"The Beidou position indicator is non-detachable, and the built-in battery can supply power autonomously for five years and realize the real-time location of the boats even when they are in the open waters," said Ma Jianhua, director of the disaster response center of the Fujian provincial department of ocean and fisheries.

Ma also said the Beidou-supported system can also help with disaster alarms, automatic identification, information release and early warnings about the state of the seas, which has significantly improved the safety of fishermen.

Equipped with Beidou-based geological sensors, officials in disaster-prone regions can also detect and forecast landslides or other abnormal geological movements and deliver early warnings to residents.

Ran Chengqi, director-general of the China Satellite Navigation Office and the spokesperson of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, said that high-accuracy function is possible thanks to collaboration between Beidou satellites and the vast ground-based network of nearly 3,000 augmentation stations.

Beidou is so capable that even abnormal movements at the centimeter level can be detected in real-time, he said.

Wang from Renmin University said Beidou's efficiency and reliability have been tested in all the domestic applications, which can be replicated overseas, after factoring in peculiar characteristics of each country.