From 2000 to 2005, the Secretariat of Asia-Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications (AP-MCSTA) and China National Space Administration (CNSA), in cooperation with United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and/or United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), have jointly organized more than five training programs in space technology and its applications in China. Almost 250 participants from about 30 countries have attended these training programs.

The Secretariat of AP-MCSTA, in cooperation with the CNSA and UNESCAP, is planning to organize the Sixth Training Course on Remote Sensing and Its Applications for Asian countries, especially for Central Asian countries in Beijing, China, from September 17 to 24, 2006. This one-week training course will be sponsored by CNSA and UNESCAP, and hosted by the Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE),the Chinese Academy of Sciences . About 15 participants from Asian countries, especially from Central Asian countries will be invited to take part in this course. Instructors from the AOE as well as from other institutes will share their expertise with the participants at this course.