Recently, an international seminar on national technology projects was held at Vision Hotel in Beihang. The seminar dealt with two projects entitled “China-ASEAN BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Application Workshop”, supported by the 2018 Asian Regional Cooperation Special Fund and “The Application of Satellite and UAV in Countries along Lancang-Mekong River For Environment Protection and Disaster Relief”, supported by the 2018 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund. The projects were launched by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China and undertaken by Beihang University. More than 40 representatives from China and Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) member states, including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, attended the meeting. Lasting for 4 days, the seminar was hosted by Prof. Ma Jinsheng from the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, who was in charge of the two projects.
On the morning of December 16, a brief report on the two projects made by Prof. Ma marked the beginning of the meeting. Then, Dr. L.D. Yu from Chiang Mai University introduced the Lancang-Mekong area and leaders from middle and small-sized enterprises presented the development plan of Cambodia. Last, Prof. Lin from Nanyang Technological University talked about the latest development of satellites in Singapore. In the afternoon, attendees made a field trip to Miyun.
On the morning of December 17, Prof. Shi Chuang gave a speech on the application of BeiDou first, followed by other speakers from Malaysia, Laos and Brunei Darussalam. Then Prof.Zhang Guojun from Beijing Forestry University delivered a speech on the use of UAV to monitor plant diseases and insect pests. In the afternoon, all the guests were invited to visit the campus. They were shown around the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation and the Air and Space Museum in Beihang and went on a trip to the Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.
On the third day, Prof. Yang Dongkai from the School of Electronic and Information Engineering talked about the satellite and ocean remote sensing. Speakers from Myanmar, Indonesia and Philippines also discussed relevant topics.
On the last day, representatives had an extensive discussion on the use of BeiDou navigation satellite system and remote sensing image for emergency relief, transportation, environmental protection, agriculture and earthquake prediction and so on. Further cooperation and working schedules were also proposed at the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, Prof. Ma and Prof. Somchai Jomduang from Chiang Mai University awarded the certificates of attendance to all the representatives.
Reported by Pang Shuo
Photographed by Jing Li
Edited by Jia Aiping
Reviewed by Ding Xilun
Translated by Xiong Ting
