B[China and France Hold Strategic Dialogue] On October 10, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 10, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, held the 28th China-France Strategic Dialogue with French Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Bonn in Datong. They had long-term and in-depth communication on deepening China-France strategic cooperation and reached broad consensus. Both sides also affirmed the positive results achieved by the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism.
Wang Yi said that the China-France Strategic Dialogue is the first high-level strategic consultation mechanism established between China and Western powers. It has played an important role as China-France relations have grown. In particular, it has served the heads of state diplomacy, consolidated political mutual trust, and demonstrated the due responsibilities of a major country. At present, the international situation is becoming more volatile and chaotic. China is willing to work with France to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, maintain strategic communication, enhance strategic mutual trust, make new efforts for the stability and long-term development of China-France and China-EU relations, and make new efforts to promote world peace, stability and development.
Wang Yi said that China is willing to maintain high-level exchanges with France, continue to expand and strengthen cooperation in traditional fields such as aerospace and nuclear energy, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as advanced manufacturing, green and low-carbon, and artificial intelligence, and deepen exchanges in education, culture, youth, sports, and local areas. It is hoped that France will provide policy support and a good environment for Chinese companies to invest and start business in France. China and France are both major countries that adhere to independence and multilateralism. They should continue to strengthen communication and coordination within the framework of the United Nations, jointly promote the implementation of the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, and work together to build a more fair and reasonable global governance system. The Taiwan issue is related to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. We hope that France will abide by its one-China policy commitment and safeguard the political foundation of China-France relations.
Bonnet said that the friendship between France and China is profound. In 1973, the first French president to visit China visited Datong, leaving a good story in the relations between the two countries. France is willing to inherit its historical friendship with China and continue to build a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect, friendship and mutual trust that is solid and dynamic. France adheres to the one-China policy and there will be no change in this. It is expected that the two sides will intensify high-level exchanges, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as agriculture, nuclear energy, outer space, the Internet, artificial intelligence, and new technologies, so as to better benefit the two peoples. France will continue to provide a predictable business environment for Chinese companies to invest in France. France positively evaluates China's initiative and is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China and play a more constructive role in the international community's cooperation in responding to global crises and achieving common development.
Wang Yi said that the positive progress achieved at the second regular meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism shows that the two sides, as comprehensive strategic partners, can properly handle economic and trade differences through dialogue, defend the concept of multilateralism, maintain the free trade system, and promote China-EU relations to return to a stable and healthy development momentum. It is expected that France, as a core member of the EU, will continue to play a constructive role in China-EU mutually beneficial cooperation.
Wang Yi emphasized that trust is the background and foundation of China-EU relations, and economic and trade differences are only a phased phenomenon. Both sides should adhere to the positioning of partners and the tone of cooperation, put trade issues at an appropriate position in China-EU relations, promote "win-win", avoid "lose-lose", and achieve "upward balance" rather than "downward balance". Bona said that this EU-China trade and investment consultation is an important step in a positive direction. Europe needs China for its development. The EU does not want to fight a trade war with China or seek "decoupling" from China. It is willing to be a credible and reliable partner of China, define EU-China relations with balance and cooperation, and achieve common development with the spirit of trust and contract.
