In 2026, the chinese space industry celebrated its 70th anniversary。
“the exploration of vast universes, the development of space industries and the building of powerful space nations are our unfailing dream of space.” the secretary-general of xi jinping has always followed and valued the development of our space industry and has provided important guidance for building the space power。
From the thunder of gobi to the canoe, from the white hand to the sky palace station, from the beidou group network to the hyena, from the shock of emergency return to the flames of commercial space... In retrospect, china's space is one step ahead, one step ahead and one step ahead of another。
The river of the dream star is seventy. The sky is a light cloud。
In the year when the “fifty-five” began, the construction of the space power had entered a critical phase of full progress. The first chinese landing was achieved by 2030, and deep space detections took a long way... Looking ahead, chinese space is following the path of autonomous innovation and firmly moving towards the ambitious goals of the space power。
Institutional advantages: focusing on the big deal
A fissure emerges over the shipboard window of the ark 20, which swims in space。
On 4 november 2025, the first emergency operation in the history of human space in china was launched。
The crew of the astronauts is to “go home” on the ship ship xxi. The ship team reviewed the fast-return programme of the “five circles to three” for multiple rounds, bringing the programme, which was supposed to be the “first flight according to plan”, forward to the “field of battle”
Emergency ship #22 needs to be launched as soon as possible. In the face of the unexpected transition from a state of readiness to an emergency operation, systems such as rockets, spacecraft, launch sites, monitoring and control systems compete for seconds to compress the original 30-day process to 16 days
Landing site system re-planned landing areas and search and rescue capability redeployed on those days, the systems stretched time to the limit, stretched capacity to the limit and contributed the remainder to the project。
On 19 january 2026, the shenzhou 20 successfully returned to the east wind landing site。
There is no lag in the entire chain, from cracking to photo transmission, to joint research, to national resource mobilization, to alternative return, emergency launch and safe return。
This is not incidental efficiency, but another vivid practice of the socialist system of “focusing on the big picture”。
This is not a miracle for a moment, but a concentration of consistent institutional advantages at a critical time。
It dates back to 8 october 1956, when the fifth academy of the ministry of defence was officially established and the chinese space industry sailed。
It was time for the new china to flourish, its industrial base was weak and its technological frontier was almost blank。
At a time when the united states and the russian federation had led the human space age with great national power and pre-emptive advantage, and had constructed a serious technical barrier。
In the face of wide disparities and a harsh external environment, the country has witnessed a concerted and concerted effort by numerous scientists to create a great “two-shot” cause in the name of their country。
Our first atomic bomb exploded successfully in 1964. In 1967, the first hydrogen bomb was successfully tested. In 1970, the first artificial satellite was launched successfully, and the orient red song was heard in the sky。
From atomic bombs to hydrogen bombs, from missiles to satellites -- it took china a few short years to complete the journey of others for more than a decade or even decades, and to hold the chinese nation back。
In a situation where industry and technology are weak, china can't do it without a socialist system。
The official launch of the beidou iii global satellite navigation system into the twenty-first century once again showed the world the hard-checked power of china's “focusing on the big picture”。
“beidou was the result of the mobilization of thousands of troops by the party and the state, of the unity of hundreds of thousands of people on the whole line of work, and of the firm support of the people for the common cause.” according to yang chang feng, general designer of the beidou satellite navigation system, china。
For 70 years, there was only one short moment in human history. For its part, china's space industry, with its “focusing on the big picture”, has, over the course of 70 years, achieved a dramatic change from nothing to nothing, from childhood to strength. History has shown us that this institutional advantage will ensure that china, which used to rely on imports even for screws, continues to stand on the forest of the world's space power。
I don't have to do it. I have to do it
Spraying, polishing, patrolling ... This is the day-to-day work of the liquor spring satellite launch centre。
He's the administrator of the east wind revolution martyrs mansion. Here, more than 700 heroes who gave their lives for chinese space. Most of them are ordinary astronauts, some of them without even a name。
There is a special gravestone, with a small tree growing in front of it. A young man named wang is buried here。
In 1965, after a joint launch test exercise, an operator accidentally set fire to the discharge of liquid oxygen, and the king who came to rescue became a fireman。
If the fire continues, it is likely that it will reach nearby personnel and specialized vehicles. At this critical juncture, wang came and shouted, “don't come near me”, and took off his colleagues' clothes and swayed away from people's vehicles。
Ten metres, 20 metres, 30 metres... The king finally fell, two hands deeply into the hard sand of the gobi, and he did not rise again。
One year later, our first missile and atomic bomb combined tests were successfully carried out on this hot land, which was sacrificed by the king。
The men are dead, the spirit is immortal. The chinese nation is on its 70th journey to the stars and seas。
“two shots, one star”, first given in the name of the kingdom and in secret, twenty-eight; the first commander of the liquor spring satellite launch centre, sun sun, took the oath “to work in gobi beach, buried in the mountains”; the “seven warriors” who entered the underground launch control room risked their lives, and the letter was completed: “die dead in the position and buried next to the missiles”。
