The applications of satellite navigation and positioning services in China have seen steady growth in the first half of 2022, with shipments of smartphones supporting the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) exceeding 130 million, according to a BDS applications conference that opened here Wednesday. In the first half of this year, the overall revenue and profit of enterprises in China's satellite navigation and positioning service industry continued to grow, said Yu Xiancheng, president of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Location Based Services (LBS) Association of China, at the China BDS Applications Conference.