"More information and technology centres will be built so that basic data and big data can be improved, and technologies like 5G and the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System can be used in the field," said Han Fujun, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Information Center of MARA.

Satellite navigation is not the only new technology of interest to China.

The technology is already available in the form of small screens for use in mobile phones and satellite-navigation devices.