The Ministry of Aerospace Industry of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国航天工业部; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國航天工業部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Hángtiān Gōngyèbù) was a government ministry responsible for its national space program. This ministry was split into the China National Space Administration and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in July 1993 as a part of government reforms and modernization efforts.^[1]