On March 24 to 25, 2004, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense held the first Chang'e Project Working Conference & General Coordination Conference in Beijing. After the lunar probe project was ratified by the State Council in January this year, the leading group of lunar probe project decided to name the project “Chang'e Project" and the first satellite around the moon the “Chang'e No1". This was the first time when the project
formally debut as the name Chang'e Project.

Luan Enjie, the general director of the project, made a report at the conference. He arranged all the work for research on the project, and proposed requirements on promoting understanding, enhancing leadership, arranging carefully, managing scientifically and paying attention to quality to ensure successful accomplishment of the general target of the project and all the work in 2004.

At the conference, Mr. Luan granted the letter of appointment to the general directors of the five systems, namely, satellite, carrier rocket, ground application, launch and observation and control, to clarify the responsibilities of the five systems and make the general directors and chief designers to take office.
At the following general coordination conference, the chief designer and the deputy chief designer coordinated and solved the problem of important connection between the major systems and all key problems in the process of research.

This conference first makes it clear that all research work on Chang'e No1 satellite and its carrier rocket should be completed and ready to leave factory in October 2006, and the launch should be carried out in December 2006 as planned. The conference also confirmed the network chart of the project program and propose definite requirements on the key points in the project systems as required by the administration of the project.

(2004.03.31)

(Source: cnsa.gov.cn)