China will work with the international community for the peaceful use of outer space, said Chinese President Hu Jintao here Friday when addressing a rally celebrating the country's first manned spaceflight, which made it the third spacefaring country after Russia and the United States.

The achievements made in China's manned space project marks theincreasing consolidation of China's comprehensive strength as well as the continued promotion of China's science and technology levelover 20 years of reform and opening-up, said Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

"This again proves that as long as we stick to the CPC's basic theories, guidelines, creed, experience, the road of centering economic construction and adhering to reform and opening-up, and the balanced economic and social development, we can constantly make greater achievements in socialist modernization construction," he said.

Hu praised Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, and others who contributed to the country's manned space program. China's first manned space flight solemnly declared to the world that China has become the world's third country independently grasping the mannedspace technology, he said.

The Chinese people are of remarkable wisdom and great creativity, and are industrious, brave and persistent, he said, noting they have the courage, confidence and capability to make China a strong member of the world community and contribute to peace and development of humankind.

China will better implement the strategy of revitalizing the nation through science, education and talented people, he said.