List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People ' s Republic of China This is a list of unmanned aerial vehicle s ( UAVs , or ' drones ' ) , of the People ' s Republic of China . There are further categories and sub - categories under the main list , and some of the UAVs will appear in more than one category / sub - category when they can be classified by more than one . List of UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China . This main list including miniature , micro ( MAVs ) , and unmanned combat air vehicle s ( UCAVs ) , unmanned blimps , rotary wing UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China . List of unmanned blimps of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned blimps and airship s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned helicopter s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned helicopter s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . Unmanned helicopters consist of a significant portion of Chinese UAVs and most of these Chinese unmanned helicopters are developed as a direct result of an incident in 2007 , when Japanese government arrested three officials of Yamaha Motor Company in early 2007 for exporting nine Yamaha unmanned helicopters to China in 2005 , allegedly could be converted to military application from its original crop dusting role . This alleged charge is denied by both Yamaha and China , and Yahama has claimed that these unmanned helicopters only have a range of only 200 meters , or 656 feet , from the person who is controlling them and are therefore unlikely to be used to carry weapons of mass destruction , but the Japanese government nonetheless pressed charges . The action of Japanese government triggered a massive Chinese response in a nation wide effort to develop domestic Chinese unmanned helicopters to replace those imported from Japan , including the rapid acceleration of existing unmanned helicopters in China . The massive nation wide effort has resulted in more than a hundred domestic Chinese unmanned helicopters , most of which are completed by integrating existing commercial off - the - shelf ( COTS ) airframes with COTS autopilots and flight control systems ( FCS ) . Eventually these Chinese unmanned helicopters evolved into models with all subsystems such airframe and flight control systems indigenously developed in China . List of unmanned multirotor s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned multirotor s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned tricopter s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned tricopter s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned quadcopter s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned quadcopter s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned hexacopter s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned hexacopter s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned octocopter s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned octocopter s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of V / STOL UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of V / STOL UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned micro air vehicle s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned micro air vehicle s ( MAV ) of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . Majority of Chinese fixed and rotary wing UAVs are MAVs . List of jet - powered UAV s of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of jet - powered ( including rocket powered ) UAV s of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China . This is a list of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China from the main list above . List of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China for aircraft carrier operation research . This is a list of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China the from the main list above , and they are developed to explore the technologies necessary for aircraft carrier landing for ship - borne aircraft . List of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China for stealth research . This is a list of unmanned experimental UAVs of the People ' s Republic of China the from the main list above , and they are developed to explore the stealth technologies and associated flight control systems , particularly those of flying wing design .