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The Chang'e-6 mission is the most technically advanced lunar exploration mission in China's space history, having achieved major breakthroughs including retrograde orbit design and control, intelligent sampling and takeoff and ascent from the far side of the moon, and making it the first country to bring back samples from the moon's far side, said Bian Zhigang, vice administrator of the China National Space Administration.
China is scheduled to launch the Tianwen-2 mission around 2025 for asteroid exploration, the Tianwen-3 mission around 2030 to collect Martian samples, and the Tianwen-4 mission also around 2030 to explore the Jovian system, said Bian Zhigang, vice administrator of the China National Space Administration, in Beijing on Thursday.
China is set to expand its international collaborations in upcoming lunar exploration endeavors following the successful operation of payloads from the European Space Agency (ESA), France, Italy, and Pakistan in China's Chang'e-6 mission.
China plans to carry out a series of massive space programs in the near future, according to a senior official of the China National Space Administration.
The weight of the samples collected from the far side of the moon by the Chang'e-6 mission will be made public on Friday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday.
China is scheduled to launch the Tianwen-2 mission around 2025 for asteroid exploration, Tianwen-3 mission around 2030 to collect Martian samples and Tianwen-4 mission also around 2030 to explore the Jovian system, according to a senior official from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday.
China's space agency on Thursday said the United States needs to remove its self-imposed barriers that have hindered collaborative efforts of the two countries' scientists in the space sector.
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Serbia will go into effect on July 1 as both countries have completed respective domestic approval processes, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Friday.
China's total installed power generation capacity reached around 3.01 billion kilowatts at the end of April, up 14.1 percent from a year earlier, data from the National Energy Administration showed on Thursday.
The latest China-Austria and China-U.S. cooperation projects on giant panda protection will promote global biodiversity conservation and enhance the friendships between Chinese and foreign peoples, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily press briefing on Thursday, in response to a related query.
Chinese government announced Friday to raise the duty-free shopping quota for mainland visitors to Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.
The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said that it hoped that China-European Union (EU) consultations on the issue of the EU's anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) would make positive progress.
A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday criticized the United States for incessantly fabricating lies to discredit other countries, voicing firm opposition from the Chinese side.
Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and its affairs have nothing to do with Japan, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Thursday in response to a media query regarding a draft evacuation plan by the Japanese government, which some people believe is formulated to cope with a so-called "Taiwan contingency."
China's commerce ministry said on Thursday that it has received application materials submitted on behalf of the domestic machinery and electronic products sector concerning the EU's barrier investigation.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) said on Thursday that approximately 37,000 cultural tourism consumption events will be launched across the country during the summer season.
Chinese police have detained 5,846 suspects and seized 638 vessels involved in smuggling on the sea in a special operation since August last year, the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday.
China's Ministry of Finance said Thursday that S&P Global Ratings' report affirming an A+ rating for China sovereigns with a stable outlook showed the rating agency's recognition of the resilience and prospects of China's macroeconomy.
A Chinese defense spokesperson has voiced strong opposition to the United States and some other Western countries for shifting the blame over the Ukraine crisis.
A commerce ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged Canada not to resort to protectionism in the disguise of "fair competition," after Canada unveiled its plan to launch a consultation process concerning Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).
The State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference Thursday in Beijing on the Chang'e 6 mission of China's lunar exploration program.
China's waterway freight volume has kept reaching new heights in recent years. It reached 3.86 billion metric tons in the first five months of 2024, growing 7% year on year, said Fu Xuyin, vice minister of transport, at a press conference Wednesday.
Three fugitives suspected of involvement in drug trafficking have been apprehended in Myanmar and returned to China, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
China will impose the tariff rates it has pledged under a free trade agreement (FTA) signed with Serbia on certain imports from the country, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Thursday.
China's Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that it will launch an expiry review of anti-dumping measures aimed at toluidine, an organic chemical imported from the European Union (EU).
Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 3.4 percent year on year in the first five months of the year, official data showed Thursday.
The State Council Information Office held a press conference on May 21 in Beijing to brief the media on Xinjiang's practices in advancing Chinese modernization with breakthroughs in high-quality development.
China's recently released measures on advancing the high-quality development of venture capital (VC) investment will focus on expanding capital sources, improving exit mechanisms and optimizing the market environment to better serve the country's scientific and technological innovation, the country's top economic planner said Wednesday.
From March 9 to June 14, the State Council Information Office hosted a series of press conferences attended by senior officials of China's 31 provincial-level regions, who briefed journalists on regional efforts of promoting high-quality development.
The State Council Information Office held a policy briefing in Beijing on Wednesday about policies and measures on advancing high-quality development of venture capital.