[Report: China ranks second in global space infrastructure assessment] September 13th, the "2026 Global Space Infrastructure Assessment" released at the 2026 China International Trade in Services Fair showed that the United States and China ranked the top two in the global space infrastructure assessment. The reporter learned that the report establishes software and hardware indicators such as survival systems, launch systems, communication systems, energy systems, laws and regulations, and dispute governance mechanisms, focusing on space infrastructure oriented by interstellar connectivity, and the evaluation targets cover 48 economies around the world. According to the report, before 2035, human space activities will still be dominated by the cislunar space. After 2040, the development of Earth-Mars space may become a reality, but it will be difficult to enter interplanetary space on a large scale in the short term. Extraterrestrial space will become a new arena for geopolitical and technological competition. (China News Service)