Budget, policy, and source documents for China

Phase IV of the Lunar Exploration Program

This means lunar exploration was not just a legacy program but an active state priority for follow-on missions, technology validation, and preparatory capability building toward sustained lunar activity.

National Civil Space Infrastructure Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan (2015-2025)

This establishes nationwide space infrastructure as a core state priority and frames remote sensing, communications broadcasting, and navigation positioning as enduring strategic capabilities to be expanded and modernized through 2025.

National Civil Space Infrastructure Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan (2015-2025)

This indicates that sovereign satellite communications capacity is a standing national priority, embedded alongside remote sensing and navigation as a foundational space-enabled public-service and strategic support capability.

National Civil Space Infrastructure Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan (2015-2025)

This means Earth observation is not a peripheral application area but a nationally planned capability family intended to provide global, multi-resolution, operational remote-sensing services across civilian sectors.

navigation and PNT

This shows that PNT is both a sovereign infrastructure priority and an application-expansion priority, with policy emphasis shifting from basic system completion to economy-wide scale use and integrated spatiotemporal services.

Private and enterprise participation in space systems and applications

China supports private capital investment in satellite development and system construction, and supports enterprises in value-added product development, operations services, and industrialized application promotion.

Integrated space-ground system development

China will develop space and ground systems in an integrated manner, with synchronized planning, R&D, construction, and use.

International development and export of space systems and services

China will encourage international development, participate in international rules and standards setting, expand international cooperation in R&D, satellite development, system construction, and data applications, and promote exports of satellites, data, and application services.

Civil satellite frequency and orbital resource management

China will establish a coordinated application and reserve mechanism for civil satellite frequency and orbital resources.

Satellite remote sensing data openness and government purchase policy

China will formulate national satellite remote sensing data policy, establish government purchasing policies for commercial satellite remote sensing data and services, and gradually open civil satellite remote sensing data better than 0.5-meter resolution.