BeijingJune 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, the Beijing Space Intelligent Computing Research Institute was established in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (also known as Beijing E-Town or Yizhuang). The institute will focus on key common technology breakthroughs in areas such as spaceborne computing chips, inter-satellite laser communications, space energy and heat dissipation, integrated space-terrestrial networks, and space security standards. It will build a full-chain service system covering technology research and development, pilot testing, in-orbit testing, and results transformation, and plans to complete the development and launch of its first experimental satellite by 2028. In the future, the institute will network multiple experimental satellites to achieve trial operations of an “integrated space-terrestrial intelligent computing network,” providing users with efficient, stable, and secure computing services.
The establishment of the institute marks a critical step in turning the Beijing Space Computing Innovation Center from blueprint into reality. The institute was jointly founded by the National Information Technology Innovation Park, along with companies such as BOE, GalaxySpace, LandSpace, Galactic Energy, Guanyu Chip Computing, and Changxin Jidian. It will establish technology research and development platforms, pilot testing platforms, in-orbit testing platforms, common technology service platforms, and results transformation bases in the field of space computing. Additionally, relying on the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, it will lead the formation of the “Space Computing Professional Committee,” building a “company + alliance” collaborative framework to systematically construct the space computing technology system and industrial ecosystem.
In early April this year, Beijing E-Town, in collaboration with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, held the first Space Computing Industry Conference. It initiated the preparation for the Beijing Space Computing Innovation Center, released key common technology “open competition” projects for space computing, and established the “Space Computing Professional Committee” under the Computing Industry Development Alliance. Leaders from relevant departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China National Space Administration attended the meeting, along with over 1,000 experts and scholars, including Academician Lu Jianhua from Tsinghua University, as well as representatives from investment institutions and industry chain enterprises.
Beijing E-Town has gathered a group of backbone enterprises in areas such as reusable rockets, satellite platforms, artificial intelligence, computing chips, 6G communications, and space photovoltaics, providing a solid industrial, technological, and application foundation for developing space computing. As a new high ground for future industries that Beijing E-Town is strategically focusing on, space computing will rely on the institute to carry out full-chain technological breakthroughs. It will vigorously promote forward-looking research on space computing technology, exploration of application scenarios, and cultivation of the industrial ecosystem, striving to establish a main base for China’s space computing development and injecting dynamic momentum into the growth of the space computing industry.