China National Space Administration

Mandatory insurance policy for obtaining licence

• General application of tort liability
• Where any harm is caused by the entry into an area of ultrahazardous activities or an area of storing ultrahazardous materials, if the managing person has taken safety measures and fulfilled its duty of warning, its liability may be mitigated or it may assume no liability (Article 76, Tort Law, of the People's Republic of China, 10/29/09)

Amount depends on contemplated activity's scale and scope.

State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), which is part of COSTIND, a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

• Space object launch
• Space object control
• All activities in outer space

• License covers the project's duration
• License termination does not discharge licensee obligations

• Application must be filed within 90 days prior the launch
• The competent authority has 30 days to determine the merits of the application

• Payload technical characteristics
• Launcher technical characteristics
• Launching schedule
• Flight plan and orbital parameters
• Authorization to exploit radio frequencies
• Technical and financial reliability of the project
• Safety measures with regards to persons, property and environment
• Insurance policy

• Quality control report
• Tests record
• 3 copies of the insurance policy and any other relevant insurance

All license modification is prohibited

The request must be submitted within 90 days prior to the license expiration

All cancellation requires authorization

• Violation of national regulation and international conventions
• Violation of confidentiality agreement
• Non-compliance with license
• Suspension has a turation of 2 years