The native name of the organization (中国载人航天工程办公室) was initially translated into English as "China Manned Space Engineering Office" as of 2014.

[3] However, ever since 2015, the name "China Manned Space Agency" has been used in official statements and news-releases till date.

[6] CMSA's functions including development strategy, planning, overall technology, research and production, infrastructure construction, flight missions organization and implementation, utilization and promotion, international cooperation and news-release, etc.

[5] In 2018, UNOOSA and CMSA invited the applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China's Space Station.

[7] On 12 June 2019, UNOOSA and CMSA announced the winners of the selected experiments to be boarded onto the space station.