Seventh Ministry of Machine Building of the PRC

Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC (中华人民共和国第七机械工业部), one of the central offices in the People's Republic of China, established November 23, 1964 by the State Council, the equivalent in many countries of the Council of Ministers, who oversaw the space industry.

After the Cultural Revolution, the first information about his business comes from January 1975. As of May 1982 was the Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building of the PRC. In April 1988 the Ministry merged with the Ministry of the Aviation Industry and adopted the name of the Ministry of Aviation and Space Industry.