Hong Kong, Macau central to China’s commercial space expansion, GalaxySpace says

The company is pushing for more collaboration between the two cities and Beijing in the commercial space sector “We have come to realise in recent years that Hong Kong and Macau hold irreplaceable strategic positions and industrial value in the development of China’s commercial space sector,” Xin Yichun, general manager of government and corporate partnership at GalaxySpace, told reporters during a media tour on Wednesday in Beijing. While Beijing, the Chinese capital, serves as the country’s hub for satellite research, development and manufacturing, Hong Kong and Macau complement those strengths with international business networks and global connectivity, positioning them as an indispensable gateway for China’s commercial space sector to expand globally, Xin said. The company was pushing for more collaboration between the three cities in the commercial space sector, believing that Hong Kong and Macau would serve as “an important platform for Chinese commercial technology and services to expand overseas”, Xin added.

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