Beijing has established China's largest communications satellite
ground facility. It covers all of China and also connects to more
than 200 countries and regions in the world, said sources
affiliated with a symposium marking the 35th anniversary of China's
satellite communications on Friday.
The satellite communications station in Beijing is a major
Chinese communications hub. It has been serving both public needs
and safeguarding national security through a multi-level broadband
platform, said experts attending the symposium.
Live broadcasts covering the 2008 Olympic Games will be transmitted globally
via the station, according to China Network Communication Co., the
designated telecommunications service partner for the Games.
China's satellite communications industry started operations in
1972, the same year that the nation's first public satellite
communications institution for civil purposes was built in
Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency October 21, 2007)