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CHINA'S MISSILE-RELATED FACILITIES/ORGANIZATIONS

This page contains listings for China's missile related facilities and organizations arranged alphabetically from University of Electronic Science and Technology to Zhengzhou Aeronautical Institute. For additional listings, please click on the links below:

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119 Factory - 8511 Research Institute
Aviation Industries Corporation - Beijing Institute of Tracking and Communication Technology
Beijing Long March Scientific and Technical Information Institute - Bohai Gulf Missile Test Facility
Carrier Rocket Technology Research Institute Rocket Assembly Plant - China Resource Satellite Application Center
China Sanjiang Space Group - Computer and Control Corporation
Dalian University of Technology, Institute of Engineering Mechanics - Hunan Space Agency
Institute for Astronautics Information - Kunming Training/Support Facility
Launch Complex B1 - Northwest Industrial University
Ordinance Systems Engineering Institute - Shanghai Xinxin Machine Factory
Shenyang Aeronautical Engineering Institute - Tongjiang Machinery Factory
University of Electronic Science and Technology - Zhengzhou Aeronautical Management Institute
 
 

FACILITY/
ORGANIZATION
FUNCTIONS/
ACTIVITIES
COMMENTS
UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY    
UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, COLLEGE OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING    
UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS    
WANFENG FACTORY   Under the Sanjiang Space Group, or 066 Base.
WANLI MACHINERY FACTORY   Under the Sanjiang Space Group, or 066 Base; located in Yuan'an.
WANSHAN SPECIAL VEHICLE MACHINERY FACTORY   Under the Sanjiang Space Group, or 066 Base.
WEINAN CENTER FOR SPACE TRACKING AND CONTROL Located in Weinan; China's mission control center for space activities; command over China's seven station space tracking network; possibly part of China's early warning and command, control, and communications networks  
WUJIANG MACHINERY FACTORY   Under the China Jiangnan Space Industry Group, or 061 Base.
XIAMEN INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE CENTER   Located in Xiamen, Fujian; under both CATIC and CASC
XIAN (?) There reportedly is a solid fuel rocket motor institute located at Xian; established in 1985; involved with ICBM and SLBM applications  
XIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE RADIO ENGINEERING 
"504th Research Institute"
Design, research and development of space communications, remote sensing, and spacecraft TT&C. Produces electronic systems, including TWTs, CCD camera and microwave data links, and antennas. Under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), or 5th Academy; 1200 personnel.
XIAN SATELLITE MONITORING CENTER Located in Shaanxi Province  
XIANFENG MACHINERY FACTORY   Under the Sanjiang Space Group, or 066 Base.
XIANGYANG CHEMICAL MACHINERY CORPORATION 
"47th Research Institute"
Involved in missile and rocket research, development, and evaluation. Under the Hexi Chemical Machinery Company, or 4th Academy; located in Xian, Shaanxi Province; Chief engineer: Jianding Huang.
XICHANG SPACE LAUNCH CENTER (XSLC)    
XINFENG INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION Tracking and control systems. Under the China Jiangnan Space Industry Group, or 061 Base.
XINFENG MACHINERY FACTORY 
"112 Factory"
Final assembly plant for SAM's, etc. Under the Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Academy, or 2nd Academy.
XINGHANG ELECTROMECHANICAL FACTORY 
"159 Factory"
  Under the Haiying Academy of  Electromechanical Technology, or 3rd Academy; located in Yungang.
XINGHUA INSTRUMENTS PLANT Research and development of military radio and signal equipment; contributed to SLV launches, underwater nuclear tests, underwater carrier rocket tests, ICBM tests, and satellite launching and tracking Located in Qingshen, Sichuan Province; under China Electronics Corporation; established in 1970; Director: Chen Kefu
XINJIAN POWER MACHINERY PLANT 
"284 Factory"
Control systems manufacturing. Under the Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Academy, or 2nd Academy; located on Yongding Road.
XINSHIDAI (NEW ERA) GROUP    
XINXIN FACTORY (Possible other names: Zhong Machinery Factory; Zhang Zhong Machinery Factory) Located near Shanghai; production of liquid fuel engines for the FB-1 booster and other missiles; production of CZ-2, CZ-3, and DF-5 boosters  
XIN ZHONG HUA MACHINERY FACTORY Located near Shanghai; builds the CZ-4 SLVs.  
YANTAI TELEMETRY TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 
"513th Research Institute"
  Under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), or 5th Academy.
YUNNAN SPACE GROUP Current responsibilities unclear. 3500 personnel; once tied to Haiying Academy of  Electromechanical Technology, or 3rd Academy; established 1969; formerly a Third Line unit within Yunnan province, moved to Kunming in 1987; Director: Gao Changzhu.
ZHENGZHOU AERONAUTICAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE    

[Sources: China Astronautics and Missilery Abstracts, various issues; Guide to Enterprises, pp. 37-41, 64-67, 96-97, 103-105, 108-116, 120-127, 132-135, 139, 145-149, 152-159, 173, 188-197, 245, 249, 306; Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Barbara Opall, "Chinese Strive To Boost Range, Aim Of Missiles," Defense News, 9-15 December 1996, p. 48; Risk Report, May 1995, pp. 6-7; "World Space Markets Survey," 1994 Edition; Aerospace China, Winter 1995, p. 2, 9, 20; Phillip S. Clark, "China's Recoverable Satellite Programme," Jane's Intelligence Review, November 1993, p. 517; "PRC Ballistic Missile-Related Entities," date unknown.]


Last Updated October 1998

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