China Stamps - 1996-27 , Scott 2731-32 The 47th Annual Congress of International Astronautical Federation, Full Sheet of 40 complete sets - MNH, F-VF - (9273G)

China Stamps - 1996-27 , Scott 2731-32 The 47th Annual Congress of International Astronautical Federation, Full Sheet of 40 complete sets - MNH, F-VF : The IAF founded the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) in 1960. Although they are closely linked, the two international astronautical organizations are relatively independent. In each IAF conference, the two organizations jointly hold academic activities with the IAF or hold them independently.Each year, the IAF holds a large-scale academic conference in a member state and holds an international space exhibition, In the 45th International Astronautical Federation Conference, it was decided that the 47th International Astronautical Federation Conference would be held in Beijing from October 7 to 12, 1996 The organizer of the conference would be the China Astronautical Association. The site of the conference would be the China World, Trade Centre. Two thousand delegates from different countries would attend the conference. The activities to be held in the conference would include seminars on space science and technology in developing countries, academic conferences on international space law, the IAF member organization conferences, executive bureau conferences, various work and technology committee conferences, activities held by the IAA, IAF academic conferences and the international space exhibition.