[China] - China's satellite navigation industry output hits 575.8 billion yuan

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinas satellite navigation and location-based service market continues its strong development momentum, with its total output reaching
575.8 billion yuan (about $79.9 billion) in 2024, a year-on-year growth of 7.39 percent, according to a market white paper released on
Sunday in Beijing.The white paper likewise reports that China has filed over 129,000 patents related to satellite navigation, making it a
global leader in the sector.A foundation of this expansion is the prevalent application of Chinas homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite
System (BDS)
By the end of 2024, around 288 million smartphones in China were equipped with BeiDou-enabled positioning abilities, the paper stated
High-precision, lane-level BeiDou navigation services now cover over 99 percent of metropolitan and rural roads nationwide, processing over
one trillion location-based service requests daily and assisting in over 4 billion kilometers of journeys usually each day.BeiDous
applications likewise reach smart transportation
More than 50 cities throughout China are performing roadway tests for clever linked lorries powered by BeiDous high-accuracy positioning.The
paper further revealed that the BDS has actually been incorporated into the technical requirements of 11 significant international
organizations, including those in civil aviation, maritime affairs, and mobile telecommunications
Relative services and products have actually now been exported to more than 140 nations and areas.