| 中国国家航天局 | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Abbreviation | CNSA |
| Formed | 22 April 1993 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Space agency |
| Jurisdiction | State Council of the People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | Haidian, Beijing |
Administrator | Zhang Kejian |
| Vice Administrator | Xu Zhanbin |
| Chief Engineer | Li Guoping |
| Secretary-General | Xu Hongliang |
| Annual budget |  US$18.15 billion (2024) 28.54% increase [1][Note 1] |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 国家航天局 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國家航天局 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | National Astronautics Administration | ||||||||||||||||||
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is a government agency of the People's Republic of China headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, responsible for civil space administration and international space cooperation. These responsibilities include organizing or leading foreign exchanges and cooperation in the aerospace field.[2] The CNSA is an administrative agency under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.[3][need quotation to verify]
Founded in 1993, CNSA has pioneered a number of achievements in space for China despite its relatively short history, including becoming the first space agency to land on the far side of the Moon with Chang'e 4, bringing material back from the Moon with Chang'e 5 and 6, and being the second agency who successfully landed a rover on Mars with Tianwen-1.
As the governing body of civil space activities, China National Space Administration does not execute any space program. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation executes China's state space programs instead.[4][need quotation to verify] The China Manned Space Program is operated by China Manned Space Agency, instead of the CNSA.[5][need quotation to verify]
- ^ "Global governmental spending on space programs of leading countries 2022". Statista. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "机构简介". www.cnsa.gov.cn. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "国务院组织机构_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "集团简介_中国航天科技集团有限公司". www.spacechina.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "中国载人航天工程". www.cmse.gov.cn. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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