Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) is a satellite-borne mission of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) aiming to study the matter in extreme density, gravity and magnetic conditions.

The main scientific goals of eXTP are black holes in the whole range of mass and neutron stars with various intensity of the magnetic field. 

The eXTP instrumentation is composed of the Spectroscopic Focusing Array (SFA), the Polarimetry Focusing Array (PFA), the Large Area Detector (LAD, coordinated by Marco Feroci from INAF-IAPS in Roma) and the Wide Field Monitor (WFM, coordinated by Margarita Hernanz from CSIC in Barcelona). The eXTP mission is lead by the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP). 

The LAD is developed by an international consortium (Austria, China, France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerlan) lead by Italy. Italy is also responsible of the Silicon Drift Detectors aboard the WFM. 

eXTP is currently in Phase B and the launch is planned in 2029