Diplomats Visit China's Leading Space Company—CASC
Fifty-five diplomats visited the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Monday, June 30, 2025, where the country's leading space enterprise demonstrated its latest technologies and reaffirmed its commitment to global cooperation. CASC is a main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries that design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and ground equipment.
Their first stop was the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology. It has played a critical role in developing satellite communications, remote sensing, and microelectronics. It has also trained more than 2,000 international professionals, making it a major hub for global knowledge-sharing in aerospace technology.
Elia Kaiyamo, Namibia's Ambassador to China, highlighted the long-standing cooperation between the two countries,
"Namibia and China for the past 25 years have been cooperating. One of our important cooperation and agreement with two countries is the Swakopmund tracking station. We want more people from Namibia to join this important technology," said Kaiyamo.
The second stop, the China Academy of Space Technology, or CAST, is the backbone of China's space engineering efforts. Many of its programs already involve global partners.
Bilal Chaudhary, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in China, revealed the latest developments in the China-Pakistan space partnership.
"We are currently in the process of the selection of those astronauts. They will come here and get the training at the Chinese academies. Then they will go in space alongside Chinese astronauts. So once again that will be another historic occasion in our collective journey into space," said Chaudhary.
Duration: 1 minute, 41 seconds
Release Date: July 1, 2025
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