Beidou system recognized as a global standard

The International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations has officially recognized China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System as a global standard, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Thursday.

Beidou has become one of four global satellite navigation systems recognized by the UN, along with the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo. It has served users in more than 200 countries and regions worldwide.

The domestically developed system meets the requirements for providing global civil aviation applications and is compatible and interoperable with other satellite navigation systems.

The standardization for Beidou in civil aviation is the foundation for its global application, the administration said.

The CAAC first submitted the application for Beidou to be included in ICAO standards at the 37th ICAO Assembly in 2010. The administration collaborated with the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office and other research institutions such as the National Key Laboratory of Air-Ground Integrated New Navigation System at Beihang University to establish a team promote related work.

Over the past decade, the team has held 28 meetings, conducted over 50 discussions, submitted over a hundred technical documents, and responded to more than 2,000 inquiries.

According to the Air Traffic Management Office of the CAAC, it is the first time China's civil aviation has successfully promoted the inclusion of a China-developed complex system into the ICAO standards with its own team.

This achievement is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of civil aviation. The international standardization work has also nurtured a professional and efficient team for China's civil aviation and accumulated rich experience in the standardization of independently developed technologies with intellectual property rights, according to the administration.