China National Space Administration
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| Owner |  People's Republic of China |
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| Established | 22 April 1993 |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Primary spaceport | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center |
| Administrator | Sun Laiyan |
| Budget | $500 million (official) |
| Website | www.cnsa.gov.cn |
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) (simplified Chinese: 国家航天局; traditional Chinese: 國家航天局; pinyin: Guó Jiā Háng Tiān Jú) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for the national space program.
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[edit] History
The agency was created in 1993 when the Ministry of Aerospace Industry was split into CNSA and the China Aerospace Corporation (CASC). The former was to be responsible for policy, while the latter was to be responsible for execution. This arrangement proved somewhat unsatisfactory, as these two agencies were, in effect, one large agency, sharing both personnel and management.
As part of a massive restructuring, in 1998, CASC was split into a number of smaller state-owned companies. The intention appeared to have been to create a system similar to that characteristic of Western defense procurement in which entities which are government agencies, setting operational policy, would then contract out their operational requirements to entities which were government-owned, but not government-managed.
[edit] Administration
The current administrator is Sun Laiyan, appointed in 2004. Jin Zhuanglong and Luo Ge were appointed as vice-administrators in 2005.
Previous administrators:
- April 1993: Liu Jiyuan
- April 1998: Luan Enjie
[edit] Departments
There are four departments under the CNSA:
- Department of General Planning
- Department of System Engineering
- Department of Science, Technology and Quality Control
- Department of Foreign Affairs
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Chinese)/(English) The Official Site of the China National Space Administration
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