China launches first national satellite positioning data licensing

TREE NEWS update: On September 4, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Data Administration jointly announced the launch of authorized operations for national satellite navigation positioning reference station network service data. This marks the first public data licensing in the country’s spatiotemporal information infrastructure sector, converting reference station data into compliantly tradable data assets. The move signals a new phase of market-oriented operations for BeiDou high-precision spatiotemporal data elements.