China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
SpaceChina (中国航天)
Native name
中国航天科技集团有限公司
Company type State-owned enterprise
Industry aerospace, space industry
PredecessorChina Aerospace Corporation
FoundedJuly 1, 1999;24 years ago (1999-07-01)
Headquarters
Haidian District, Beijing
,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
 Wu Yansheng (Chairman and President)
Products Spacecraft
Missiles
Electronics
Revenue CN¥294.02 billion [1]  (2013)
Owner State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
Number of employees
174,000 (2014)
Website english.spacechina.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Simplified Chinese 中国航天科技集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese 中國航天科技集團有限公司

R&D and production complexes

Specialized companies

Directly subordinated units

The "directly subordinated units"[ clarification needed ] of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation are:

International reception

United States

In 2006 the US Department of the Treasury accused Great Wall Industry and its partners for playing a lead role in the development of the Fateh missile system, as Iran had no previous experience with solid-fueled ballistic missiles. [13] [14]

In November 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies and individuals owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included CASC. [15] [16] [17] In August 2022, CASC's 9th Academy 771 and 772 Research Institutes were added to the United States Department of Commerce's Entity List. [18] [19]

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  6. ↑ "WS-1".
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  11. 1 2 易穎有限公司 (in Chinese). China Aerospace Investment Holdings. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Brief introduction of CASC" (PDF). ABY International Trade Ltd.
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