BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China's
State Council, or the cabinet, in principle, approved the country's 11th
five-year plan on space development at a conference on Thursday.
Addressing the conference, Chinese Vice Premier Zeng
Peiyan stressed that the 11th five-year period (2006-2010) is key to China's
space development.
China should give priority to a manned space flight,
lunar exploration, new launch vehicle, high-resolution earth observation, he
said.
Zeng said that China should promote industrialization
of space technologies and attach great importance to the development of
telecommunication, navigation and remote sensing satellites.
Space technologies should support and push China's
economy and provide stable, continuous and high-quality services for
telecommunication, weather forecasting and maritime investigation, among others,
he said.
Zeng stressed that China should also encourage
non-governmental investment in the space sector.
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China's space program
scientists have published outlines of plans to begin development of a space
laboratory and spacewalking by Chinese astronauts by 2010.
The plans are among goals published by the Commission
of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense in its 11th five-year
(2006-2010) plan for space science development. Full story
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