Beacon Over Lingnan | A conversation with Zhang Yunfei: Unmanned systems powering China's maritime future

Zhang Yunfei, founder and chairman of Yunzhou Intelligence Technology, stepped into China's uncharted unmanned surface vessel (USV) sector. In Zhuhai, he developed the country's first high-speed maritime USV. Rooted at the Xiangshan Marine Scientific & Technological Port and utilizing the Wanshan Islands as a natural testing ground, his team overcame complex maritime embodied intelligence challenges. They have transformed prototypes into practical tools capable of replacing thousand-ton traditional vessels, and led the drafting of both national and international USV standards.