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China Tower Foshan Wins $630k Bid for Automated UAV Inspection of High-Grade Waterways

by dikongxinshijie·October 26, 2026

On October 23, the Guangdong sub-site of the China Government Procurement Network released a bid-winning announcement. The Automated Intelligent UAV Inspection Project for High-Grade Waterways (Project No.: GZYL26FG013288) was won by the Foshan Branch of China Tower Corporation Limited, with a comprehensive score of 89.19 and a winning bid amount of CNY 4.58 million.

A total of 13 suppliers participated in this bidding. Among them, 6 failed the qualification or compliance review, resulting in the rejection of their bids; 7 passed, namely the Foshan Branch of China Tower Corporation Limited, Foshan Heneng IoT Software Development Co., Ltd., China Mobile Construction Co., Ltd., China Unicom Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shenghui Information Technology Co., Ltd., Foshan Herun Technology Development Co., Ltd., and Guangdong No.1 Port & Navigation Construction Co., Ltd.

According to the information on the Government Procurement Network, the project requires the completion of equipment installation, debugging, and final acceptance within 9 months (270 calendar days) from the date of contract signing. Specifically, the supply of main hardware products such as UAV airports and UAVs, along with the delivery of basic functional services for the UAV application platform, must be completed within 30 days from the date of contract signing, and all application management platform functions, including algorithm functions, must be delivered within 90 days.

The announcement shows that the project was procured by the Foshan Waterway Affairs Office of Guangdong Yuezhong Waterway Affairs Center and commissioned to Guangdong Yili Project Management Co., Ltd. The evaluation panel consisted of 5 experts: Yang Danwen, Liu Xinmin, Hu Hao, Liang Licheng, and Wu Shaoming. The announcement period is 1 working day from the date of release.