China’s space agency has released a two-year action plan to support commercial space companies and promote international collaboration. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is encouraging domestic space enterprises to “go global” and assist developing countries in building satellite-based industries.
The CNSA plans to integrate commercial space projects into China’s broader international cooperation agenda. It will expand commercial access to national resources, including civilian tracking, telemetry, and control (TT&C) stations, data-receiving sites, test ranges, rocket-engine stands, and space-environment simulation facilities.
Commercial firms will be selected through open competition to participate in key programs, covering advanced propulsion, next-generation satellite platforms, payloads, and integrated communications, navigation, and remote-sensing applications.
To foster the sector, the CNSA will establish a national commercial space development fund and encourage government procurement of commercial capabilities—such as launch vehicles, satellites, launch sites, and TT&C facilities—for national missions. Local governments are urged to set up technology-innovation centers focusing on reusable rockets and smart satellites, as well as open platforms for advanced manufacturing, assembly, and testing.
Other support measures include building commercial launch sites, standardizing space regulations, and sharing space-debris data to aid collision warnings.Commercial firms are also encouraged to explore space resource utilization, on-orbit servicing, debris removal, space tourism, and in-space biomanufacturing.
The plan aims to achieve high-quality commercial space development by 2027, with the aerospace sector highlighted as a strategic emerging industry in China’s upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
