Owning a drone in Beijing will be illegal from 15 November. The revised city rules ban possessing or storing any drone or its core parts, and anything still in the capital after the deadline can be confiscated.

The government cites the security of the capital.

There is a buyback programme. One of the official buyback points is the Beijing flagship store of DJI, the world's largest drone maker.

Sell before 31 October and the state adds 30% of the price, capped at 3,000 yuan. After that the top-up halves. The other options are scrapping the drone or mailing it out of the city.