From May 19 to May 21, 2010, the First Chinese Satellite Navigation Conference was successfully held in Beijing. Over 1,000 experts and scholars in the field of Chinese satellite navigation gathered in Beijing to attend the first conference of this kind in China. Being the conference’s first organizer, NTSC under CAS made joint efforts with other organizers and wonderfully accomplished the preparation work, thus ensured success of the conference and won appreciation of all representatives.

Since the organization work was undertaken in Aug., 2009, leaders of NTSC have attached great importance to it. Director Guo Ji took the command in person, acted as secretary general of the Organization Committee of the Conference, set up a preparatory working team with deputy director Dou Zhong as the team leader, choose competent people, planned elaborately and carried the work out conscientiously. Dozens of academicians attended the conference, which involves a number of organizers and co-organizers and is large in scale, pressing in time and heavy in task, calling for large amount of coordination work. As the first organizer, the NTSC was responsible for the overall planning and miscellaneous works. Members in working teams under the organization committee worked overtime to make plans and carry out the task while fulfilling their duties, enabling the preparation to advance in an orderly way. Hard work was finally repaid by great joy of success. On May 19, when the First Chinese Annual Academic Conference on Satellite Navigation welcomed over 1,000 experts and scholars came from all parts of China in China National Convention Center (CNCC), when representatives held the elaborately prepared conference papers in their hands, when the grand opening ceremony was started, when representatives flocked to visit the exhibition, when Tsinghua Special International Exchange Conference was successfully concluded, all members of the Organization Group of NTSC smiled out of pride and burst into joyful tears.

“Solidarity, collaboration, fighting spirit and contribution” are glorious traditions of NTSC and important factors for the success of this annual conference. These are also powerful spiritual guarantee for NTSC to undertake various scientific researches and sustain innovative development in the future.