General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping has expounded profoundly on Chinese path to modernization, providing a fundamental guidance for the comprehensive implementation of the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress. The report of the 20th CPC National Congress requires clearly that we should move faster to boost China's strength in aerospace. This paper recalls briefly the development of China's aerospace industry since 1950s, especially the great technology achievements and important original breakthroughs in the new decade, outlines the roadmap of the Chinese path to space modernization, and summarizes seven main characteristics of China's space science and technology modernization. The advanced space science & technology has become one of the core indicators for measuring national science and technology and national defense strength in today's world.

Chinese path to modernization  /  space strength  /  space science  /  space technology  /  space applications