Editing Chinese space program (section)

===Dual-use technologies and outer space===
The PRC is a member of the [[United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space]] and a signatory to all [[United Nations]] treaties and conventions on space, with the exception of the 1979 [[Moon Treaty]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Status of International Agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2014|url=http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/limited/c2/AC105_C2_2014_CRP07E.pdf|publisher=United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref> The United States government has long been resistant to the use of PRC launch services by American industry due to concerns over alleged civilian technology transfer that could have dual-use military applications to countries such as [[North Korea]], [[Iran]] or [[Syria]]. Thus, financial retaliatory measures have been taken on many occasions against several Chinese space companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-01-09/162311991178.shtml|title=中方反对美以出售禁运武器为由制裁中国公司|publisher=新浪|date=2007-01-09|access-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref>