1999 1 1 20 to 2 1 day, China successfully launched and recovered the first unmanned experimental spacecraft Shenzhou, which marked that China broke through the basic technology of manned spacecraft and took an important step in the field of manned space flight.
From 200 1 year/month 1 0 to 16, China successfully launched and recovered the Shenzhou II unmanned test spacecraft. The spacecraft flew in space for nearly 7 days according to the scheduled orbit and circled the earth 108 times, successfully completing the scheduled space science and technology test mission. It marks new progress in China's manned space flight and a gratifying step towards the realization of manned space flight.
In 2000 1 1 month, the press office in the State Council, China issued a white paper entitled "Aerospace in China", which defined the short-term and long-term goals of China's manned spaceflight project.
Short-term development goal (in the next decade or a period of time): to realize manned space flight and establish a preliminary supporting manned space engineering development and test system. Long-term development goals (in the next 20 years or a period of time): Establish a manned space system in China, and carry out manned space scientific research and technical experiments on a certain scale.