BeiDou navigation satellite system serves the world and benefits mankind, by joining hands and building a community with a shared future in temporal and spatial networks

As public service goods contributed by China to the world, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (hereinafter referred to as "BDS") is dedicated to serving the world and benefiting mankind, by joining hands and building a community with a shared future in temporal and spatial networks. And contributing BDS efforts for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

BDS has been independently constructed and operated by China with an eye on the needs of the country’s national security as well as economic and social development. As a space infrastructure of national significance, BDS provides all-time, all-weather and high-accuracy positioning, navigation and timing services to global users. Recent years have witnessed China's unremitting efforts in carrying out satellite navigation cooperation, bridging the digital divide, deepening interconnection, facilitating space governance, and boosting global development of the digital economy.

Operate stably to provide quality services

BDS builds up a precision and stability maintenance system which covers the whole operational process including "operation and maintenance, monitoring and assessment, precision and stability improvement, smooth transition" with various approaches. China continues to enhance diversified services capacities with Chinese characteristics sets up all-round services platform including international search and rescue, short message communications, space based augmentation, ground based augmentation and other Featured BDS services. This helps to provide high-efficiency and convenient services to users.

Promote the development of BDS applications

The rapid development of global digitalization, spatiotemporal information as well as positioning and navigation services have become important new infrastructures. The BDS has been put into use in more than half of the countries and regions in the world. The large-scale application of BDS has entered a critical stage of marketization, industrialization and internationalization.

At present, BDS application industries are developing rapidly by accelerating the transformation from product-driven to featured services driven system empowering all industries to improve their quality and to upgrade efficiently, and are turning into a new engine for high-quality development of digital economy.

Carry out international cooperation and exchanges

Under the mechanism of regular meetings between Chinese and Russian prime ministers, the China-Russia Project Committee on Major Strategic Cooperation in Satellite Navigation has been established. Significant documents have been signed, including the Agreement between Chinese and Russian government on Satellite Navigation Cooperation, and the Five-Year Roadmap for Satellite Navigation Cooperation. Landmark cooperation projects such as joint construction of ground stations, GNSS open service performance test and assessment, precision agriculture, and cross-border transportation have been implemented.

Under the framework of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, the China-Arab States BDS Cooperation Forum has been successfully held for three sessions. The China-Arab States action plan for satellite navigation cooperation has been released and the China-Arab States BDS/GNSS Center has been launched.

The China-ASEAN Satellite Navigation International Cooperation Alliance has been established, which has successfully held several sessions of the China-ASEAN BDS Application and Industry Development Cooperation Forum, organized the “BDS ASEAN Tour”, and set up the China-ASEAN BDS/GNSS Center.

Under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the China-Africa BDS Cooperation Forum has been held, and the10 Application Scenarios of BDS in Africa and the Vision for Promoting China-Africa Cooperation on BDS have been released.

Promote the development of global satellite navigation

BDS is accelerating the ratification by standards of international organizations in the fields of civil aviation, maritime and mobile communications, and its integration into international industrial systems. BDS Experts actively participates in a series of events held by the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), and has success-fully held two sessions of ICG Meetings. Chinese Experts are serving as chairmen of several working groups.

Strengthen the training of satellite navigation talents

In order to strengthen training on satellite navigation specialists, the satellite navigation international graduate program has been established. More than 100 overseas students from nearly 20 countries have obtained master's and doctoral degrees in satellite navigation in China, and over 800 people from more than 40 countries have participated in short-term training courses. At the moment, these trainees have become the leading figures of their own countries in the field of satellite navigation.

Share the development achievements to benefit the world

BDS is committed to openness and integration, coordination and cooperation, compatibility and complementarity, and sharing. It is willing to work with all sides to promote the building of the BDS and the development of the BDS industry, to share the achievements of the BDS with all sides, to promote the progress of the global satellite navigation industry, and make the BDS better serve the world and benefit humankind.