U) To Be More Precise: BeiDou, GPS, and the Emerging Competition in Satellite-based PNT

In sum, BeiDou assists the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in achieving its goals of increasing the country’s national power and ushering in a multipolar world and extends the competition between the United States and the PRC to the field of satellite PNT. [...] In sum, BeiDou assists the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in achieving its goals of increasing the country’s national power and ushering in a multipolar world and extends the competition between the United States and the PRC to the field of satellite-based PNT. [...] The electrical power generation industry uses the timing function of navigation satellites to synchronize power plant generators, share power with adjacent grids, and identify the location of short circuits.16 And although the loss of the satellite navigation signal would not cause the loss of the power grid, it would make electrical power generation less efficient and more expensive.17 The financ. [...] Reflecting the military nature of the BeiDou program, the commission’s top leader is a military officer.30 Day-to-day management of the BeiDou program is the responsibility of the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO; 中国卫星导航系统管理办公室). [...] The document also provided for policy measures that would support the commercialization of receiver technology and the development of a local receiver manufacturing industry.97 The importance of satellite navigation was reinforced when the Ministry of Science and Technology issued the National Medium- and Long-Term Program for Science and Technology Development (2006-2020) in 2006.