Emerging Approaches in Development Efforts: Chinese Perspective on Space and Sustainable Development
- Paper number
IAC-17,E7,5,4,x37055
- Author
Prof. Yun Zhao, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Year
2017
- Abstract
More and more space activities are conducted on a daily basis; the issue of sustainable development came to the forefront in view of the increasingly serious concerns over space debris. This paper aims to examine new approaches and perspectives in realizing space sustainability through international cooperation, with China as an example. China’s efforts in promoting space cooperation through overseas assistance program exemplify the importance of financial and non-financial assistance efforts in the realization of space sustainability for both space-faring and non-space-faring nations. Space sustainability cannot be achieved without taking into account the interests of developing countries. The China-Brazil cooperation presents an excellent example that space cooperation can take place between and/or among developing countries. While benefiting one state at one stage, space cooperation will bring benefits to cooperating countries in the long term; such benefits will not simply be restricted to these cooperating countries, with proper arrangement, other states can similarly benefit from such cooperation. The paper concludes that space sustainability, as an issue for both space-faring and non-space-faring nations, can only be achieved through international cooperation among nations, regardless of their level of economic and technological development.
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