Before china's first manned space flight, yang liwei took his watch and sent his comrade home. He made a long phone call to his wife: "if anything happens, that's my answer." during the launch of the rocket, the arrow vibrate caused great pain and made him “think he was going to die”。
It is with the hard energy of being born and dying and dedicated to the country that the chinese are moving forward in space。
Today, at the entrance of the east wind revolution martyrs' hill, an english wall is built with the names of thousands of deceased east wind astronauts inscribed on it. The slightly tilted wall is always in one direction — that's the direction of the launch site, that's the direction the rocket takes off. “that's to show the images of the rockets going up.” so health says。
For 70 years, the 638th flight, from the first missile to the long march series, from the eastern red one to the china space station, and the permanent presence of the chinese space station, from the first retrogression satellite to the sixth month, from the global service in beidou to the arrival of a man on the moon in the countdown, have stood at the centre of the world space stage。
It is the selfless dedication of the astronauts that sustains this. Their motto, written with youth, blood, loyalty and commitment — merit without me, merit must be mine — will inspire more astronauts to march on the path of building the space power。
Strategic decision-making: starting late, starting from a very high point
Chinese space begins late, but from the very beginning at a high point。
In 1965, a report on the development of china's first artificial earth satellite specified the time of launch: 1970-1971; the sign of success was “to get up, catch, hear and see”。
At that time, the soviet union, the united states and france had successfully launched artificial satellites and japan was accelerating preparations. China, the late of this track。
In order to “go up and down” earlier, experts such as the two-balled sun-counsel have divided the development plan into two steps: first, to achieve the shortest possible time for satellites to go up, and then, on the basis of solving any problems, to develop an application satellite with a detection function。
On 24 april 1970, our country successfully launched the eastern red one satellite with the long march 1 carrier rocket. China became the fifth country to launch artificial satellites independently. Chinese space is a crucial step towards space。
In the early morning hours of 17 april 2026, the crew of the ship's cosmonaut xxi successfully completed its third exit. As a result, the astronaut zhang luk has made seven cumulative departures, updating the record of the chinese astronaut's personal departures。
Open the hatch, like pushing the door open; move on the arm of a machine, like walking flat; and exit the hatch from a “danger challenge” to a “conventional operation” ... In just a few decades, chinese space has become more comfortable。
Behind the back of the face, it was a high start of more than 30 years ago. On 21 september 1992, the chinese manned space project was officially established. By that time, the soviet gagarin had already flown into space and the united states of america, armstrong, had set foot on the moon. China is still located at “zero kilometres” of manned space。
In the face of the challenges of the flight road, china has established a “three-step” development strategy, each of which is well targeted and linked. Aiming at the advanced levels of technological development in the world, china's human space industry is committed to autonomous innovation and is pursuing it。
— without simple imitation, the ship directly uses multi-chamber design. Instead of “flying once”, it is a multi-ship that leaves the orbital module in orbit and conducts space science experiments。
• conducting nearly 1,000 technical clearances and introducing hundreds of new technologies on long 2f rockets。
— construction of manned space launch sites with vertical totals, vertical tests, vertical overall transport, unique to the world space community ..
In a relatively short period of time and with less input, china's manned space has moved out of a chinese-specific development path with high standards, high quality and high efficiency, writing a new chapter in the history of world space: “china crossing”。
In the area of satellite navigation, when the united states gps began its global deployment, china's beidou was still at the validation stage。
The construction of the beidou system also established a three-step strategy — the completion of the beidou i system by the end of 2000 to provide services to china; the completion of the beidou ii system by the end of 2012 to provide services to the asia-pacific region; and the completion of the beidou global system around 2020 to provide services to the world。
In 2017, the beidou iii global network was launched for the first time. Less than three years later, more than 300,000 scientists and more than 400 participating institutions competed for seconds to successfully achieve the global network half a year ahead of schedule。
The creation of a “mixed” constellation, which provides an entirely new paradigm for building global satellite navigation systems; the unique service model of communication navigation integration, knowing where “i am” and telling others “where” what “i'm doing”; and the development of an international state-of-the-art atomic clock by pooling intelligence and self-help... China started late in beidou, but with high starting points, high standards and high reliability。
In the field of deep space exploration, it took china only 20 years to follow and run, from and to part of the lead。
In 2004, a project was officially established for the chinese expedition. Bao-eun one successfully orbited the moon, making it the first soft detector in the history of mankind to land on the back of the moon, and bao-eun vi bringing back the first human sample of the moon's back... Three steps around, down, back, three steps, one chorus。
This is the power of the high threshold: not to follow people behind them, but to directly challenge the difficulty of making cross-border progress。
Today, a new “fifty-five” march has begun, and chinese astronauts, under the strong leadership of the center of the party, centred on comrade xi jinping, will follow the path of the space power with courage and courage, guaranteed by the advantages of a new national system。
The stars travel like rainbows, and the ambition of the mighty, the heaven。