The two sides also had an in-depth exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis, the situation in the Middle East and other issues. Both sides agreed to continue to give full play to the role of the strategic dialogue mechanism and maintain dialogue, communication and coordination of international affairs. A[Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council: Promote cross-industry and cross-regional integration and avoid “involution” competition] On October 9, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the “Opinions on Developing New Productivity”. It pointed out that emerging industries should be cultivated and strengthened. Efforts will be made to create emerging pillar industries. Accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries such as new generation information technology, new energy, new materials, intelligent connected new energy vehicles, robots, biomedicine, high-end equipment, aerospace, etc., build strategic emerging industry clusters with unique characteristics and complementary advantages according to local conditions, and promote resource aggregation, subject concentration, achievement integration, division of labor and cooperation. Deepen the professional division of labor within industries and products, promote cross-industry and cross-regional integration, and avoid "involution" competition. Establish a cross-regional industrial collaboration mechanism with the industrial chain as the leading role and enterprises as the main body, and support the eastern region to drive the central, western and northeastern regions to develop emerging industries according to local conditions. On the premise of ensuring safety, we will promote the healthy and orderly development of low-altitude economy and commercial aerospace. B[South Korea's self-developed rocket "World" carries out its fifth launch] October 7th, according to the Korea Aerospace Administration's news on the 7th, South Korea's self-developed launch vehicle "World" successfully launched for the fifth time, and all 15 satellites carried by the rocket were successfully separated. At 12:25 local time on the 7th (11:25 Beijing time), the "World" was launched from the Naro Space Center in Gaoke County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and subsequently sent 5 earth observation satellites and 10 cubesats into predetermined orbits. According to the Korea Aerospace Administration, South Korea plans to build an earth observation satellite constellation NEONSAT consisting of 10 satellites. The five earth observation satellites launched this time will complete the constellation network with the five satellites planned to be launched next year. "World" is a three-stage launch vehicle weighing about 200 tons. It can send 1.5-ton satellites to an orbit 600 to 800 kilometers above the ground. "World" was launched for the first time in October 2021, but failed to put the model satellite into the intended orbit. Three launches in 2022, 2023, and 2025 respectively successfully put the satellites into orbit. B[The ranking of global civil and commercial rockets is revealed: SpaceX is first, China Aerospace is second, and the domestic leading echelon is formed] "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on the 2nd that the overseas aerospace data platform Flight Atlas showed that as of September 28, there have been more than 170 global space launches this year, and the total mass into orbit is close to 1,900 tons. The 14th SpaceX starship mission completed a single mission of about 52 tons of payload into orbit. The trend of large-capacity and low-cost spaceflight is accelerating, and Falcon 9 still maintains its leading position in the world.
In the context of overseas giants launching a competition for transportation capacity, domestic private and commercial aerospace companies are accelerating to catch up. China Aerospace's orbital payload in the first three quarters was about 9 tons, ranking first among domestic private rockets and second among global private and commercial rockets. Oriental Space, Blue Arrow Aerospace, and Galaxy Power have successively entered orbit, and the industry has entered the stage of echelon competition. The domestic commercial aerospace market is expected to reach 3.5 trillion yuan in 2026. (Kechuangban Daily reporter Li Mingming) A[State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council: Further develop key areas such as artificial intelligence and new materials, and cultivate cutting-edge tracks such as quantum technology in advance] On September 29, Cheng Fubo, Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, published a signed article in "New Industrialization" stating that we will actively cultivate and strengthen strategic emerging industries. Emerging industries and future industries are key forces leading the construction of a modern industrial system. At present, the emerging industries and future industrial layout of central enterprises need to be improved and accelerated. Some industries have not yet formed competitive advantages. Greater efforts must be made to create emerging pillar industries. In accordance with the idea of "leading a group, catching up with a group, and cultivating a group", we will coordinate and promote differentiated layout, continue to consolidate the advantages of new energy, aerospace and other industries, further develop key areas such as artificial intelligence and new materials, and cultivate cutting-edge tracks such as quantum technology, nuclear fusion energy, and bio-manufacturing in advance to promote the development of emerging industries. B[China launches development of dedicated satellite for commercial aerospace breeding] September 27th, according to Shaanxi’s announcement, the Shaanxi Provincial Aerospace Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center and China Satellite Technology Group Co., Ltd. recently signed a cooperation agreement at Xi’an University of Arts and Sciences to jointly build a joint laboratory for space biological mutagenesis in space, and announced the launch of the development of China’s first dedicated satellite for commercial aerospace