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2023 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure: 5330亿元.
requested
This is the 2023 transfer-payment share of central capital construction expenditure and is a broad national investment envelope rather than a dedicated space funding line.
2023 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure: 5330亿元.
This is the 2023 transfer-payment share of central capital construction expenditure and is a broad national investment envelope rather than a dedicated space funding line.
CN¥533,000,000,0002023 Central Capital Construction Expenditure Budget Table
2024 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure: 5000亿元.
requested
This is the 2024 transfer-payment share of the central capital construction budget and is a broad national investment envelope rather than a dedicated space line.
2024 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure: 5000亿元.
This is the 2024 transfer-payment share of the central capital construction budget and is a broad national investment envelope rather than a dedicated space line.
2022 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure budget: 4950亿元.
requested
This is the 2022 transfer-payment share of the central capital construction budget and is a broad multi-sector investment envelope rather than a dedicated space line.
2022 transfers to localities under central capital construction expenditure budget: 4950亿元.
This is the 2022 transfer-payment share of the central capital construction budget and is a broad multi-sector investment envelope rather than a dedicated space line.
2024 central-level capital construction expenditure: 2000亿元.
requested
This is the 2024 central-level capital construction envelope and is a parent budget category that may contain space-relevant science and technology projects without separately quantifying a space subtotal.
2024 central-level capital construction expenditure: 2000亿元.
This is the 2024 central-level capital construction envelope and is a parent budget category that may contain space-relevant science and technology projects without separately quantifying a space subtotal.
2023 central-level capital construction expenditure: 1470亿元.
requested
This is the 2023 central-level capital construction budget portion and is a parent envelope that may contain space-relevant scientific projects without separately identifying a space-only subtotal.
2023 central-level capital construction expenditure: 1470亿元.
This is the 2023 central-level capital construction budget portion and is a parent envelope that may contain space-relevant scientific projects without separately identifying a space-only subtotal.
2022 central-level capital construction expenditure budget: 1450亿元, mainly for transport, science and technology innovation, and departmental capacity-building.
requested
This is the 2022 central-level share of the capital construction budget and covered major investment areas including science and technology innovation, within which specific space-related research platforms were listed.
2022 central-level capital construction expenditure budget: 1450亿元, mainly for transport, science and technology innovation, and departmental capacity-building.
This is the 2022 central-level share of the capital construction budget and covered major investment areas including science and technology innovation, within which specific space-related research platforms were listed.
Science and technology expenditure 25.85 (100 million yuan)
requested
This is the 2025 science and technology line within the central-level section of central budget investment expenditure; it is included because space projects could sit inside this category, but the source does not break out a distinct space amount.
Science and technology expenditure 25.85 (100 million yuan)
This is the 2025 science and technology line within the central-level section of central budget investment expenditure; it is included because space projects could sit inside this category, but the source does not break out a distinct space amount.
2025 central science and technology expenditure, basic research, major scientific engineering: 22.97亿元.
requested
This is the 2025 budget for the major scientific engineering subcategory within central science and technology expenditure; it is not space-only, but it is a direct nationally budgeted capability line that can include space-science infrastructure.
2025 central science and technology expenditure, basic research, major scientific engineering: 22.97亿元.
This is the 2025 budget for the major scientific engineering subcategory within central science and technology expenditure; it is not space-only, but it is a direct nationally budgeted capability line that can include space-science infrastructure.
Support for scientific progress expenditure
enacted
This is the 2023 central state capital operating budget appropriation for support to scientific progress, a broad portfolio line that could include defense-industry science and technology activity but is not identified as space-specific.
This is the 2023 central state capital operating budget appropriation for support to scientific progress, a broad portfolio line that could include defense-industry science and technology activity but is not identified as space-specific.
Support for scientific progress expenditure
executed
This is the 2023 executed amount for the central state capital operating expenditure line supporting scientific progress, which the source describes as being used for science and technology innovation and commercialization but does not identify as space-specific.
