iiMedia
Chinese market-research and data-analysis firm, founded 2007, covering China's new-economy industries.
iiMedia's founder, Zhang Yi, warned in October 2026 that China's drone-part export licences, which cover buyers in every country from 18 November, could cost smaller makers without compliance budgets their high-end overseas markets.
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Will China's new drone-part licences squeeze small makers out of export markets?
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After China put drone parts under export licence for buyers everywhere on 19 October 2026, Zhang Yi, founder of iiMedia, warned, as reported by Tech Times, that smaller makers short of compliance resources could be pushed out of high-performance overseas markets. Exporters with compliance systems can apply for general licences.
Operating since 2007, iiMedia Research presents itself as a third-party data and research house for China's new-economy industries. It trades through a registered company, Guangzhou iiMedia Data Information Consulting Co. In November 2015 it took investment from the Guangdong Provincial Culture Industry Investment Fund.
Zhang Yi's warning names a cost the licence text does not state: compliance work that smaller exporters may not be able to afford.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 26 October 2026. Editorial standards.