According to a report from Southern Finance, unlike 'first-tier' cities like Beijing and Xi'an with decades of aerospace heritage, a group of cities lacking innate industrial DNA are breaking into the commercial aerospace sector with distinct logic. Wuxi leverages its strength in precision manufacturing to target upstream core components, with leading private rocket firms such as LandSpace, Tianbing Technology, Oriental Space, and Deep Blue Aerospace establishing rocket development and assembly bases in the city. Hebi has pivoted from a 'coal city' to midstream assembly and manufacturing, with the Tianzhang Satellite Smart Manufacturing Base capable of producing 100 satellites annually and the Hangyu Rocket Assembly Base with an annual capacity of 20 rockets. Qingdao is betting on downstream marine applications, cultivating integrated 'communication-navigation-remote sensing' solutions in areas like ocean monitoring and smart shipping. Each city's strategy is distinctive, and the urban race in commercial aerospace may just be entering its mid-stage. The demand for aerospace-grade metal powders such as nickel-based superalloys, titanium alloys, and copper alloys continues to grow with the batch production demands of commercial aerospace.