On April 24, 1970, socialist China successfully launched the artificial earth satellite Dongfanghong-1, which opened the prelude to the exploration of the mysteries of the universe under the attention of people all over the world. 46 years later, on March 8, 2016, the State Council approved the date of the launch of Dongfanghong-1 as “China Space Day”. The ideas and concepts of the company are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the powerful forces to realize the “Chinese Dream” and “Aerospace Dream” are gathered in the whole society.
This year is the decisive year for my country to complete the construction of the space station, and it also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the implementation of China’s manned space project. On the eve of this year’s “China Space Day”, the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft completed its first six-month stay in orbit and returned to all its scheduled tasks, marking a new starting point for China’s space station. We will make good use of the opportunity of “China Space Day” to carry out a wide range of activities to promote the spirit of manned spaceflight, publicize spaceflight deeds, and create a good atmosphere for advocating science, promoting innovation, and building a powerful country in science and technology.
Carrying forward the spirit of manned spaceflight is the inner manifestation of inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of patriotism. The spirit of manned spaceflight is a vivid embodiment of the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core. The development of the aerospace industry has been an important part of the construction of a socialist country led by the Party from the very beginning. In the 1950s and 1960s, the first generation of the party’s central leadership resolutely decided to develop “two bombs and one satellite”, which was a major decision made under extremely difficult economic conditions. A large number of experts and scientific and technological backbones rushed to the front line of research and development from all over the country. Tens of thousands of North Korean volunteers, university graduates, workers and technicians came to the Gobi Desert one after another. They left their homes and businesses and went deep into the desert. Starting from scratch, he successfully developed “two bombs and one satellite”, breaking the blockade of cutting-edge technology in Western countries. After the reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping clearly instructed to include the development of spaceflight, especially manned spaceflight, into the “863” high-tech development plan, and scientifically determined the “three-step” development goal of manned spaceflight. Since November 1999, we have successfully launched the “Shenzhou” spacecraft 13 times in a row. Space powers such as Europe and the United States have to admit that China has become one of the world‘s leading space program implementers.
The aerospace dream and the Chinese dream are closely linked. The development of the aerospace industry witnesses and carries the development of China’s socialist construction and reform and opening up. No matter what Yang Liwei said, “I am proud of the motherland,” or Fei Junlong said, “What foreign astronauts can do, Chinese astronauts can do too,” or what Zhai Zhigang said, “Even if you sacrifice, you can do it.” To let the five-star red flag fly high in space”, it all shows the deep and lofty feelings of the astronauts cherishing the “big man of the country”. We must earnestly study this patriotic feeling, deeply carry forward the patriotic core of the manned spaceflight spirit, care for the country and the people, forge ahead on all fronts, strive for excellence, and interpret patriotism with practical actions and outstanding achievements , to contribute their wisdom and strength to building a prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful socialist country.
Carrying forward the spirit of manned spaceflight is the need of the times to promote self-reliance and self-improvement of science and technology. Technological self-reliance and self-improvement is the strategic support for national development. Aerospace science and technology is an important field of scientific and technological progress and innovation, and an important measure of national scientific and technological level and scientific and technological capabilities. After decades of continuous struggle, China’s aerospace industry has realized the transformation from “following” to “cooperating”, and is making great strides towards “leading”. At present, we are working hard to build a Chinese space station and a national space laboratory. This is an important goal of realizing the “three-step” strategy of manned spaceflight engineering, and an important link in building a aerospace power and a science and technology power. At the same time, the spillover effect of the rapid development of aerospace science and technology, especially the transformation of technological achievements, has become more and more obvious in driving the development of the national economy. It not only promotes the development of industries such as smart transportation, new energy, and new materials, but also empowers traditional industries and enables industry Upgrading and upgrading and improving quality and efficiency are more rapid.
