China established a national aviation research institute

Chinese authorities on December 25 officially announced the decision and held the ceremony to set up the Research Institute for Aeronautics and Science and Technology Strategy - a national-level strategic research agency. First in the country's aviation sector.

Shenzhou-7 China's first model of spacecraft module carrying people.

China's above-mentioned aeronautical development strategy research institute is built on the campus of Aerospace University in Beijing.

According to the introduction, this agency will in the future take on the responsibility of providing strategic consulting bases and facilities as well as policy decisions for China's major construction items in China's aviation sector.

An official in charge of the Beijing Aeronautics and Aeronautics University said the US Agency for Aeronautics and Space (NASA) has a very important role to play in the development of aviation science and technology pillar of this country. Therefore, the Strategic Research Institute mentioned above was built to play a similar role to create a new "NASA of China".

The aerospace science and engineering experiment site with the above-mentioned research institute covering an area of ​​about 1.9 km ^{2 is} also planned and built at Beijing Aerospace University and expected around October. / 2012 will go into operation.