A team of over 30 Chinese surveyors left the base camp at Mount Qomolangma for a higher spot    1    its journey to the peak Wednesday as part of the country’s mission to remeasure the height of the world's highest mountain.

China has started a campaign to measure the height of Mount Qomolangma ,    2    is known in the West as Mount Everest. The remeasurement of the peak’s height is a part of China’s latest large-scale comprehensive    3    (science) survey of Qomolangma, and the 1st Gendetic Surveying Brigade under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the China Mountaineering Team are the parties carrying out the project    4    (collective).

Preparation of the project    5    (launch) in early March, with 53 surveyors from the 1st Geodetic Surveying Brigade getting    6    ( station) near Qomolangma to carry out adaptive climbing and training in other technical    7    (skill), and they are going to the survey on the summit of the mountain.

    8    (ensure) the accuracy of the measurement, and-to work it in    9    more effective way, experts were invited to assist in the technical design and planning of the project from the beginning. The technical innovation and breakthrough applied in the latest survey include the    10    (apply) of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System and advanced domestic surveying and mapping instruments.