Beidou Satellite Watches Enter China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs — "Sichuan Business Card" Shines in the "Blue Hall"

    Foreign Minister Wang Yi personally "showcased" the event, with Sichuan Party Secretary Wang Dongming and Governor Yin Li extending warm invitations. Over 500 guests, including more than 230 foreign envoys from over 140 countries, heads of five international organizations' China offices, and foreign media representatives, gathered together...

    At 5 p.m. on September 28, on the stage of the "Blue Hall" at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an event titled "Open China: See Sichuan, See the World" — a global promotion conference — officially commenced. The Beidou Satellite Watch from Chengdu TianAo Electronics Co., Ltd., representing Sichuan’s high-tech industry, was recommended by the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Commission and made its debut at this promotional event.

    The Beidou Satellite Watch is developed by Chengdu TianAo Electronics Co., Ltd., controlled by the 10th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC). It is the world’s first analog-display satellite-timed watch. By receiving signals from the BeiDou-2 satellite navigation system, the watch provides accurate timekeeping, displays latitude and longitude information, and features multiple outdoor functionalities such as a compass, thermometer, and barometer. This type of watch obtains time directly from the satellite navigation system, keeping its time perfectly synchronized with the satellites.

    Using fluent English to introduce the watch's features and conducting live demonstrations... Two young men from TianAo Electronics, Li Junxi and Wang Qi, were busy but thrilled to face an endless 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 received the ISPO 2015–2016 Asia Design Award for Sports Products, being showcased this time as a representative product of Sichuan and promoted globally by the nation marks yet another high recognition of its technological innovation by the state and society.

Foreign envoys visit the Beidou Satellite Watch exhibition booth

TianAo Electronics staff introduce the watch to Mr. Li Haiying, Chairman of Sichuan Airlines

    The nation’s "Belt and Road" development strategy advocates achieving global connectivity and coordinated development. The BeiDou system is an independent satellite navigation system built and operated by China to meet the needs of national security and economic-social development. It serves as a crucial national space infrastructure, providing all-weather, all-time, high-precision positioning, navigation, and timing services to users worldwide. As an outstanding representative of the BeiDou system’s consumer applications in personal devices such as smartphones, vehicle terminals, and wearable gear, the Beidou Satellite Watch has not only established a strong brand image domestically but also, riding the wave of the national "Belt and Road" strategy and the focused promotion by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is set to further expand internationally and serve users around the globe.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the promotion event