Nanfang Metropolis Daily:

Surveying and mapping geographic information is an important data factor that natural resource departments have been diligently improving. What plans have been made regarding this work? What role will surveying and mapping geographic information play in protecting and utilizing natural resources to support high-quality economic and societal development, and contribute to the construction of Beautiful China? Thank you.

Liu Guohong:

Thank you for your question. With the accelerating pace of global digitization, we're swiftly advancing the Digital China Initiative. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed that spatio-temporal information and positioning and navigation services have evolved into vital new types of infrastructure. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council have laid out specific plans to promote the construction of a real 3D China and expedite the widespread application of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System.

The MNR is focusing on four aspects to advance the implementation of these arrangements. First, we are establishing a unified spatio-temporal database to construct a Digital China. This involves building a network of national satellite navigation and positioning base stations based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, accelerating the creation of a real 3D China and a spatio-temporal big data platform, and achieving connectivity between the digital and actual worlds. Second, we are generating rich data to support high-quality development. This data supports natural resources management, empowers government management and decision-making, contributes to the development of the digital economy, and meets the public's desire for a better life. Third, we are creating a sound environment conducive to the growth of the geographic information industry. This includes establishing and improving the basic institutions for surveying and mapping geographic information data, strengthening data supply, and supporting regulated data flow to promote the healthy development of new business forms. Last, we are maintaining the fundamental line of data security in surveying and mapping geographic information to build a new security architecture. We are creating new data security technologies and enhancing regulations and services for the sector.

Concerning the optimal utilization of surveying and mapping geographic information to facilitate economic and social development, our work will focus on two aspects.

First, we plan to leverage geographic information to conserve and utilize natural resources. Utilizing data from the real 3D China project and supported by real-time remote sensing data from satellites, we will build spatio-temporal connections between geographical bodies, natural resource entities, and immovable property entities. This aims to cover all areas, link all steps in the chain, and regulate the whole process. This includes investigating and monitoring natural resources; determining and registering natural resource rights; planning and regulating territorial space use; conservation and restoration of the ecosystem; and inspections and law enforcement for natural resources. This will provide services and support for the construction of a Beautiful China. For example, as a leading user, the MNR has 25 domestic satellites in orbit at present. We now update the 2-meter resolution images of our territory every quarter and the sub-meter resolution images annually. This allows us to identify changes in land surface space accurately and promptly, thus better supporting the dynamic regulation over the conservation and use of territorial space.

In addition, we will apply geographic information to foster high-quality economic and societal development. We aim to enhance the coordination of these data with other factors of production, ensuring fast, accurate, and intelligent spatio-temporal matching. This approach seeks to make resource allocation more effective, aiding the transition towards greener and more carbon-efficient development. For example, surveying and mapping geographic information serves as a geographical spatial database and a platform for data integration, applicable across various sectors and industries, and beneficial to countless households. This allows us to offer quality services in digital applications, including government management, disaster prevention and relief, the shared economy, smart transportation, and logistics and express delivery. It can be said that everyday activities such as sending and receiving express mail, hailing cabs, and more all rely on support from geographic data.

Next, in line with the demands of high-quality development, we will transform and upgrade our surveying and mapping practices. This holistic approach is designed to lend robust support to the progress of the Digital China Initiative and the Beautiful China Initiative. Thank you.