The Similarities and Differences of Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and ESA in the Rules and Practice -Analysis from the politics, the governance structure and legal instruments

摘要

Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) was actively suggested by China, Pakistan and Thailand in 1992, its Convention was signed in 2005, it was registered at the United Nations in 2007, it started running in December 2008, and it headquartered in Beijing, China. Now APSCO has 8 member states, including Bangladesh, China, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, and Turkey. It is the second intergovernmental regional space cooperation organization in the world after the ESA, and is also the third international organization which headquartered in China after the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.