The Ministry of National Security: Space is not a arena for mutual competition
2024-05-17
Recently, the Chang'e-6 probe was launched aboard the Long March 5 carrier rocket, embarking on the world's first journey of sampling and returning from the far side of the moon, attracting enthusiastic attention from netizens. The vast sky has always harbored the ambition and romance of the Chinese nation to pursue its dreams since ancient times. After decades of vigorous development in China's aerospace industry, the "Shenzhou" has explored the sky, the "Chang'e" has explored the moon, the "Zhurong" has explored the fire, the "Xihe" has gone day by day, and the "Beidou" network has been formed. The millennium dream of the descendants of the Chinese people has gradually become a reality, and they are moving towards a more brilliant sea of stars. With space becoming the Xinjiang region of human activities, exchanges and cooperation among countries around the world regarding the development and utilization of outer space are becoming increasingly frequent. The impact of space on national security is increasing day by day, and maintaining space security and interests has gradually become a major topic in the field of national security. Space, an important engine of economic development, has a profound impact on the country's economic and social development. The development of various space activities and space technology has made the "space economy" a significant growth point in the world economy. According to a report released by the EU Space Policy Research Institute in 2023, the global space economy was worth approximately $460 billion in 2022, with a contribution value of $3.1 trillion to the economic sector. It is expected to have accumulated impacts of over $80 trillion between 2025 and 2040. At present, space technology represented by satellite remote sensing, satellite communication, navigation and positioning, and digital earth in China has been widely applied in various fields such as daily production, industrial and agricultural construction, sea, land and air transportation, climate monitoring, and disaster relief. It has become an important engine for promoting national informatization construction and promoting sustainable economic and social development in China. The strategic highland of national security, with the increasingly widespread and in-depth application of space technology in various fields of human society, the social and economic development and defense military construction of major countries heavily rely on space systems. National security space is expanding and extending to new areas of space, and space facilities have become a security asset that affects the whole body. Space interests have become an important pillar of development. Space assets are national strategic assets that need to be well managed and utilized, and more importantly, protected. When space becomes the commanding heights of international strategic competition, space security naturally becomes an important guarantee for national construction and social development. Maintaining space security has become an important national security strategy that determines the future survival and development space of a country. The increasingly severe security challenges have led to fierce competition among countries around the world in the development and utilization of space. The theories of space hegemony and arms race are rampant, and the militarization and weaponization of space are intensifying. The development of international order and governance rules in the space field is slow, and threats and conflicts in space are constantly emerging. The deteriorating space security environment has become a major security challenge faced by all humanity. Especially with the development of China's space technology, some countries regard China as a major competitor in the space field and spare no effort to contain and suppress it. In recent years, national security agencies have successively cracked down on multiple espionage cases in the aerospace field, exposing the despicable behavior of some countries' espionage and intelligence agencies in infiltrating and stealing secrets from our aerospace field. They have also investigated and dealt with a series of illegal cases that use methods such as inducement, pulling, and coercion to seize the latest research progress in our aerospace field
Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Jia jia
Source:Wechat public account of the Ministry of State Security
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