Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center upgrade nears completion

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows a model of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe displayed at the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

People visit the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

People visit the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows remains of a rocket displayed at the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

People watch a meteorite displayed at the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

People experience MR technologies at the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

A woman visits the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows a model for the Long March-5B carrier rocket displayed at the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province. The upgrade project of the Wenchang Aerospace Science and Education Center is nearing completion. In preparation for its official opening, the center is open to the public free of charge for a limited time, allowing visitors to experience its operation and services firsthand. Following the renovation, the exhibition now features immersive experiences in aerospace history, rocket launches, space science and future exploration.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…