Panel: China’s space surge, from emergency launch to commercial lift-off

中国航天飞跃,从应急发射到商业起飞

World Today

2025-11-28

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China’s space sector marked a landmark week—executing its first emergency crewed launch and unveiling plans for four deep-space science satellites—while its commercial space market soars toward 10 trillion yuan (about 1.4 trillion USD). What capabilities underpin this surge, and will AI-driven aerospace define the next phase of space competition? Host Ge Anna is joined by Andy Mok, Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University; Quentin Parker, Director of Laboratory for Space Research, University of Hong Kong; Zhang Fan, Associate Professor of Astronomy Department of Beijing Normal University.
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  • From Shenzhou 22's rapid emergency launch to the surge in China's commercial space sector,

  • where exactly is China now in its space journey?

  • Welcome to Road Today, the panel discussion with Miko Enna in Beijing.

  • It's been a landmark week for China's aerospace progress.

  • The country has successfully carried out its first-ever emergency manned space launch with the Shenzhou-22.

  • Just 16 days after Shenzhou-20's return was delayed by suspected micro-debrates.

  • Meanwhile, officials announced that over the next five years,

  • China will launch four frontier science satellites aimed at exploring the origins of the universe,

  • space, weather and life with breakthroughs expected in dark-arrow cosmology,

  • solar activity and exoplanet detection.

  • At the same time, China's commercial space momentum is also accelerating.

  • The National Space Agency released its action plan to back commercial space firms and encourage them to pursue international cooperation over the next two years.

  • Data shows China's commercial space market grew from $38 billion in 2015 to $2.3 trillion this year,

  • with an annual growth rate exceeding 22% and projected to approach $10 trillion by 2030.

  • So what kind of technical capability has China demonstrated under emergency conditions?

  • How do the national program and commercial sector reinforce each other?

  • And with AI rapidly integrating into aerospace,

  • are we entering an era where intelligence becomes the decisive edge?

  • Today, we'll explore those questions with the three distinguished experts,

  • Andy Mark, professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University.