26 September 2017
Executives from major Chinese robotics and technology firms say Australia's new national space agency will provide excellent opportunities for engagement and cooperation between the two countries. Top Chinese robotics firm UBTech's Chief Strategy Officer, Bruce Ren, said China sees its space program as a national priority and Australia is far closer than other established players. "This is wonderful news," he said of the space agency plan. "China and Australia share an innovation outlook, we are in the same time zone and China has been investing heavily in space technology."
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25 September 2017
Russia’s space agency is considering plans of sending cosmonauts to China’s orbit station currently under construction, Roscosmos Head of Space Programmes, Igor Komarov, told reporters at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia on 25 September. "There have been certain talks on this issue," Komarov said, commenting on whether Russia has received any offers for its cosmonauts to visit China’s orbit station in the future. The Roscosmos Chief said he expects that the parliament will ratify a fundamental law regulating the exchange of technologies in rocket industry within one or two months. "I hope that after this a possibility will open for full-fledged and full-scale cooperation. In many areas a big horizon will open and we see an interest of our partners," he said.
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26 September 2017
Cambodia's Apsara Authority, responsible for the extensive Angkor Wat archaeological park and UNESCO World Heritage in Siem Reap has extended an agreement with China’s International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage to continue using its remote sensing technology to discover and preserve ancient temples in Cambodia's Siem Reap province. “This technology gives images from space, allowing us to explore a particular location,” Long Kosal, spokesman for the Apsara Authority said. “It gives us accurate readings of the Angkor Park and images will be updated once every four days. This technology will also be used to monitor changes in water, both on land and underground, for water management in the Angkor Park,” he added.
The initial memorandum of understanding was signed in 2013 and was extended for three years on 26 September 2017.
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28 September 2017
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). "We are trying to negotiate in a bilateral way between UNOOSA and Chinese government how we can be part of the Belt and Road Initiative, an important initiative that China is putting forward. Clearly, we are focusing on the space segment, space aspect, space elements of the Belt and Road Initiative," Di Pippo said.
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