Space Debris Research Progress of China

The rapid increase of space debris population has posed serious threaten to the safety of human space activities and became a global issue.How to enhance the technical capabilities of space debris threat coping ability is of great significance to the sustainable development of space activities,the further development,and utilization of outer space.In this paper,we describe space debris research progress of China on observation,collision avoidance,protection,mitigation,regulation,and standard during the last twenty years,and look forward to the future development direction of space debris.