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Satellite navigation conference to open in SW China

BEIJING: The China Satellite Navigation Conference 2020 is slated for Nov. 23 to 25 in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, said its organizer Friday.

Themed “GNSS (global navigation satellite system), New Global Era,” this year’s conference, postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, will feature seminars, forums, exhibitions and science popularization activities, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.

As one of three major international satellite navigation conferences, the annual event has been held in cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan since 2010.

It has been an open platform for academic exchanges and displaying the latest achievements of China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which is fully operational and ready to provide high-precision positioning services across the globe.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.