18 October 2020
The 6th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum (CCAF) will start on 19 October at 9:00 h BJT (01:00 h UTC/GMT) with the Opening Ceremony. The two day forum will be live streamed on the conference webportal: https://ccaf.casicloud.com/index.html
The replays of the conference talks will be available after the presentation is finished. Already on 18 October, Huang Zhicheng of Foresight Think Tank gave a Cloud Course on the topic "Commercial Aerospace leads the new era of space economy". He summarised the current status in the global commercial space sector. The promotional video of the Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base and the promotion video of the 6th CCAF can be viewed here:
https://ccaf.casicloud.com/#pageAdvertiseVideo

19 October 2020
CASIC (China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp) has made many strides in its commercial space businesses, according to Fu Zhimin, Chief Technical Officer at CASIC. He said at the opening ceremony of the 6th China International Commercial Aerospace Forum (CCAF), which opened in Hubei's provincial capital of Wuhan in the morning of 19 October, that his company has made many achievements in carrier rocket and satellite industries.
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The two day forum is live streamed on the conference webportal: https://ccaf.casicloud.com/index.html
The replays of the conference talks of the first day are already available.

20 October 2020
Funky in China? Yes, indeed, Jean Deville and Blaine Curcio have packed a bag full with funky Chinese space projects. They realise that funky can mean: Plain old funky. This refers to projects that are funky in every sense of the word - funky technologies, business models, etc. This includes space planes, solar harvesting, and electromagnetic rockets. Or funky can mean: Funky in an "only in China" way. This refers to companies buying orbital slots as a way of moving money out of China, or online video giants that can justify buying their own EO satellite.
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20 October 2020
China will promote the development of the commercial space industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), aerospace experts at the 6th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum (CCAF) held in Wuhan reported. Fu Zhimin, Chief Engineer of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) said that China will continue building space infrastructure, enhance the capability of commercial space systems, and integrate them into major national development strategies. The 6th CCAF brings together over 200 experts and industry leaders from China and nine other countries to discuss the achievements and future of the world's commercial space industry.
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The replays of all conference talks are available on CASICloud.
https://ccaf.casicloud.com/agenda_detail_en.html