The first overseas center for China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was inaugurated in Tunis, Tunisia, on April 10.

The China-Arab States BDS/GNSS Center was established as a pilot project between China and the Tunisia-based Arab Information and Communication Technology Organization (AICTO), an Arab governmental organization under the Arab League, to promote the global application of BeiDou, said Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office.The center could serve as both a window to showcase the BDS, and a platform for promoting international exchanges and cooperation, intensify its cooperation with China in the field of satellite navigation to boost technological advance and economic development in the region

The BeiDou pilot project will help train satellite navigation scientists and develop digital economy in Arab countrie. Harxon has displayed superior products such as 3D Choke Ring Antenna, high-precision Survey Antennas and Helix Antennas in China-Arab States BDS/GNSS Center, presenting the development of China's BeiDou high-precision technology products to the Arab world.