China's Beidou navigation system is set to increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with Pakistan expected to become its fourth overseas customer later this month. Huang Lei, international business director of Beijing BDStar Navigation, which helps promote Beidou, or Compass, in the international market, told China Daily the company will build a network of stations in Pakistan to enhance the location accuracy of Beidou. These continuously operational reference stations will be built after the two countries sign a cooperation agreement, which will see Pakistan follow in the footsteps of Thailand, Laos and Brunei in becoming a Beidou customer. Huang said building the network will cost tens of millions of dollars. The system has been delivering services for the Asia-Pacific region since December, with the aim of providing a global service by 2020. The Beidou network has 16 navigation satellites over the region, with 30 more due to join the system by 2020. Huang said foreign aid programs and cooperation agreements are the main ways to promote Beidou in the international market. China National Radio reported in April that under a 2 billion yuan ($317 million) agreement with Thailand, the system's first foreign user, China will build a national remote sensing system based on Beidou for Thailand. It will also build a large satellite ground station with an industrial park for the development and production of Beidou receivers for the wider Southeast Asian market. Similar deals were signed with Laos and Brunei in late April. Laos will adopt Beidou in developing the country's agriculture, and to crack down on opium cultivation, while Brunei will use Beidou in building a modern capital, according to China's Ministry of Science and Technology. The ministry did not give further details about cooperation with these two countries. While industrial experts estimate Beidou can trigger a potential market worth 225 billion yuan across China by 2015, Huang believes a huge potential market exists outside the country. He said Pakistan, Thailand and India are major potential Beidou users in the fisheries sector, because the system can help fishermen send emergency messages to rescue centers, and also inform their families about the latest conditions aboard vessels through a text message service. Liu Guozhi, vice-chairman of the China Satellite Navigation Commission, told the fourth China Satellite Navigation Conference, which ended on Friday in Wuhan, Hubei province, that Beidou is made in China but will be used worldwide. The three-day conference, held annually since 2010, attracted more than 2,000 people from China and overseas. They discussed the latest progress in satellite navigation technology, with the theme of the conference being opportunities and challenges in Beidou's application. Ran Chengqi, spokesman for the China Satellite Navigation Office, said Beidou will work with other satellite navigation systems, and international users are welcome to try the system. Stuart Riley, engineering manager of US-based Trimble Navigation, said this is a good chance to get to know Beidou. “We have been working on a product to support Beidou, which will be announced soon,” he said. |
