Shanghai Bureau of Astronautics (SHBOA)

Sichuan Space Industry Corporation (SSIC)

DIRECTOR: Yu Ruihua

OTHER NAMES: Sichuan Aerospace Corporation, 062 Base

The Sichuan Space Industry Corporation is under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). It is located in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and employs more than 6,000 personnel in 30 research and design institutes and production facilities.

SSIC develops systems associated with liquid-fueled ballistic missiles, launch vehicles, and anti-ship missiles, including the WS-1 and WS-1B long-distance multiple-rocket weapon systems.

Institutes under the SSIC include:

Chongqing Aerospace Electromechanical Design Institute

Chongqing Bashan Instrument Factory

Chuannan Machinery Factory

Fenghuo Machinery Factory

Liaoyuan Radio Factory

Mingjiang Machinery Factory

Pingjiang Machinery Factory

Sichuan Changzheng Mechanical Factory

Tongjiang Machinery Factory

[Sources: Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Air and Cosmos (Paris), 25 October 1996, in FBIS-CST-96-020, 25 October 1996; Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume 5, p. 340; "Overview of CASC and its Institutes," Beijing Zhongguo Hangtian in Chinese, 1 October 2002; Chinese Defence Today, 26 November 2003.]

Updated 11/26/2003

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