ĦĦĦĦJIUQUAN, Gansu, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leaders met with scientists
and officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)who took part in Monday's
launch of unmanned spacecraft in China's northeastern Gansu Province.
ĦĦĦĦLi Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress, and Wu Bangguo and Jia Qinglin, members of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC), attended the meeting.
ĦĦĦĦLi Peng said the successful launch of the "Shenzhou IV" spacecraft marks a
substantial breakthrough in China's developmentof unmanned astronautical
technology. The dream of flying into outer space cherished by the Chinese people
for centuries will soon come true.
ĦĦĦĦThe move indicates a marked improvement in China's comprehensive national
strength and demonstrates that socialism can make it possible to do something
important by pooling the collective force, he added.
ĦĦĦĦIn the present-day world, Li said, science and technology develop rapidly
with each passing day and there is a long way to go for China in competing with
other countries in astronautical development.
ĦĦĦĦHe called on people in the space industry to seize the opportunity, work in
a pioneering spirit, make new innovations andtrain more space researchers.
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