The million dollar question: how private is "private" in China? Notice that unlike anywhere else (almost) everyone start with solid rocket motors these days, and in China it's not like you can go to a shop and buy them.https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1121840523474624512 …
Well of these companies only Orbital and SSI would fit in the description of start-ups that made it to the "leaving the launch pad" stage. In China we already see 2 such companies flying in the past 6 months & a 3rd that may fly next month. Not to mention the state-owned ones...