Note: In 1950s, China's industrial development just started. Faced with many difficulties such as the shortage of raw materials, production equipment and talents, the CPC Central Committee has determined that cutting-edge science and technology for national defense should adhere to the policy of "self-reliance first, supplemented by seeking foreign aid". Qian Xuesen, Deng Jiaxian and many other patriotic intellectuals returned from overseas to participate in the construction of the motherland.
From April 65438 to April 0958, China began to build a missile launch base in Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, and a nuclear test base in Lop Nur, Xinjiang. More than 65,438+/kloc-0,000 scientific researchers and participating troops have been fighting on the vast Gobi desert in the northwest of the motherland.
Self-reliance and hard work. 1964 10, China's first atomic bomb exploded successfully; 1966 10, China's first surface-to-surface missile with a nuclear warhead exploded successfully; 1June, 967, China's first hydrogen bomb was successfully exploded in the air.
Start from scratch and work together to tackle key problems. With the unremitting exploration and hard work of the vast number of scientific and technological workers,1On April 24th, 970, China's first artificial earth satellite "Dongfanghong-1" was successfully launched, which opened a new era for China's space industry.