The following taxonomy comes from a report published in 2019 by IDA “Evaluation of China’s Commercial Space Sector”.

- Space Economy
- Launch Vehicle and Component Manufacturers
- Satellite Manufacturing
- Satellite Communications
- GEO Satellite Communications
- LEO Satellite Communications
- Satellite Remote Sensing
- Multispectral
- Video
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Hyperspectral
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- Satellite Navigation
- Ground Segment
- Remote Sensing Data Analytics
- Other Areas
- STEM Education
- Space Tourism
- Asteroids Mining
- Downstream Data Analytics