China to improve mapping & surveying system   

中国将建国家现代测绘基准体系 投资5.17亿元

中国将用四年时间，投入5.17亿元人民币，在全国范围内建成高精度、三维、动态的现代测绘基准体系。该工程是迄今为止，中国最大规模的国家一等水准网建设以及全球导航卫星系统大地控制网建设。

Beijing (CNS) -- China is investing US$81 million in the establishment of a modern three-dimensional high precision mapping and surveying system to be built over the next four years, according to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM), June 26.

The opening ceremony for the project was held in Beijing. Over 1,000 technicians of the SBSM immediately dispersed to all parts of the nation to start mapping and surveying.

China's current surveying and mapping system lags behind that of many countries, insufficient to satisfy the demands of national defense, the economy and social development, said Li Weisen, vice director of SBSM.

The project will provide real-time positioning and navigation information that will satisfy the needs of multiple departments.