China will expand the application of its home-grown BeiDou navigation system to cover all transportation fields, according to an official from the Ministry of Transport (MOT).

　　据交通部一位官员透露，中国将扩大国产北斗导航系统的应用范围，覆盖所有交通领域。

　　Over the past few years, over 6.17 million domestic vehicles nationwide and 35,000 vehicles of postal services or courier companies have installed or become compatible with the BeiDou navigation system, MOT spokesperson Wu Chungeng said on Friday.

　　据交通部新闻发言人吴春耿上周五介绍，在过去几年中，全国已有超过617万辆国产汽车和3.5万辆邮政或快递公司车辆安装或与北斗导航系统兼容。

　　The navigation system has also been installed in 80,000 buses, 370 ships and the country’s domestically-manufactured commercial airplanes.

　　该导航系统还安装在8万辆公共汽车、370艘船只和国内生产的商用飞机上。

　　The country is also promoting the international use of the BeiDou system in sectors such as transportation and rescue, and ensuring it serves Belt and Road countries.

　　中国还在国际上推广北斗系统在运输和救援等领域的应用，并确保其服务于一带一路国家。

　　The BeiDou system began providing services in China in 2000 and surrounding Asia-Pacific region in 2012. When the system is completed in 2020, it will be the fourth largest global satellite navigation system, after the U.S. GPS system, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.

　　北斗系统于2000年开始在中国提供服务，2012年开始在亚太地区提供服务。该系统将于2020年建成，将是继美国GPS系统、俄罗斯全球轨道导航系统和欧盟伽利略系统之后的第四大全球卫星导航系统。

　　A basic system with 18 orbiting BeiDou-3 satellites is expected to be in place by the end of 2018.

　　由18颗北斗-3号卫星组成的基本系统预计将于2018年底到位。