# China’s National Space Program and the “China Dream”  ## Metadata - Author: Evgeniia Drozhashchikh - Full Title: China’s National Space Program and the “China Dream” - Category: #articles - Document Tags: #china-space-program #politics & society #spst563-w5 - Summary: China links the "China Dream" to building space power through satellites, manned flights, and exploration. Its growing space capabilities and partnerships are meant to boost technology, the economy, and global influence. By 2049 China aims to rival other space powers and shift the global balance in its favor. - URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/361261301 ## Highlights - The Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was marked by Xi Jinping reiterating a firm commitment to the earlier proclaimed goal of rejuvenating the Chinese nation—generally known as the "China Dream." [1](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/361261301/#page-11-0) The leader of China called for building a community with a shared future for mankind and implementation of "two centenaries": one timed to the founding of the Communist Party of China and aiming at the achievement of a Xiokang ("moderately well-off") society by 2021; and the other adjusted to the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), implying the build-up of a "strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and modern socialist country" by 2049. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k5w9gh5a9xw9v4m94k5tdta0))