Nearly 100,000 people took to the streets in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday to protest against the government's planned austerity reforms involving the pension and unemployment systems.
The government is proposing a series of reforms, with one of the key measures set to reduce pension amounts for those who retire early, potentially by as much as 25 percent.
Another major reform would limit unemployment benefits in most cases to two years, after which recipients would be switched to significantly lower social security payments.
These proposed reforms have sparked strong opposition across the country. However, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Thursday that the government will continue to move forward with the reforms.
Nearly 100,000 people protest in Brussels against austerity reforms
Nearly 100,000 people protest in Brussels against austerity reforms
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will carry out an in-orbit upgrade in the near future to further improve service quality and optimize the operational status of some satellites, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
During the upgrade period, the office said it will continue to strengthen joint commissioning and testing of satellites in orbit, as well as monitoring and maintenance of service performance, in order to ensure a stable user experience.
The BeiDou system is a mature, fully functional and high-performing global satellite navigation system, and it currently has 50 satellites in orbit. The accuracy of its space signal is better than two meters, while global positioning accuracy is better than 10 meters. The system also achieves a velocity measurement accuracy better than 0.2 meters per second and timing accuracy within 20 nanoseconds.
So far, the BeiDou system has become deeply integrated into China's overall economic and social development, continuing to provide high-precision positioning, navigation and timing services to a wide range of users, and serving as a key technological enabler for industrial development and people's daily life.
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to carry out in-orbit upgrades
