亚洲卫星诞生后不久,中国国内陆续成立了不同资本背景的卫星公司,经营着十余颗通信卫星,以此支撑着迅速发展壮大的电子通信产业。亚洲卫星业务的迅速发展壮大,为中信带来了丰厚的回报。亚洲卫星成立时,三方股东——中信、香港英国大东电报局、和记黄埔公司各出资10万港元,全部投资通过股东无息贷款实现。1988年5月至1990年6月,三方投入的股东贷款总额为1.335亿美元,其中中信投入的部分为0.445亿美元。从1990年7月起,亚洲卫星公司开 Shortly after the birth of the Asian satellite, China successively set up satellite companies with different capital backgrounds and operated over a dozen communications satellites to support the rapidly growing electronic communications industry. The rapid development of the satellite business in Asia has brought huge returns to CITIC. When Asia Satellite was established, the shareholders of the three parties - CITIC, Hong Kong Great East Side Telegraph Bureau, Hutchison Whampoa each invested 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, all the investment through interest-free loans to achieve shareholders. From May 1988 to June 1990, the total amount of shareholder loans made by the three parties was $ 133.5 million, of which part of CITIC Group was $ 0.445 billion. As of July 1990, Asian Satellite Company opened