Fengdu, with its continuous mountains and ravines crisscrossing, used to rely solely on staff walking and driving to patrol mountains and rivers. There were blind spots in cliffs, valleys, and other areas for patrols all year round. Nowadays, with just a click of the mouse at the Shuren Town Governance Center, drones automatically take off and cruise, relying on 5G and AI recognition to transmit aerial images back to the platform, making hidden dangers in the mountains, forests, and rivers nowhere to hide.

Customized inspection with one town and one strategy

Fengdu Mountain has a wide range of hills and scattered rivers, forests, and mountains. Traditional patrol methods require a lot of manpower and still have blind spots for inspection. Establish a comprehensive inspection system for open spaces locally, integrate drone aerial footage and AI recognition results into the 141 grassroots governance platform, and create an intelligent discovery platform for dispatching grid disposal closed-loop feedback digital chain. As of June 2026, the project covers 16 townships in Fengdu, and the inspection efficiency has increased by 80% compared to the traditional manual mode. This set of low altitude patrol scheme rejects the unified template, and customizes the AI identification algorithm in combination with the risk characteristics of various regions. Where the governance pressure is high, focus on the patrol.

Air sentries guard the mountains and waters

The drones in Shuren Town focus on closely monitoring water bodies and forests. During the high risk period of drowning in summer, drones autonomously fly along rivers and reservoirs. AI recognizes swimmers or anglers on the shore, and the onboard loudspeaker will advise them to leave in real time. Floating garbage on the water surface and abnormal situations in the river will also be captured, and work orders will be automatically generated and pushed to the staff. During forest fire prevention, drones are equipped with smoke recognition and thermal imaging devices to monitor smoke and heat sources in the mountains and forests day and night. The focus of the inspection in Baohe Town has shifted to the prevention and control of forestry pests and diseases. AI compares the color changes of pine needles in aerial images, locates trees with pine wilt disease, and marks the locations for forestry personnel to handle. The system can also switch models such as landslide monitoring, garbage identification, road analysis, etc. Keywords: low altitude inspection, grassroots intelligent governance, mountain management

Promote digital solutions externally

Drones can autonomously take off, land, cruise, return, and charge with just one click, easily reaching dangerous locations that are difficult for humans to access. They can complete multi person daily patrol tasks in just a few minutes. The system automatically captures hidden dangers and issues alerts. The work order is directly sent to the responsible person's mobile phone, and the staff completes the disposal by taking photos and sending them back. The matter is archived online and closed loop. This low altitude inspection plan also drives the collaborative landing of inspection service cloud resource dedicated line IoT terminals. Based on the implementation experience accumulated in Fengdu, the plan has been implemented in Yulong Town, Dazu District, Hong'an Town, Xiushan County, Hechuan District, Lijiatuo Street, Banan District, Tieshanping Street, Liangjiang New Area. The relevant person in charge of Chongqing Telecom stated that they will continue to refine low altitude perception AI recognition technology, expand various governance scenarios, and use low altitude digital power to continuously empower grassroots intelligent governance construction in digital Chongqing.Editor/Min Jing