Beijing Space Flight City stages warm celebration of China Space Day

<p>To celebrate the fourth China Space Day and the first anniversary of the media matrix &quot;Our Space&quot;, Beijing Space Flight City staged a warm celebration on Sunday.</p><p><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201904/24204951t1k8.jpg" title="2.jpg" alt="2.jpg"/></p><p><span style="color: rgb(165, 165, 165);">Children perform at Beijing Space City in northwest Beijing on April 20, 2019. (Photo: People&#39;s Daily app)</span></p><p>On April 24, 1970, China joined the international space club when the Long March-1 carrier rocket launched the country&#39;s first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into orbit. In 2016, the 60th anniversary of China&#39;s space industry, April 24 was set as China Space Day.&nbsp;</p><p>This year marks the fourth Space Day, and the theme of this year&#39;s activities is &quot;pursuing space dreams for win-win cooperation.&quot;</p><p><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201904/24204951r1fp.jpg" title="china-space-day-445x630.jpg" alt="china-space-day-445x630.jpg"/></p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Photo: China National Space Administration)</span></p><p style="margin-top:8px"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;">There will also be over 200 events in other cities in China to celebrate the Space Day.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Produced by <span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Qiao Wai, Zhao Dantong,&nbsp;</span>Yan Yiqiao and Zhang Jian)</span></p>