China's Beidou Navigation System Boosts Industry, Global Cooperation

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- The third International Summit on Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Applications, which kicked off in Zhuzhou, east-central China’s Hunan Province, from Oct 24 to 25, witnessed the signing and announcement of 142 projects with a total investment of 58.2 billion Chinese yuan. (100 Chinese yuan = RM61.14)

According to a statement, it attracted nine academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the fields of domestic satellite systems, rockets, operational control, and data application, as well as 85 foreign delegates from the African Union, Laos, South Korea, France, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Themed "Sharing the World, Sharing BDS", the summit aims to establish a platform for industry leadership and policy announcement; international promotion and cooperation; the exchange and announcement of cutting-edge technologies; and industrial integration and the demonstration of application achievements.

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Hunan, a pivotal force in the development of the BDS, has participated in the construction of the Beidou-1, Beidou-2, and Beidou-3 systems throughout the entire process, contributing its wisdom and capabilities to the global networking and stable operation of the BDS.

In recent years, Hunan has fully promoted technological breakthroughs, achievement transformations, project collaborations, large-scale applications, and industrial agglomeration in the field of Beidou technology.

It has advocated the spirit of the new era's Beidou, striving to become a national leader in Beidou technological innovation, a demonstration area for large-scale Beidou applications, and a high-quality development cluster for the Beidou industry.

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A bluebook on the development of the BeiDou industry was also released during the opening ceremony. The bluebook stated that BDS services and related products have been exported to more than 130 countries, providing users with diversified choices and better application experience and promoting industrial development.

China actively participated in the formulation of international standards, and a number of international standards related to the BDS have been successively published.

These standards have laid a solid foundation for the industrial development and application in multiple key areas such as civil aviation, satellite-aided search and rescue, maritime affairs, and mobile communications.

-- BERNAMA