breeding. This means that in the future, seeds will have their own "special car" to "travel" in space. It is reported that after the completion of the Space Biological Space Mutagenesis Joint Laboratory, it will open experimental resources to scientific research institutes and breeding units across the country, build an open and shared aerospace breeding innovation platform, promote joint training of talents and joint application of scientific research projects, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, promote aerospace breeding technology to serve rural revitalization and modern agricultural development, and contribute to the innovation of China's seed industry. B[After more than 4 months in orbit, the Shenzhou 23 crew completed many tasks including loading and unloading the load module] September 27th (Xinhua) Shenzhou 23 crew astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Li Jiaying have been in orbit for more than 4 months. Last week, while steadily advancing various space science experiments (experiments) in the station and carrying out regular maintenance of the assembly platform, they also completed the work related to the loading and unloading of the load module. The extravehicular universal test equipment for components and components that went out of the cabin this time includes test units such as "hollow photonic bandgap fiber optic gyroscope", "advanced process devices" and "remote sensing target detection based on domestic AI chips", which are used to carry out experiments on new space technologies and applications. With the support and cooperation of ground personnel, the crew completed the return to the cabin of the material external exposure experimental device. Since this device was launched into orbit with the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft on November 12, 2022, it has carried out 3 batches of exposure experiments totaling 16 projects, creating many international firsts. Currently, the fourth experiment is being carried out, covering 8 scientific research projects and 26 unit samples.
Last week, various space science experiments (experiments) were carried out in an orderly manner in the cabin. The crew conducted mass perception and arm vibration experimental tests of the on-orbit tactile perception experiment project to study the changing rules of astronauts' tactile perception ability during space flight. They also completed emergency decision-making ability assessment and on-orbit emotional state testing, and continued to accumulate test data. In terms of maintenance of the space station complex platform, the crew replaced components in the water and gas separation device of the regenerative life support system. In addition, the astronauts completed medical examinations such as 12-lead electrocardiograms and non-invasive cardiac function tests, and used equipment such as bone loss countermeasures and neuromuscular stimulators to combat the physiological effects of weightlessness. (CCTV News) B[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The second satellite network coordination meeting between the competent authorities of China and Norway was successfully held] September 25th, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from September 21st to 23rd, the Radio Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Norwegian Communications Administration held the second satellite network coordination meeting between the competent authorities in Oslo, Norway. Under the framework of the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations, the two parties negotiated more than 30 issues on multiple satellite systems in high and low orbits, involving fixed satellite, mobile satellite and other services, covering multiple frequency bands such as L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka and Q/V. The two parties fully exchanged views and reached multiple consensuses, and jointly signed the minutes of the meeting. The successful holding of this meeting promoted the compatibility and sharing of frequency orbits between the satellite systems of the two countries, helped accelerate the international coordination process of China's satellite network frequencies, and promoted the construction of China's aerospace engineering.
At this meeting, the Chinese delegation was composed of the Radio Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Radio Spectrum Management Center, the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Communication Technology, China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd., China Satcom Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology Co., Ltd., and Tsinghua University. The Norwegian delegation consists of units such as the Norwegian Communications Authority, Space Norway and SpaceX Norway. B[Xinguang Optoelectronics: Plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hangzhou with 100 million yuan to lay out precision optical quantity testing] On September 22, Xinguang Optoelectronics (688011.SH) planned to invest 100 million yuan to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary "Hangzhou Xinguang Precision Measurement System Co., Ltd." (tentative name) in Hangzhou, with an initial payment of 10 million yuan, and the remainder will be gradually paid according to operational needs. The new company is mainly engaged in optical instruments, measurement and detection equipment, photoelectric sensors, optical lenses, optical monitoring equipment, optical components and optical test systems such as projection objectives/illumination optics/measurement alignment, as well as the R&D, manufacturing and sales of electronic products, software and hardware. The company stated that it will leverage Hangzhou's optoelectronics industry ecology to enhance its R&D and production capabilities for precision optical devices, optical lenses and systems, and provide core components, optical quality testing equipment and solutions to semiconductors, aerospace and high-end equipment; in the future, it will not rule out the introduction of strategic investors or technical teams while maintaining a controlling stake.
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