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Aerospace

In-depth coverage of China’s aerospace industry, including commercial aviation, space launch systems, satellites, and aerospace manufacturing. This section examines policy direction, technological progress, supply chain development, and commercialization efforts shaping China’s ambitions in both civil aviation and space exploration.

ChinaBiz Briefing | BYD's Overseas Pivot, CXMT's DRAM Leap, Meituan's Profit Return

China's technology and industrial complex delivered a dense slate of results and milestones on August 31, 2026 — and a single theme runs through nearly all of them: domestic substitution reaching commercial maturity. From memory chips to delivery robots to satellite constellations, Chinese companies are no longer simply catching

China's Satellite Supply Chain: The Infrastructure Race Behind the New Space Economy

A structured explainer on China's LEO constellation buildout, how the supply chain works, and what it means for the global satellite industry. What Is This About? A large-scale infrastructure race is unfolding in low Earth orbit (LEO). China is accelerating the deployment of thousands of communication satellites,

ChinaBiz Briefing | Baidu's AI Pivot, Unitree's Historic IPO, Memory Super-Cycle

China's technology and capital markets delivered a dense cluster of structural signals on August 19: a legacy internet giant crossed the AI revenue majority threshold even as its profits collapsed; a humanoid robot maker set a STAR Market subscription record on its first trading day; two domestic chip

LandSpace Achieves China's First Private Rocket Recovery, With Reflight the Next Test

0:00 /1:09 1× China's first successful land-based vertical rocket recovery by a private commercial launch vehicle marks a pivotal engineering inflection point — but the harder test of reflights and unit economics still lies ahead. LandSpace Technology achieved what Chinese commercial aerospace has been racing toward:

iSpace Completes Static Load Test on SQX-3 Rocket Fairing, Clearing Path to Flight

Beijing-based commercial launch company Interstellar Glory Space Technology (iSpace) successfully completed a static load test on the payload fairing of its SQX-3 carrier rocket on August 14, 2026, marking a key structural milestone ahead of the vehicle's inaugural flight campaign. The test, conducted at an undisclosed

CAS Space Crosses 110-Satellite Threshold as Kinetica-1 Rocket Shifts Into Monthly Launch Cadence

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 — CAS Space has crossed a symbolic threshold in China's commercial launch industry, deploying its 110th satellite aboard the Kinetica-1 rocket and signaling a structural shift from technology demonstration to industrialized, on-demand orbital delivery — with space-based artificial intelligence computing emerging as the

ChinaBiz Briefing | DeepSeek's $6.9B Round, Tencent's Sell-Off, Kling's Rise, Horizon-VW Deal

China's technology and capital markets delivered a dense slate on July 23 — spanning AI funding, autonomous driving, video generation, commercial space, and global auto expansion. The common thread: Chinese companies are no longer competing at the margins of global industries. Across sectors, they are building foundational infrastructure, locking

China's Largest Solid Rocket Completes First Offshore Launch, Boosting LEO Buildout

China's commercial space sector cleared a significant technical milestone on July 22 when Orienspace successfully launched nine satellites into their designated orbits from a maritime platform in the East China Sea, approximately 170 kilometers east of Shanghai — marking the first time a domestic commercial rocket has executed a

ChinaBiz Briefing | Huawei's Tao's Law V2, Tencent's AI Pivot, ByteDance’s AI Agent

China's technology and industrial sectors delivered a dense set of signals on July 6 that collectively point to a single underlying theme: the easy growth phase is over, and the competition is now being fought on infrastructure, compliance, and capital efficiency. From a landmark chip architecture paper to

China's Qianfan Constellation Hits 238 Satellites After Record 20-in-One Launch

SPACESAIL (Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology), successfully launched 20 polar-orbit networking satellites in a single mission on the evening of July 5, marking the first time the company has deployed 20 spacecraft on a single rocket and bringing its Qianfan constellation to a total of 238 satellites in orbit. The

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