One of 103 China's homegrown regional jetliner ARJ21-700 planes uses the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) for the first time in a test flight at Shengli Airport in Dongying City, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 14, 2017. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's satellite navigation and positioning industry gained a total output value of 345 billion yuan (about 52.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019, according to a recent report.
The sector's output value is expected to hit 400 billion yuan in 2020, according to the report released by the China Satellite Navigation Office on the construction and development of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).