07 April 2022
China will take solid steps to boost high-quality development of its homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - the country's top economic regulator - said on 6 April. The objectives are breakthroughs in several key technologies, building an innovation system involving leading enterprises, universities and research institutes and the promotion of Beidou's application in fields including energy and transportation, natural resources, urban construction, ecological protection and mass consumption. More efforts will also be made to encourage the private sector's participation in the research and development of Beidou applications and technologies, cultivate a group of leading enterprises and create a batch of globally competitive industrial clusters.
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