The "Two Bombs and One Satellite"

The "Two Bombs and One Satellite"

The "two bombs and one satellite" referred to the nuclear bombs (atomic and hydrogen bombs), the missile, and the space satellite. It was a general term for China's efforts to develop its own nuclear and space technologies.

In the 1950s, facing Western nuclear threats and political blackmail, the first-generation leadership of the CPC assessed the world situation and decided that China needed to develop its own atomic bomb, missile and space satellite.

In 1956, an outline of a long-range plan for scientific and technological development from 1956 through 1967 was formulated under the guidance of Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Li Fuchun (1900-1975) and Nie Rongzhen. In January 1958, a bureau was set up under the Second Ministry of the Machinery Industry to take charge of nuclear weaponry research and development, and Deng Jiaxian (1924-1986) and other scientists were entrusted with the task of producing China's first atomic bomb.

On October 16, 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb; on June 17, 1967, it exploded its first hydrogen bomb; and on April 24, 1970, it launched its first satellite into the earth's orbit.

These were huge achievements on the part of the Chinese scientists and technicians involved.

“兩彈一星”

“兩彈一星”，主要指核彈（原子彈、氫彈）、導彈和人造衛星，是對中國依靠自己的力量掌握的核技術和空間技術的統稱。

20世紀50年代，面對帝國主義的核威脅、核訛詐，中國共產黨第一代領導集體審時度勢，高瞻遠矚，果斷決定研制原子彈、導彈、人造地球衛星。1956年，在周恩來、陳毅、李富春、聶榮臻的主持下，制定了《1956年至1967年科學技術發展遠景規劃綱要》。1958年1月，中國成立了負責組織核武器研制的二機部核武器研制局，把制造第一枚原子彈的任務交給了鄧稼先等人。

1964年10月16日，中國第一顆原子彈爆炸成功；1967年6月17日，中國第一顆氫彈空爆試驗成功；1970年4月24日，中國第一顆人造衛星發射成功。“兩彈一星”，是中華民族創建的輝煌偉業，是中國人民在攀登現代科學高峰征途中創造的人間奇跡。