TianMiaoonBeiDouNavigationSatelliteSystemanditsglobalapplication_GuangmingOnlineInterviewSeries:CommunitywithaSharedFutureforMankindEP08:TianMiaoonBeiDouNavigationSatelliteSystemanditsglobalapplicationTheBeiDouNavigationSatelliteSystem,alsoknownasBDS,isafirst-classnavigationsatellitesystemthatdevelopedbyChinaanddedicatedtotheworld.Enteringthenewera,BDShasbeenappliedworldwide,integratedwithglobalinfrastructure,andintroducedtomassmarkets,empoweringindustriesandprofoundlychangingpeople’slivesandthewaytheywork.ThroughBDS,Chinesewisdomandstrengtharecontributedtomakingnavigationsatellitesystemsbetterservetheworldandbenefithumanity.Today,wearehonoredtohaveMs.TianMiao,SeniorEngineerattheInternationalCooperationCenterofChinaSatelliteNavigationOffice,tojoinourdiscussiononBDSanditsglobalapplication.Q1:Let’sstarttheinterviewwithaquickquestion.HowlonghaveyoubeenamemberoftheBDSteam?Whatareyourresponsibilitiesintheteam?TianMiao:IhavebeenengagedintheBDSteamformorethantenyears,andmyresponsibilitiesincludecarryingoutexchangesandinteractionswithforeignpartners,bothbilaterallyandmultilaterally.Q2:CanyougiveusabriefintroductionofthecurrentstatusofBDS?TianMiao:BDSwasofficiallycommissionedin2020.Currently,ithasemergedintheapplicationsofdifferentsectorsandindustries.InChina,theoutputvaluehasdevelopedbymorethan16%everyyear.Andithasbeenwidelyappliedinthefieldsliketransportation,agriculture,electricityandetc.Inoverseasmarket,theBDSproductsandserviceshaveservedmorethan120countries,andhavebeenwidelyappliedinthemassmarketsaswell.Q3:Let'sbackupabit.WhydidChinadevelopBDSinthefirstplace?Whatdoyouthinkitsgoalis,andhowit’sachievingso?TianMiao:Datingbackto1980s,Chinadecidedtodevelopourownnavigationsatellitesystem.Inthefirstplace,ChinadecidedtobuildupBDStosatisfytherequirementsofnationalsecurity,economicandsocialdevelopment.WhileweareaimingtobuildBDSnotonlytoserveforChina,butalsoservingtheworld.BDShasadoptedathree-stepstrategy.In2000,BDS-1hasbeencompletedtoserveChina.In2012,BDS-2wascommissionedtoprovideservicesfortheAsianPacificregion.AsforBDS-3,itwasofficiallycommissionedin2020,andtoprovideservicesforallglobalusers.Q4:Speakingoftheglobalservices,couldyoutelluswhattypesofservicescanBDSanditsrelatedproductsprovidetoothercountries?Whatchangeswillitbringtoglobalusers?TianMiao:BDScanprovidethreetypesofglobalservices,includingthepositioning,navigationandtimingservices,theshortmessagecommunicationservices,aswellastheinternationalsearchandrescueservices.TheBDSshortmessagecommunicationserviceshavebenefitalotpreviouslyintheearthquakeinNepal.Chinahasdistributedourrescueteamthere,andwiththeBDS-enableddevices,ourrescueteamcangetthelocationsofthepeopleinneed.Recently,Chineseindustrieshavealsoexportedourhighprecisionproductsoverseas.Rightnow,morethanhalfofthecountriesallaroundtheworldhavebenefitalotbyourBDS-enableddevicesproducts.Q5:CouldyoutelluswhatisthesignificanceofBDStoChinaandtheworld?TianMiao:AsforChina,BDShaschangedpeople’slivesandthewaytheywork.Inthesectorsofeconomicandsocialdevelopment,manyindustrieshaveincreasedtheiroutputvalue,andpeople’sliveshavebeensignificantlychangedbytheBDS-enableddevices.Asfortheworld,Chinahasdevelopedapathwithourownfeatures,whichmeanstodevelopphasebyphase,andalsotodevelopfromregionalservicestoglobalservices.OurapproachhasfulfilledthedevelopmentpathasfortheinternationalGNSS(GeneralNavigationSatelliteService)community.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.