Abstract:
As an important manifestation of new quality productive forces, the low-altitude economy has broad application prospects and considerable development potential in the industrial utilization, market-oriented transaction, and value realization of rural ecological products, and is emerging as a new driver for promoting the realization of ecological product value. This study employs a combination of literature review, case analysis, and inductive reasoning to systematically examine the underlying logic, mechanism, and implementation pathways through which the low-altitude economy facilitates the realization of rural ecological product value. Focusing on the low-altitude technologies, production factors, and industrial system underpinning the low-altitude economy, the analysis is organized around five key stages of ecological product value realization, including resource investigation and monitoring, value accounting, transaction and circulation, operational development, and ecological protection and compensation. The results indicate that: 1) The low-altitude economy promotes the realization of ecological product value through three primary mechanisms: overcoming geographical constraints with low-altitude technologies, strengthening resource perception and value identification through low-altitude data elements, and fostering industrial integration and value chain extension through scenario-based applications. 2) The realization process is currently constrained by multiple challenges. At the technological level, limitations remain in hardware performance, software adaptability, algorithm capability, and practical application support. At the factor level, constraints include inefficient data circulation, restrictive airspace management, and incomplete mechanisms for ecological asset ownership confirmation and value pricing. At the industrial level, insufficient application scenarios, immature business models, and weak industrial coordination continue to hinder large-scale development. 3) Future efforts should focus on strengthening key technological innovation, optimizing factor allocation, and improving the low-altitude industrial system to enhance both the efficiency and sustainability of ecological product value realization. This study provides a theoretical analytical framework and practical reference for promoting the value transformation of rural ecological products through the development of the low-altitude economy.