Since its full completion at the end of 2022, the China's Space Station has been operating stably in orbit, providing important opportunities for high−level space science research and applications. This paper reviews the planning and main considerations for science and utilization missions since the station's construction phase, and outlines the research priorities in various fields as well as the internationally advanced space−ground integrated experiment support capabilities. Over the three years of in−orbit operation, important research progress has been made in space biological and physical sciences, revealing new phenomena and new mechanisms, application benefits gradually emerging. Major space astronomy projects, such as the Chinese Space−station Survey Telescope (CSST) and the High−energy Cosmic Radiation Detection Facility are being intensive developed. For the next 10 to 15 years, it is recommended to further consolidate objectives based on different types of research, highlight key priorities, enhance scientific data governance, innovate research paradigms and create a trend of breakthroughs, to continuously produce major achievements in frontier science, systematic understanding of applied research, and significant benefits from translational applications. This will promote the high−level development of space science and applications in China, and make contributing to the scientific and technological powerhouse.

China's Space Station  /  space science and application  /  biological & physical sciences  /  experiment rack  /  space astronomy