Opportunities and Prospects of China-Africa Commercial Space Cooperation from the Perspective of New Quality Productive Forces
As one of the emerging industries of strategic importance,aerospace is a significant area of China-Africa cooperation,and commercial aerospace is the key force in forming new quality productive forces.After more than 20 years of development,China-Africa space cooperation,which is highly valued by both sides,has achieved a series of landmark results in the fields of satellite communications,navigation and remote sensing,formed a pattern of national space cooperation leading system construction and commercial space cooperation promoting technology application.With the rise of the Global South,African space market is a core area for the international development of China's commercial space.China-Africa commercial space cooperation is becoming new quality productive forces with encouraging policies,guarantee of technological progress and traction of market demand,which is an important opportunity to accelerate the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation.At the same time,there are multiple challenges in China-Africa commercial space cooperation,including insufficient support from the industrial system and technological innovation,mismatch between demand and supply,lack of specific policies,and poor international environment.Therefore,it is necessary to accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces in commercial aerospace by building a modem industrial system,by strengthening applied technological innovation and enhancing connections,so as to provide new impetus for expanding China-Africa cooperation in the new era.
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