Beidou promotion targets Arab states

China will strive to promote its Beidou Navigation Satellite System in Arab states, according to a senior official with the Beidou program.

The country is in talks with several Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to help them introduce Beidou-based positioning and navigational services, said Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office.

"We will open cooperation with them in terms of technological exchanges, personnel training and promotion of Beidou-based applications," he said on the sidelines of the Seventh China Satellite Navigation Conference, which opened in Changsha on Wednesday.