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China has recently announced its busy 2016 launch manifest, with more than 20 missions scheduled for this year. In 2015, China conducted 19 successful space flights. To build on that, the country aims to blast off even higher in the new year. To take a closer look at some of China's ambitious space projects for 2016, and to get to know where China is ranked among the leading countries in the space industry, I had a chance to sit down with Prof. Yang Yuguang from China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation, also Secretary of the IAF (International Astronautical Federation) Space Transportation Committee.