sentences:  Operating under the name Dong Fang Hong 2, the Shiyong Tongbu Tongxing Weixing (STTW, , literally Operational Geostationary Communications Satellite) was the designation of a family of indigenous Chinese communications satellites developed under the Project 331 initiative of the late 1970s and early 1980s.Being able to provide both civilian and military long distance telephony, in addition to satellite television, the initiative was promoted by the senior Chinese leadership, most notably Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai, as a means to improve the communications infrastructure of the country, especially in mountainous and hard to reach areas.Building on work that had been ongoing since the 1960s Mao gave his assent to the project in April 1975.