2017年CRI SF Express tests emergency drone delivery

 

Chinese logistics firm SF Express has tested the delivery of emergency supplies through the use of a large drone, reports thepaper.cn.

A domestic-developed large drone delivered equipment which would have been needed for the quick repair of communication facilities in Yunnan Province on December 26, 2017, simulating an urgent situation.

SF Express tested an amphibious drone earlier this year. The company also has a number of small and medium size drones for use in personal deliveries.

Li Dongqi, vice¹ president of SF Express, is suggesting drones are supplement to traditional cargo² aircraft services, and are being tapped mostly for logistic services to remote areas. He notes drones also help overcome a systemic pilot shortage in China.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。