College pickleball players and teachers from the United States visit the Chinese flying car developer Aridge in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

For the first stop of a pickleball cultural exchange tour to China, a group of 29 college teachers and students from the United States visited the Chinese flying car developer Aridge in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Friday.

A series of activities, such as flight demonstrations were organized to give the US students a taste of China's achievements in low-altitude technology. Aridge's founder Zhao Deli shared his journey of building the largest flying car company in Asia.

College pickleball players and teachers from the United States visit the Chinese flying car developer Aridge in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The company has plans to conduct demonstration flights in the United States next year and gradually explore the local market, according to Zhao.

The pickleball tour is co-hosted by the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education and the Arts Chinese Students and Scholars Association.

College pickleball players and teachers from the United States visit the Chinese flying car developer Aridge in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

College pickleball players and teachers from the United States visit the Chinese flying car developer Aridge in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]