OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING IN CHINA

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Surveying and Mapping (S&M) has made a series of remarkable achievements through continuous innovation and development. China has become a very influential nation in S&M, with the standards for S&M regulation and policy having been improved, the fundamental geo-information resource increasingly enriched, the geomatics industry in the ascendant, the hi-tech innovation capacity enhanced, and the service and support capacity expanded in scope and depth.