《中国的航天》白皮书是中国政府首次全面、系统地向全世界公开介绍中国航天的发展战略和有关政策，白皮书的发布是中国航天史的一件意义重大、影响深远的里程碑事件。文章介绍了白皮书中一些重要的新概念的形成过程，包括“大航天”的内涵、不同领域在航天活动中的作用和定位等，并简要阐述了由此引出的航天发展的相关政策以及民用航天近期发展思路和规划等。

The Information Office of the State Council published November 21 a white paper, titled “China´s Space Activities,” which gives a brief introduction to the aims and principles, present situation, future development and international cooperation concerning China，s space activities. This was the first time that the Chinese government publicly introduced to the world the space development strategy and policies. It becomes a milestone in China aerospace history, bearing significant and time-long influence to future development. This paper introduces the backgrounds and connotative meaning of some important ideas and viewpoints in the white paper, including the concept of China space activities, the roles and status of organizations and enterprises of different types in space areas, etc.