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In 1955, Chen Geng asked China if it could make its own missiles, and Qian Xuesen asked rhetorically: Why can't it?
In late December 1955, Peng Dehuai, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, took the lead in meeting with Qian Xuesen. During the conversation between the two, Peng Dehuai asked Qian Xuesen about the time and manpower and material resources required to develop a 500-kilometer missile. Without hesitation, Qian Xuesen pointed out that it is possible to successfully develop foreign technology within five years with the introduction of foreign technology.
Subsequently, Peng Dehuai arranged for Chen Geng, president of the Kazakh Military Engineering Institute, to give lectures to the senior generals and invited Qian Xuesen to give a lecture on missile technology. The participating generals included He Long, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying and other marshal-level figures. Before the start of the lecture, Qian Xuesen shook hands with each marshal, and Chen Yi hugged Qian Xuesen. Chen Yi said that he came here today as a student to learn the technical details behind the missile from Qian Xuesen.
After the lecture, Chen Geng was full of praise for Qian Xuesen's teaching skills, and praised him for teaching by word and deed, which benefited the generals a lot. Chen Geng also explained that the purpose of this lecture is to let more senior cadres understand this field according to Peng Dehuai's instructions.
In 1955, after Qian Xuesen returned to China with his family, he was contested by high-level officials from all over the world. Among them, including Chen Geng, president of the Kazakh Military Engineering Institute. Through Peng Dehuai, Chen Geng proposed to the central authorities that Qian Xuesen be arranged to guide the college's missile research and development work. Soon, with the consent of the central leaders, Qian Xuesen came to visit the Kazakh Military Engineering Institute.
During the visit, Chen Geng personally answered various questions for Qian Xuesen, and expressed his hope that Qian Xuesen could provide more opinions and suggestions to the college. When asked whether China can develop missiles on its own, Qian Xuesen confidently said that as long as it has its own efforts, it is certainly feasible for China to develop missiles. Chen Geng was quite pleased with Qian Xuesen's opinion.
After that, Chen Geng also held a welcome banquet for Qian Xuesen. Qian Xuesen, who reunited with teachers and students, and Luo Shijun and Zhuang Fenggan, who were in the United States that year, met again. Chen Geng got along with a smile and said that if he could, he hoped that Qian Xuesen would join the college to take on important responsibilities.
These are some of the past events after Qian Xuesen, the founder of China's aerospace industry, returned to China in 1955. His appearance has undoubtedly injected an important impetus into China's missile development.
The exchanges between Qian Xuesen and Chen Geng and others have laid an important foundation for China's missile development. In January 1956, the Chinese government established the "Guangzhou Rocket Research Group" and the development of the "Dongfeng-1" rocket was officially launched.
In the following two years, the team used foreign materials and the help of experts such as Qian Xuesen to carry out relevant technical research. On July 5, 1957, the first "Dongfeng-1" rocket was successfully launched. Although the body of the missile is only 2.25 meters high and it takes only 10 seconds to take off, this is the first rocket independently developed by the mainland, which effectively verifies the feasibility of domestic rocket technology.
In August 1958, in order to unify and coordinate the development of rockets in various localities, the State Atomic Energy Commission formally established the "Ministry of Missile Industry" in Beijing. Qian Xuesen was hired as the first minister and chief designer. Under his leadership, China quickly built a complete system for developing missiles on its own.
On September 24, 1959, the "Dongfeng-1A" missile, which was successfully developed by the mainland, conducted its first live-fire flight test at the Beihai launch site, and its hit accuracy met the design requirements. This marks China's entry into the era of liquid rockets. Since then, the "Dongfeng-2" and "Dongfeng-3" series of missiles have also been successfully developed.
Half a century has passed, and thanks to the efforts of Qian Xuesen and other leading figures, China's aerospace industry has made great progress. Today, the mainland has become a space power, leading the global pace in many links such as lunar exploration, port exploration and space exchanges. It all started in that distant 1955.
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