The rapid development of aerospace science and technology is inseparable from the implementation of the overall innovation-driven development strategy and the promotion of the spirit of manned spaceflight, which also inspires scientific and technological workers across the country to work hard to meet the world‘s scientific and technological frontiers and major national needs. The implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy is a major strategy that determines my country’s future development. It is necessary to target strategic and basic fields, highlight original innovation, and improve the source supply capacity of scientific and technological innovation. It is necessary to further improve the scientific and technological innovation system and mechanism, reform the establishment and organization and management of major projects, and innovate the scientific and technological personnel training mechanism and the scientific research integrity supervision mechanism. my country’s aerospace history profoundly shows that talents are the first resource of scientific and technological innovation, and whoever has first-class innovative talents can gain an advantage in scientific and technological innovation. It is necessary to vigorously implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, stimulate the innovation and creativity of scientific and technological talents, encourage scientific and technological leaders to stand up “military orders”, bravely enter “no man’s land”, and implement “revealing the list and taking command” to promote scientific and technological innovation. At the same time, we must take the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents as an important task, and do our best to ensure that China’s scientific and technological innovation has successors and sustainable careers. The field of science and technology is open rather than closed. It is necessary to actively integrate into the global scientific and technological innovation network, actively participate in solving major challenges facing mankind, and let Chinese science and technology make greater contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and play a more important role in the global innovation landscape. effect.
Carrying forward the spirit of manned spaceflight is a concentrated portrayal of the Chinese people’s courage to climb the peak. The history of China’s spaceflight is a history of unremitting perseverance and courage to climb the peak. From the moment the first artificial satellite “Dongfanghong-1” was launched, every spaceflight achievement is a milestone for the astronauts and even all Chinese scientific and technological workers to surpass themselves. From November 1999 to December 2003, we successfully conducted four flight tests of the “Shenzhou” unmanned spacecraft. On October 15, 2003, the “Shenzhou V” manned spacecraft was successfully launched, and the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei entered space, and the Chinese nation’s dream of flying into the sky finally became a reality. Since then, in 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2021, almost every few years, a “Shenzhou” spacecraft will successfully go to the sky. Among them, 2 spacecraft will successfully enter space orbit in 2021, and we will carry out 6 missions in 2022, with great responsibility and glorious mission.
Several generations of “Shenzhou” astronauts have a consensus, that is, to succeed, they must chase their dreams and move forward bravely. Nie Haisheng said: “As long as the country and the people need me, I will go forward bravely.” Jing Haipeng said, “Without dreams, the soul will lose its weight.” Liu Wang said, “As long as you persevere, you will eventually gain.” Zhang Xiaoguang said: “Success does not only belong to The winners belong to those who never give up.” Tang Hongbo said: “I have been learning, learning, learning.” … Their simple and sincere words express the true portrayal of the spirit of China’s manned spaceflight, It is a true portrayal of the Chinese people’s non-stop dream pursuit. To promote the spirit of manned spaceflight on “China Space Day”, we must use the history of China’s spaceflight as a textbook, take space heroes as an example, and keep in mind the sacrifices and dedication that generations of astronauts have made for the development of my country’s science and technology and the enhancement of comprehensive national strength. Under the inspiration of the spirit, actively participate in the cause of scientific and technological progress, and create new glory. Young people are the future of the motherland. Special attention should be paid to guiding young people to establish correct values, learn the spirit of independent innovation, self-improvement, hard work, and courageous climbing of the astronauts, study hard to master more scientific knowledge, and become a qualified successor to a powerful country with science and technology.
“Thousand-year-long sky rises big clouds”, the great achievement of China’s aerospace industry, vividly interprets the heroic momentum of the Chinese people “can go up to nine days to catch the moon”, and shows China’s level and potential to the world. There is no end to space exploration, and scientific and technological research has a long way to go. We must learn and carry forward the astronauts’ spirit of “starting a new journey of interstellar exploration one step at a time”, make contributions to building a world power in science and technology, and make new and greater contributions to the realization of the “two centenary goals”.
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