Abstract: The Workshop was held in Beijing from Oct, 21 to 29, 1985. It is organized and sponsored jointly by the United Nations and the Government of the People's Republic of China. It provides the participants with a comprehensire view of the current status and foreseeable developments, to the year 2000, of space science and technology and its applications. Topics covered during discussions included basic space sciences, satellite communication and broadcasting systems, satellite meteology, remote sensing of the earth,commercial experiments and production in space,contributions of the developing countries to future advancements in space science and tehnology.