China's space agency has released an action plan to promote high-quality development and high-level security in commercial aerospace over the next two years.
The document, released by China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Tuesday, specifically provides for the development of an efficiently coordinated commercial aerospace industry ecosystem by 2027, featuring secure and orderly scientific-technological research and production, a remarkably enlarged industrial scale, remarkably enhanced vigor and vitality of innovation and creativity, realization of coordinated capacity building and efficient utilization of resources, and a remarkably upgraded industrial governance capacity, to basically realize high-quality development of the commercial aerospace undertaking.
To achieve these goals, the action plan sets out a package of 22 key measures in five aspects, including enhancing the driving forces for innovation and creativity, efficiently utilizing capacities and resources, promoting the development and expansion of industries, doing a good job of industry management service provision, and strengthening security supervision over the entire chain.
The agency will open civil aerospace research plans and basic research projects to commercial players, and encourage them to actively participate in civil aerospace projects and in research and development under national-level major projects.
In the action plan, the agency pledges to expand commercial access to its national network of civilian tracking, telemetry and control (TT and C) stations, data-receiving sites, calibration ranges and validation fields, as well as to large test assets such as rocket-engine test stands and space-environment simulation facilities, under the premise of guaranteeing security.
The document also encourages commercial entities to expand in corresponding links in the aerospace industry chain, such as the manufacturing of satellites and rockets, application services, and measurement and control operation, so as to promote high-quality development of the aerospace industry.
Priority support will be given to commercial firms in exploring new technologies, new products, and new application scenarios, the agency said.
Notably, the action plan calls for efforts to cultivate patient capital. The CNSA said it will improve the investment and financing system and mechanism for the commercial space sector, and establish a national development fund. It also urges local governments, financial institutions and private capital to jointly set up platforms to guide long-term, strategic and value investment.
China unveils plan to boost commercial space development
