

16:28

Recently, after DJI started to "fight overtime", many large factories began to force employees to leave work. Manufacturing giant Haier was also exposed to have a mandatory two-day weekend. Haier issued a notice to fully implement the two-day weekend system. All departments (including R&D, marketing, etc.) implemented two-day weekends. They were not allowed to come to the company on Saturdays, and the cafeteria did not provide meals. If overtime is required under special circumstances, it must be approved one week in advance.

07:10

"No overtime allowed!" DJI becomes a hot topic, and "anti-involution" becomes a consensus

Recently, there was news that DJI launched a "no overtime" campaign starting from February 27, forcing employees to leave work at 9 pm. This news once topped the hot search list. The above news stated that at 9 pm at DJI's Shenzhen headquarters, supervisors and HR drove people off work in three rounds and prohibited employees from working overtime. In addition, the Shanghai area is more straightforward, and the lights in the office building are turned off on time at 9 pm. For this reason, the reporter learned from a DJI employee that the above information is true. The reporter noticed that in the Internet and manufacturing industries where "996" has become the norm, more and more companies have joined the "anti-involution" campaign.

2025.03.04

17:18

Zhenhua Technology: The company directly or indirectly supplies products to DJI, Anker Innovations, PetroChina, etc.

Zhenhua Technology stated on the interactive platform that the company's lithium batteries are mainly used in small-scale energy storage, light power, consumer digital products and special applications, and directly or indirectly supply to DJI, Anker Innovations, CNPC and others.

2025.03.02

20:03

Intelligent vehicle-mounted drone system "Lingyuan" released Wang Chuanfu: BYD becomes the world's first automaker to mass-produce vehicle-mounted drones

BYD and DJI jointly held a press conference on the intelligent vehicle-mounted drone system in Shenzhen, and BYD Group Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu delivered a speech. At the conference, Wang Chuanfu announced that the intelligent vehicle-mounted drone system jointly developed by BYD and DJI was officially named "Lingyuan". Regarding the solution of drone technology, Wang Chuanfu said that BYD has been doing internal exploration and experimentation since 2016. Wang Chuanfu also mentioned that after BYD and DJI's dual technical tests and a series of safety certifications, "Lingyuan" has achieved mass production, which also makes BYD the world's first car company to mass-produce vehicle-mounted drones.

2025.02.27

11:32

DJI responds to "forcing employees to work at 9 a.m.": Rumor, it has always been a flexible working system

Recently, there were reports on social media that DJI has adjusted its attendance system and requires employees to come to work at 9 a.m. in advance. In response, DJI told Sina Technology that the rumor of "forcing employees to come to work at 9 a.m." is that DJI has always had a flexible work system between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., which allows employees to make flexible arrangements based on their commuting and personal circumstances. This system has been in place for more than a decade and there are currently no plans to adjust it.

2025.02.24

11:37

BYD held a press conference on the launch of its intelligent vehicle-mounted drone system on March 2

BYD will join hands with DJI to hold a BYD intelligent vehicle-mounted drone system launch conference at 19:30 on March 2 at its global headquarters in Shenzhen.

2025.02.04

09:18

"Flying" is becoming a daily part of urban life in Shenzhen. The number of related enterprises ranks first in the country

"Flying" is becoming a daily routine in Shenzhen's urban life. In recent years, Shenzhen has been fully competing for the new track of low-altitude economy. It has not only made breakthroughs in air connections and urban commuting, but also pioneered inter-city flights, cross-border flights and even eVTOL cross-city and cross-bay flights. Thousands of meters of airspace, trillion-dollar market, vast blue ocean, and the "air map" is accelerating. 2024 is known as the "first year of low-altitude economy". This year, low-altitude economy was written into the "Government Work Report" of the State Council for the first time. Guangdong Province has clearly proposed to support cities such as Shenzhen to build a comprehensive demonstration zone for the general aviation industry and create a highland for the low-altitude economy industry in the Greater Bay Area. According to statistics from the Shenzhen UAV Industry Association, Shenzhen has gathered more than 1,700 low-altitude economic industry chain companies, including drone R&D and manufacturing companies such as DJI Innovations and Daotong Aviation, and low-altitude application companies such as Fengyi Technology, Meituan UAV, Eastern General Aviation, and CITIC Haizhi. At the same time, it has many R&D institutions and has formed a complete low-altitude economic industry chain integrating drone R&D, manufacturing, application, and services. The number of related companies ranks first in the country.

2025.01.08

21:39

DJI releases Matrice 4 series drones

DJI on Wednesday evening released the DJI Matrice 4 Series, a compact and intelligent multi-sensor flagship drone series.

2024.12.25

08:34

Xinzhi Group achieves large-scale delivery of core components of drone motors

According to Xinzhi Group, Xinzhi Group provides high-quality motor stators and rotors and other key components for DJI's industrial heavy-duty drones. These key motor components can perfectly adapt to the various stringent working scenarios and performance requirements of DJI's industrial drones. During the cooperation process, the technical teams of both parties jointly carried out technical research and development and innovation, continuously optimized product performance, and ensured that drones can operate stably and efficiently in complex and changeable low-altitude environments. Currently, hundreds of thousands of sets of eVTOL motor core components have been delivered each year, which strongly supports the production and market expansion of DJI's industrial drones.

2024.12.04

19:07

JD.com releases "Liying Project" naked-eye 3D product marketing plan

Recently, JD.com released the world's first naked-eye 3D product marketing plan - "Liying Plan", and the first batch of applications were applied to some recent new products of brands such as Huawei, Philips, DJI, Yves Saint Laurent, and Xijia. (e Company)

2024.10.21

07:04

Chinese drone maker DJI sues U.S. Defense Department

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 21) -- Chinese drone maker DJI sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Friday for putting it on a list of companies suspected of working with the Chinese military.

2024.09.10

10:14

U.S. House votes to ban new DJI drones in U.S. market

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 10) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to block new drones produced and sold by Chinese drone maker DJI from operating in the U.S., according to Reuters.

2023.12.26

10:06

U.S. to ban federal funds for purchase of Chinese-made drones

National Business Wire (Dec 26) -- The U.S. defence spending bill for fiscal year 2024 will prohibit the use of federal funds for the purchase of Chinese-made drones.

2022.04.08

11:17

DroneXL: DJI drones fighting over Ukraine

Asian Tech Press (Apr. 8) -- About 2,000 DJI drones have been fighting in the skies over Ukraine, according to drone news outlet DroneXL.

2021.12.15

08:02

U.S. to add DJI, seven other Chinese tech firms to investment blacklist

Asian Tech Press (Dec 15) -- The U.S. Treasury Department will add eight Chinese technology companies, including SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd., the world's largest commercial drone maker, to an investment blacklist this week, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

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