"Spectroscopic CT" empowers space-based remote sensing along the Silk Road, weaving a network of friendship | CAS Xi'an Optics & Aerospace showcases itself at the 2026 Silk Road International Exposition and attends the China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum.

Photo: Qin Jing, Chairman of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD, delivers a keynote speech at the China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum.

On May 21, the 2026 Xi'an Silk Road International Expo and the China East-West Cooperation and Investment Trade Fair (the 10th Silk Road Expo) grandly opened in Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road. Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD made a significant appearance with its full-chain achievements in hyperspectral remote sensing, showcasing its innovative practices in commercial aerospace capabilities for the "Belt and Road" initiative to domestic and international businesses.

Concurrently, Qin Jing, the company's chairperson, was invited to attend the "Silk Road at Your Fingertips—China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum" and delivered a speech entitled "Spectral CT Empowers the Silk Road."Space-based remote sensingThe keynote speech, titled "Weaving a Network of Friendship," used aerospace technology as a link to convey the innovative spirit of Chinese female scientists and jointly depict a new picture of pragmatic cooperation between China and Uzbekistan.

Photo: Qin Jing, Chairman of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD, delivers a keynote speech at the China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum.

Xi'an and Samarkand, one in the east and one in the west, reflect the civilization of the Silk Road. A thousand years ago, camel caravans brought civilizations together; today, a tapestry woven from spectra and data...Digital Silk RoadThis is making China-Uzbekistan cooperation transcend mountains and seas and become even closer. In her speech, Qin Jing shared that aerospace technology is not a distant symbol in the stars, but a warm force that serves people's livelihoods and empowers development.

Leveraging its profound expertise in optical technology, CAS Xi'an Optics & Aerospace has streamlined the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, independently developing and building a quantitative hyperspectral intelligent computing constellation. Unlike traditional remote sensing, which can only observe the surface appearance, this technology can accurately identify material characteristics, much like performing a space "CT scan" on the Earth, playing a unique role in agriculture, mining, carbon sequestration, forestry, and water management.

Photo: Qin Jing, Chairman of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD, delivers a keynote speech at the China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum.

Qin Jing stated that the significance of science and technology lies in sharing, and the value of data lies in its universal benefit. Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD adheres to the concept of open cooperation, creating a convenient and easy-to-use remote sensing data service platform to lower the technical application threshold and enable aerospace information to better serve regional development.

Facing new opportunities for friendly cooperation between China and Uzbekistan, Qin Jing made the following sincere proposals on site: First, to build a bridge for talent exchange, welcoming Uzbek youth, women and students to study in Xi'an and share experience in hyperspectral remote sensing application technology; Second, to open a window for data services, providing customized hyperspectral remote sensing services to meet the needs of precision agriculture, water resource protection, and green mineral development, so that space-based technology can help improve people's livelihoods and promote industrial development in Uzbekistan.

Photo: Qin Jing, Chairman of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics CAS Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co.,LTD, delivers a keynote speech at the China-Uzbekistan Women's Development Cooperation Forum.

From Chang'an to Samarkand, from the ancient Silk Road to satellite data, what changes is the medium of communication, but what remains unchanged is the original aspiration of working together for development. On the ancient Silk Road, women connected East and West with their textile skills; today, female scientists and technologists weave a digital Silk Road with their innovative wisdom. As Qin Jing said in her speech, "A single star shines dimly; a multitude of stars together form a galaxy." When China and Ukraine join hands in scientific and technological efforts and when women's wisdom merges, it will surely illuminate the path to common development.

At this year's Silk Road International Exposition, the hyperspectral remote sensing achievements of CAS Xi'an Optics & Aerospace attracted many domestic and foreign guests to stop and exchange ideas, further expanding the space for commercial aerospace cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative.

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In the future, CAS Xiguang Aerospace will continue to be rooted in the Silk Road and face the world, empowering the construction of the Green Silk Road and the Digital Silk Road with space "spectral CT" technology, deepening international cooperation with an open and inclusive attitude, so that aerospace technology can benefit more regions and people, weaving a network of friendship across mountains and seas with space-based remote sensing, and embarking on the journey to the stars with the ambition of women!