Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi personally “took the stage,” while Sichuan Provincial Party Secretary Wang Dongming and Governor Yin Li extended warm invitations. Over 500 guests gathered, including more than 230 foreign envoys from over 140 countries, heads of five international organizations’ China offices, and foreign media representatives...
At 5 p.m. on September 28, a global promotion event titled “Open China: Discover Sichuan · Discover the World” officially commenced on the stage of the “Blue Hall” at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Beidou Satellite Watch from Chengdu Tian Ao Electronics Co., Ltd., representing Sichuan’s high-tech industry, was recommended by the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Commission and made an appearance at the promotion.
The Beidou Satellite Watch is developed by Chengdu Tian Ao Electronics Co., Ltd., controlled by CETC No. 10 Research Institute, and is the world’s first analog satellite-timed watch. It receives signals from the BeiDou-2 satellite navigation system to provide accurate timekeeping, displays latitude and longitude information, and comes with multiple outdoor features such as a compass, thermometer, and barometer. This type of watch obtains time directly from the satellite navigation system, keeping time in sync with the satellites.
Using fluent English to introduce the watch’s features and conducting live demonstrations... Two young men from Tian Ao Electronics, Li Junxi and Wang Qi, were busy but thrilled to face a continuous stream of global guests. For the Beidou Satellite Watch, having appeared multiple times on CCTV’s News Broadcast in 2011, 2014, and 2015, won the CCTV 2012 Global Top Ten Cutting-Edge Technology Awards, and the ISPO 2015–2016 Asia Design Award for Sports Products, being showcased this time as a representative product of Sichuan by the nation to the world marks yet another high recognition of its technological innovation.
Foreign envoys visit the Beidou Satellite Watch exhibition booth
Tian Ao Electronics staff introduce the watch to Li Haiying, Chairman of Sichuan Airlines
The national “Belt and Road” development strategy advocates achieving global connectivity and coordinated development. The BeiDou system is an independently built and operated satellite navigation system developed by China in view of national security and economic and social development needs. It is a key national space infrastructure that provides all-weather, all-time, high-precision positioning, navigation, and timing services to users worldwide. As an outstanding representative of the BeiDou system’s mass-market applications in personal consumer areas such as smartphones, vehicle terminals, and wearable devices, the Beidou Satellite Watch has not only established a strong brand image domestically but also, riding the wave of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' focused promotion, will further expand globally to serve users around the world.
Minister Wang Yi at the promotion event