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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, CASIC, is the backbone of national science and technology industry, is a large state-owned hi-tech enterprise under direct administration of central government. It has grown out of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense in 1956, and gone through a long history with different names of the Ministry of the Seventh Machinery Industry, the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Industry, China Aerospace Corporation, China Aerospace Machinery and Electronics Corporation, and the present one. CASIC owns seven academies, two scientific research and development bases, six public listed companies, and over 620 other companies and institutes scattering nationwide.

China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) is the backbone of China’s national defense science and technology industry. Established in 1956 as the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense, CASIC has a history of growth with the names of the Ministry of the Seventh Machinery Industry, Ministry of Aerospace Industry, Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Industry, China Aerospace Corporation, and China Aerospace Machinery and Electronics Corporation. Now CASIC has five academies, two scientific research and production bases, six publicly-listed companies and over 570 enterprises and institutes, with more than 135,000 employees.

As the largest missile weapon designer and manufacturer in China, CASIC boasts a comprehensive system for developing, researching and manufacturing air defense missile systems, cruise missile systems, solid rockets, and space products, covering land, sea, air, space and electromagnetism. Up to now, CASIC has successively developed dozens of advanced missile weapons, which contributes greatly to the modernization of China’s national defense weaponry and equipment. CASIC is the main force of China aerospace industry, and has devoted itself to build a space-ground integrated security and support system in manned spaceflight, lunar exploration and other major national projects, featured by microwave measurement radar, γ altitude control device, Space Hospital and Space Kitchen.

In recent years, pursuing the concept of “Extensive Defense and Great Security” and through the successful integration of military and civilian sectors, CASIC has turned out a series of products with military-civilian dual-purpose technology. The intelligent taxation system, security technology system and emergency rescue equipment self-developed by CASIC play an important role in maintaining the secure operation of national economy, in furnishing the security for great events such as Beijing Olympic Games, World Expo Shanghai and Asian Games Guangzhou, and in the quick actions against contingencies and natural disasters.

Advancing towards the future, CASIC will stick to the four strategies of integration of military and civilian sectors, innovation-driven development, self-building with talents, and winning out of quality. CASIC will build itself into a world firstclass aerospace defense corporation by 2020 with space defense as its leading industry, with information technology and equipment manufacture as its major supporting industries, and with its persistent efforts in the innovations in technology, business mode and management.