Ministry of Aerospace Industry

The Ministry of Aerospace Industry of the People's Republic of China was a government ministry of China between 1956 and 1988. The ministry was responsible for managing the Chinese space program. In 1988, the ministry was succeeded by the Ministry of Astronautics Industry, which was split into the China National Space Administration and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in July 1993 as a part of government reform and modernization efforts.