This is the 2023 executed amount for the central state capital operating expenditure line supporting scientific progress, which the source describes as being used for science and technology innovation and commercialization but does not identify as space-specific.
National defense expenditure
enacted
This is the 2023 central capital-construction budget row under national defense; it is a sub-envelope within defense and is not identified as space-specific in the source.
This is the 2023 central capital-construction budget row under national defense; it is a sub-envelope within defense and is not identified as space-specific in the source.
CN¥41,000,0002023 Central Capital Construction Expenditure Budget Table
National defense expenditure, 2021 initial budget: 55.00 ten-thousand yuan.
requested
This is the ministry's 2021 initial budget for defense expenditure, described as reduced national defense mobilization project spending; it may overlap with space-related defense-industrial administration but is not explicitly labeled as space.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technologysingle year budget
National defense expenditure, 2021 initial budget: 55.00 ten-thousand yuan.
This is the ministry's 2021 initial budget for defense expenditure, described as reduced national defense mobilization project spending; it may overlap with space-related defense-industrial administration but is not explicitly labeled as space.
Satellite data use should be commercialized where appropriate but governed by security standards, certification, compliance review, and graded regulation.
Satellite data use should be commercialized where appropriate but governed by security standards, certification, compliance review, and graded regulation.
Notice on issuing the CNSA Action Plan for Promoting the High-Quality and Safe Development of Commercial Space (2025-2027)
This indicates China treated orbital safety and sustainability as an operational capability area, not only a diplomatic theme, by linking governance language to debris-monitoring and collision-avoidance support functions.
This indicates China treated orbital safety and sustainability as an operational capability area, not only a diplomatic theme, by linking governance language to debris-monitoring and collision-avoidance support functions.
satellite internet
policy commitment
This indicates satellite internet was receiving practical national support through launch infrastructure, spectrum-orbit coordination, and demonstration missions rather than being only a local industrial slogan.
This indicates satellite internet was receiving practical national support through launch infrastructure, spectrum-orbit coordination, and demonstration missions rather than being only a local industrial slogan.
Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site
policy commitment
This shows launch access remained a practical national priority, including diversification from traditional state launch centers toward commercialized launch infrastructure with dedicated pads and new rocket support.
This shows launch access remained a practical national priority, including diversification from traditional state launch centers toward commercialized launch infrastructure with dedicated pads and new rocket support.
Action Plan for High-Quality and Safe Development of Commercial Space (2025-2027)
policy commitment
This means commercial space moved from tolerated market activity to an explicitly backed national capability-development track with industrial, launch, satellite, application, and governance implications.
Action Plan for High-Quality and Safe Development of Commercial Space (2025-2027)
This means commercial space moved from tolerated market activity to an explicitly backed national capability-development track with industrial, launch, satellite, application, and governance implications.
International Lunar Research Station
policy commitment
This shows China’s lunar strategy included not only national exploration missions but also a long-horizon international infrastructure concept meant to anchor future deep-space scientific and operational presence.
This shows China’s lunar strategy included not only national exploration missions but also a long-horizon international infrastructure concept meant to anchor future deep-space scientific and operational presence.
space science
strategy priority
This frames space science as a standing national capability priority tied to major missions, dedicated science satellites, and the broader goal of becoming a space power rather than as a purely academic adjunct.
This frames space science as a standing national capability priority tied to major missions, dedicated science satellites, and the broader goal of becoming a space power rather than as a purely academic adjunct.
China Space Station
strategy priority
This indicates that crewed spaceflight remained a front-rank national capability priority, with the policy emphasis shifting from planned construction to realized station capability and sustained orbital operations.
This indicates that crewed spaceflight remained a front-rank national capability priority, with the policy emphasis shifting from planned construction to realized station capability and sustained orbital operations.
Tianwen
strategy priority
This shows planetary exploration was elevated from a one-off demonstration to a continuing national mission area, supporting sustained deep-space capability development.
This shows planetary exploration was elevated from a one-off demonstration to a continuing national mission area, supporting sustained deep-space capability development.