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Updated March 2006
Missile Facilities
China Aerospace Corporation Organization (CASC)
China Aerospace Corporation Organization (CASC)
Location: NO. 8 Buchenglu, Haidian District, Beijing China 100830
Tel: 8610-68370043, 8610-68370699
Fax: 8610-68370080
Website: http://www.spacechina.com
(In July 1999, the CASC was divided into two state-owned organizations: the China Aerospace Machinery and Electronics Corporation and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. As of October 1999, it was unclear how CASC's various responsibilities will be distributed among these two new organizations.)
President: Liu Jiyuan (also Administrator, China National Space Administration (CNSA), and President, Chinese Society of Astronautics)
Vice-Presidents: Wang Liheng, Luan Enjie, Bai Bai Er, Xia Guohong
CASC, headquartered in Beijing, has a total of about 230,000 employees, 30 percent of which are technicians, engineers, and researchers; 40,000 are professors and senior engineers. It was first known as the No. 5 Research Academy of the Ministry of National Defense, established in 1956, and was subsequently called the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Building Industry. Most recently, it was known as the Ministry of Aerospace Industry (MASI) until CASC's establishment on 6 June 1993.
In March 1998, the CASC underwent significant structural change following the reorganization policies adopted at the the National People's Congress. The administrative and regulatory functions of CASC have been separated from the former CASC and are now under the control of the new COSTIND. The new organization within COSTIND, called the State Aerospace Bureau, will oversee the administrative functions of China's aerospace industry. The goal of this reorganization was to make the new CASC into an "industrial enterprise group" exclusively engaged in R&D and production for China's aerospace industry.
The current scope of the CASC activities is wide and includes: the research, design, development, production, testing, and evaluation of space launch vehicles (SLVs), strategic and tactical missiles, air defense missiles, cruise missiles, control systems, propulsion systems, liquid hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled rocket boosters, computers, inertial guidance systems, ground facilities, and satellites in China
Since the late 1980s, the CASC has also been involved in the production of civilian goods at some of its factories as part of China's defense conversion effort. CASC's civilian products include satellite applications, automobiles, and computer applications.
CASC and some of its subsidiaries were sanctioned in August 1993 by the United States for their involvement in Chinese missile-related sales to Pakistan.
The CASC's direct reporting elements include:
- General Office
Manages daily duties of CASC headquarters. - Comprehensive Planning Department
Develops long-range developmental strategies and policies. - Scientific Research and Production Department
Manages fiscal year planning for commercial space launches and military and civil production. - S&T Department
Oversees basic research projects. - International Cooperation Department
Responsible for international exchanges and negotiations. - Security Department
Safeguards information on China's space and missile R&D and production.
Overall, the CASC has eight academies, six large and medium sized enterprise groups, 11 large and medium sized subordinate companies and four colleges. It also has more than 300 enterprises distributed throughout China, including Hong Kong. CASC is divided into five main parts:
1. The China Great Wall Industry Group. This organization functions as a conglomerate which controls the two international trade arms of CASC which are the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) and the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMEIC). The Head Director is Guo Guozheng and the Director is Zhang Xinxia, who is also the general manager of the CGWIC.
2. The China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC): CGWIC is one of the trade arms of the CASC and it markets a wide range services and items which include satellite launch services, space technology and equipment as well as some civilian products. The General Manager of CGWIC is Zhang Xinxia and the Deputy General Manager is Yu Fusheng.
3. China National Precision Machinery Import/Export Corporation (CPMIEC) is a subordinate entity under CASC and the CGWIC. It has mostly been involved in missile exports but it also exports precision instruments, machinery and transport equipment.
4. CASC oversees nine design academies:
- China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT), "1st Academy"
Surface-to-surface missile and carrier rocket academy. - China Chang Feng Mechanics and Electronics Technology Academy, "2nd Academy"
Spacecraft and component academy. - China Hai Ying Elctro-Mechanical Technology Academy, "3rd Academy"
Cruise missile academy. - Fourth Academy of CASC (AKA Hexi Chemical Corporation)
Solid-propellant rocket academy. - China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), "5th Academy"
Satellite Academy. - China Space Civil and Building Engineering Design and Research Academy, "7th Academy"
Civil engineering for space-related construction academy. - Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), "8th Academy"
Space launch vehicle academy. - China Academy of Basic Technology for Space Electronics, "9th Academy"
Electronics academy. - Harbin Institute of Technology
5. Marketing, Production and Test Facilities:
- Aerospace Trust and Investment Corporation
- Aerospace Satellite Applications Corporation
- Beijing Institute of Aerodynamics, "701st Research Institute"
Conducts windtunnel testing for CASC systems. - Beijing Simulation Center
- Beijing Space Technology Test Center
- China Aerospace Automotive Industry Group Corporation
- China Aerospace Industrial Supply and Marketing Corporation
- China Aerospace International Holdings, LTD. (CASIL) (Aerospace Trust and Investment Corp.)
- China Resource Satellite Application Center
Conducts liaison with others in remote sensing community. - China Space Computer Company Group
- Institute for Astronautics Information, "707th Research Institute"
Collects, analyzes, and distributes information for use throughout the aerospace community. - Institute of Computer Systems, "710th Research Institute"
- Institute of Space Standardization, "708th Research Institute"
- Nanjing Chenguang Machine Factory, "307 Factory"
Final assembly for solid fueled missile systems. - Science and Technology Committee
- Sichuan Aerospace Industry Corporation
- Xian Aerospace Corporation
6. Aerospace Bases
- Jiangnan Space Corporation (China Jiangnan Space Industry Group), "061 Base"
- Sichuan Aerospace Corporation, "062 Base"
- "064 Base"
- Sanjiang Space Group, "066 Base"
- Shaanxi Lingnan Machinery Corporation, "067 Base"
- Hunan Space Agency, "068 Base"
- Yunnan Space Group
Other organizations related to CASC include:
- Feihuan Corporation
- Beijing Tongha Measuring Instruments Corporation
- China Academy of Basic Technology for Space Electronics
- Conic Investments
- Jetcote Investments
- Kangyuan Electronics
- Trail Power International
[Sources: CASC informational brochures, 1998, 1999; Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume 5, p. 380; Richard W. Fieldhouse, Chinese Nuclear Weapons, p. 6; Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Yan Kong and Tim McCarthy, "China's Missile Bureaucracy," Jane's Intelligence Review, January 1993, p. 40; "China's Defense Industrial Trading Organizations," Defense Intelligence Reference Document; Risk Report, May 1995, p. 5, 6; "World Space Markets Survey, Ten Year Outlook," 1994 Edition; Air and Cosmos (Paris), 25 October 1996, in FBIS-CST-96-020, 25 October 1996. "China's International Defense-Industrial Organizations Organizational Chart" Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Intelligence Reference Document DI-1921-60-98, 15 June 1998. ]
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