記者在日前于武漢召開(kāi)的第四屆中國(guó)衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航學(xué)術(shù)年會(huì)上獲悉,巴基斯坦將成為繼泰國(guó)、老撾和文萊之后第四個(gè)采用北斗衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)的外國(guó)用戶,這意味著北斗系統(tǒng)在亞太地區(qū)的推廣正在穩(wěn)步進(jìn)行。 北京北斗星通導(dǎo)航技術(shù)股份有限公司國(guó)際業(yè)務(wù)總監(jiān)黃磊介紹該公司將為巴基斯坦建設(shè)兼容北斗的連續(xù)運(yùn)行參考站系統(tǒng),實(shí)現(xiàn)厘米級(jí)定位。該項(xiàng)目將在5月底前作為國(guó)家間的戰(zhàn)略合作協(xié)議簽署。屆時(shí)巴基斯坦將成為采用北斗系統(tǒng)的第四個(gè)外國(guó)用戶。 黃磊說(shuō):“該系統(tǒng)前期的投入是比較大的,要達(dá)到上億元,第一期的示范系統(tǒng)應(yīng)該千萬(wàn)級(jí)就可以完成,之后可以以商業(yè)合作推廣的模式發(fā)展。” 目前,北斗衛(wèi)星系統(tǒng)已覆蓋整個(gè)東南亞,目標(biāo)到2020年覆蓋全球。隨著我國(guó)北斗導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)去年12月底正式提供區(qū)域服務(wù),北斗系統(tǒng)的國(guó)際推廣也拉開(kāi)了帷幕。 黃磊說(shuō),目前北斗國(guó)際推廣處于用戶體驗(yàn)期,主要通過(guò)政府間的合作與援助的形式來(lái)推廣北斗的應(yīng)用,最終達(dá)到以商業(yè)合作的方式來(lái)使用北斗系統(tǒng)。 他認(rèn)為企業(yè)之所以積極參與國(guó)際推廣,主要是借助政府間合作的平臺(tái)讓外國(guó)用戶了解公司的產(chǎn)品和價(jià)值,為未來(lái)的發(fā)展做好鋪墊。 據(jù)中國(guó)之聲《央廣新聞》報(bào)道,4月初北斗系統(tǒng)將幫助泰國(guó)預(yù)測(cè)氣象、防災(zāi)減災(zāi),建設(shè)泰國(guó)地球空間災(zāi)害預(yù)測(cè)系統(tǒng)。總投資預(yù)計(jì)在20億元人民幣左右,包括了衛(wèi)星接收站還有相應(yīng)配套系統(tǒng)和一座產(chǎn)業(yè)園。計(jì)劃2014年建成之后,將會(huì)主要服務(wù)于泰國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)的災(zāi)害預(yù)警,此外還輻射泰國(guó)交通、電力、環(huán)境等很多方面領(lǐng)域。 4月底中國(guó)科學(xué)技術(shù)部網(wǎng)站消息稱老撾和文萊將通過(guò)研究與合作協(xié)定初步采用北斗導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)。 消息介紹中老雙方將利用基于北斗的廣域差分技術(shù)在老撾農(nóng)業(yè)、林業(yè)管理方面開(kāi)展應(yīng)用,助力老撾提高農(nóng)林現(xiàn)代化管理水平。同時(shí),中老雙方還將利用北斗提供的高精度服務(wù)能力,開(kāi)展老撾血吸蟲(chóng)病的時(shí)空監(jiān)測(cè)和早期預(yù)警示范研究,提升老撾公共衛(wèi)生管理能力。 另外中國(guó)與文萊將圍繞文萊現(xiàn)代化首都建設(shè)目標(biāo),在衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航芯片技術(shù)、終端產(chǎn)品、增值服務(wù)開(kāi)發(fā)以及系統(tǒng)集成應(yīng)用等領(lǐng)域開(kāi)展緊密廣泛合作,為文萊提供符合當(dāng)?shù)匦枨蟮膶?dǎo)航與位置服務(wù)產(chǎn)品,在文萊培育當(dāng)?shù)氐脑鲋捣?wù)商,保障基于北斗的導(dǎo)航與位置服務(wù)在文萊長(zhǎng)期可持續(xù)發(fā)展,為當(dāng)?shù)貛?lái)更好的導(dǎo)航服務(wù)和更多的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。 專家預(yù)測(cè)北斗衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)2015年將為中國(guó)衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航產(chǎn)業(yè)創(chuàng)造2000多億元的產(chǎn)值,而對(duì)于衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航企業(yè)而言國(guó)外巨大的潛在市場(chǎng)也不可忽略。 黃磊介紹,目前巴基斯坦、印尼和泰國(guó)都是北斗星通重點(diǎn)開(kāi)發(fā)的外國(guó)用戶,公司將根據(jù)潛在用戶對(duì)產(chǎn)品的不同需求提供個(gè)性化的服務(wù)。 他說(shuō)例如在之前提到的連續(xù)運(yùn)行參考站系統(tǒng),將在漁業(yè)上得以應(yīng)用:漁民可以通過(guò)該系統(tǒng)在遇到緊急情況時(shí)向l陸地控制站發(fā)出求救信號(hào),也可以應(yīng)用北斗特有的短消息功能向家人報(bào)平安。 中國(guó)衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)管理辦公室發(fā)言人冉承其說(shuō),中國(guó)已經(jīng)把16顆導(dǎo)航衛(wèi)星和4顆實(shí)驗(yàn)衛(wèi)星送入太空,未來(lái)10年,將再多發(fā)射40顆衛(wèi)星加入該系統(tǒng)。它們組建的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)就可以覆蓋全球。 他說(shuō)北斗是中國(guó)的,也是世界的,我們積極促進(jìn)GNSS共同發(fā)展,推動(dòng)形成資源共享、優(yōu)勢(shì)互補(bǔ)的世界衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航發(fā)展格局。 面對(duì)蓬勃發(fā)展的衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航產(chǎn)業(yè),孫家棟院士指出衛(wèi)星導(dǎo)航正在打破行業(yè)的界限,與傳統(tǒng)很也結(jié)合,成為推動(dòng)傳統(tǒng)行業(yè)煥發(fā)生機(jī)的重要誘因和利器,一個(gè)新的時(shí)空服務(wù)體系正在構(gòu)建,結(jié)合信息服務(wù)的巨大產(chǎn)業(yè)正在形成。 相關(guān)閱讀 哈里王子訪美玩疊羅漢 英勇當(dāng)?shù)鬃?/a> 美國(guó)82歲老翁獻(xiàn)愛(ài)心 擁抱換理發(fā) 中國(guó)官員批評(píng)中國(guó)游客的“不文明”行為 (中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)記者王茜編譯,原文刊登于5月18日版《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》) |