On the afternoon of September 21, Dr. Ma Xingrui, Administrator of China National Space Administration (CNSA), met with Mr. Ahmed Bilal, Chairman of Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and Masood Khalid, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China. Both parties conducted deep and frank communications and exchanges on space cooperation between China and Pakistan.

Both parties expressed that China and Pakistan enjoy a long history of friendship, and have developed extensive collaboration in the field of space. In the future, guided by the Ten-Year Cooperation Outline between China and Pakistan, the two countries will further strengthen the communications and coordination, positively promote the cooperation in areas such as remote sensing satellites, satellite applications, data sharing and exchanges as well as personnel training and exchanges under the framework of Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), thus propel the development of space technology and benefit the people of both counties, endowing new connotation to the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan.

Tian Yulong, Secretary General of CNSA, and related directors of China Great Wall Industry Corporation participated in the meeting.