More than 800 experts and scholars gathered at the 7th Manned Spaceflight Academic Conference

China News Service, Beijing, October 31 (Reporter Ma Shuaisha) On October 31, the 7th Manned Spaceflight Academic Conference opened in Beijing. More than 800 experts and scholars from related fields of manned spaceflight gathered together, with the theme of "Wisdom Gathering the Galaxy, Digital Intelligence Empowers the High-Quality Development of Manned Spaceflight", focusing on cutting-edge technologies, engineering practices and development needs in the field of manned spaceflight, exchanging cutting-edge results, deepening academic discussions, and gathering wisdom and strength for the deep integration of digital intelligence technology and manned spaceflight engineering and promoting the high-quality development of the project.

The conference lasts for 2 days and includes an opening ceremony, keynote report, and academic subcommittee. The conference invited 11 academicians, well-known domestic experts in related fields, and astronaut representatives to give keynote reports on space station operations and applications, lunar science and exploration, and digitization in the aerospace field, and share the latest research results and engineering practice experience. The academic branch has three topics: common manned space technology, near-Earth manned space station, and lunar exploration engineering, with a total of 15 sub-forums, striving to create a series of exchange and cooperation platforms for cutting-edge technologies, scientific and technological achievements, strategic development, and application transformation in the aerospace field. The conference has collected a total of 364 thematic papers and will award honorary certificates to 15 outstanding paper authors.

This conference is hosted by China Manned Space Engineering Office, co-organized by China Manned Space Engineering Operation and Management Support Center, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and co-organized by the Space Application Engineering and Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, China Astronaut Research and Training Center and other units.

2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's aerospace industry. It is the fourth year since the completion of the Chinese space station. The lunar exploration project has also successfully completed integration and started a new journey. It is reported that at present, the Chinese space station is operating stably in orbit and performing well, and has fully entered the stage of normal operation and high-quality development; the research and development and construction work of the lunar landing phase of China's lunar exploration project is being solidly advanced.