Beijing to Ban Sale/Flight of Drones Starting May 1st, DJI to Phase Out Products
The "Beijing Regulations on the Management of Unmanned Aircraft" will take effect on May 1st, 2026, designating the entire Beijing administrative area as a no-fly zone for unmanned aircraft, requiring applications for all outdoor flight activities. It also prohibits the sale or rental of drones and their core components to entities and individuals within Beijing.
It even prohibits the transportation or carrying of drones and their core components into the Beijing administrative area, except for those carried by their owners after real-name registration and information verification.
According to media reports, impacted by the policy, DJI drone products will completely withdraw from the Beijing market, with offline stores and e-commerce channels completing the removal of products before May 1st. After May, drones will not be available for purchase or delivery in Beijing.
Users are most concerned about the substantial risk of DJI Care protection services becoming ineffective. DJI Care is DJI's official replacement insurance, allowing for low-cost replacement of damaged or lost drones, but the device serial number (SN code) will change after replacement, which is inconsistent with the information previously bound on the UOM civilian drone platform and with the public security authorities, preventing the new drone from entering Beijing.
DJI has not yet released an official solution, with customer service only suggesting that Beijing users send damaged devices for repair, have them shipped to an address outside of Beijing, and then transport them back themselves, without being able to ship them directly back to Beijing.
Dealers advise that existing drones that have completed real-name registration and SN code binding before May 1st can be carried in and out of Beijing, but once completely damaged, new drones cannot be purchased for replacement, making existing drones "non-renewable assets."