China Manned Space Agency or CMSA () is an agency of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

responsible for the administration of

China Manned Space Program The China Manned Space Program (CMS; ), also known as Project 921 () is a space program developed by the People's Republic of China and run by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), designed to develop and enhance human spaceflight capabilities fo ...

, the Chinese human spaceflight program.

Name

The native name of the organization (') was initially translated into English as ''China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMESO)'' as of 2014. However, ever since 2015, the name ''China Manned Space Agency (CMSA)'' has been used in official statements and news-releases till date. It is also the name displayed on the official website of China Manned Space Program.

Functions

China Manned Space Agency represents the Chinese government to take management responsibilities for the China Manned Space Program. CMSA's functions including development strategy, planning, overall technology, research and production, infrastructure construction, flight missions organization and implementation, utilization and promotion, international cooperation and news-release, etc.

Organizational structure

CMSA consists of the following divisions: * Integrated Planning & Management Division * Scientific Program & Quality Control Division * Utilization & Development Division * Infrastructure Construction Division * System Division

Taikonauts

As of November 2022, sixteen Chinese taikonauts have traveled to space (in alphabetical order):
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Deng Qingming Deng Qingming (; born 16 March 1966) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. Biography He was born in the Yihuang County, Jiangxi province of China. A fighter pilot ...

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Fei Junlong Major general Fei Junlong (; born 5 May 1965) is a Chinese military pilot and an taikonaut. He was the commander of Shenzhou 6, the second crewed spaceflight of China's space program, and was selected as commander for the Shenzhou 15 mission to ...

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Jing Haipeng Jing Haipeng (; born 24 October 1966) is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army. A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a ...

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Liu Wang Liu Wang (, born 25 March 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in the Shanxi province of China and was a fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was selected to be an astronaut in 199 ...

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Nie Haisheng Nie Haisheng (born 13 October 1964) is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as an taikonaut and the third commander (unit chief) of the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC). He was ...

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Tang Hongbo Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo (; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission. ...

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Wang Yaping Wang Yaping (; born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese w ...

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Yang Liwei Yang Liwei (; born 21 June 1965) is a major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut at the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shen ...

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Ye Guangfu Ye Guangfu (; born September 1980) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. Biography Ye was born in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan in Septembe ...

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Zhai Zhigang Zhai Zhigang (; born 11 October 1966) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission ...

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Zhang Xiaoguang Zhang Xiaoguang (; born May 1966) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. Biography He was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People's ...

(张晓光)

International cooperation

In 2016,

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is an office of the U.N. Secretariat that promotes and facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space. It works to establish or strengthen the legal and regulatory framew ...

(UNOOSA) and CMSA agreed to increased space cooperation via opportunities on-board China's future space station. In 2018, UNOOSA and CMSA invited the applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China's Space Station. On 12 June 2019, UNOOSA and CMSA announced the winners of the selected experiments to be boarded onto the space station.

References

External links

China Manned Space website
Space program of the People's Republic of China {{space-stub