Development of outer space resources has great economic, technological and political significance. As a resourceconsuming country, a big mining country and an aerospace country, China should actively participate in outer space resources development and its international governance. This paper uses normative analysis, law, economics and political science methods to analyze the current situation of outer space resource development, points out the problems in current multilateral and unilateral governance mechanisms. Based on China's current economic development, industry interests and future strategic needs and by learning from similar resource development systems, the paper puts forward China's propositions on the outer space resource development, including actively participating in and leading international governance and timely promulgating relevant domestic policies and laws.
TU Yi'nan
. Current situation of outer space resources development and China's position[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2021
, 39(11)
: 30
-37
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DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2021.11.004
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