"Today CPEC" (Daily CPEC) website, Pakistan Press International, September 24 and 25 reported that Ahsan Iqbal, the Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan, announced that Pakistan plans to deeply integrate the Beidou system into its economic and technological development process to support the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) construction and promote global space technology cooperation. On September 24, Iqbal attended the Fourth International Summit on the Large-scale Application of Beidou, and proposed six frameworks on "Using the Beidou System to Promote Pakistan's Future Development": first, integrating the Beidou system with Pakistan's Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) and Ground-Based Augmentation System (Pak-GBAS); second, achieving GBAS nationwide coverage; third, establishing a National Geographical Information System and Satellite Technology Center in Pakistan; fourth, formulating Pakistan's national "Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Policy"; fifth, strengthening the construction of Sino-Pakistani enterprise partnerships to drive the development of Pakistan's local navigation industry; sixth, promoting Sino-Pakistani joint research, training and talent development. Iqbal said that Pakistan is the first country outside China to adopt the Beidou system. The integration of the Beidou system with Pakistan's existing systems could inject new vitality into areas such as digital trade, port operations, aerospace, and maritime security in Pakistan, better promoting sustainable economic development in Pakistan, and laying a solid foundation for the "Digital Pakistan" initiative.
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