On February 14 2011, the develop and reform committee of economic of  the Haixi state in Qinghai province approved the proposal of "The  feasibility report of
building an astronomical museum in Delingha".

   The astronomical museum is planed to be built on the main road of  Delingha, located on the west side of Changjing road and extends to the  east side of Binhe garden.  The total investment will be 43 million RMB.  The main building will have 3 floors, including science exhibition  hall, astronomical observation hall, solar gallery, planetarium,  Multimedia hall, lecture hall, and office rooms etc. The Haixi state  government is responsible for the construction of the project, while  Purple Mountain Observatory is responsible for the part of scientific  exhibition and operation.

  The astronomical museum will be  served as an interactive science center for public, and will also  include some extensions for public education e.g., clean energy and  low-carbon technique, safety and disaster self-help, etc. It will become  a science training center for education in the  West part of China in  the near future.