China's space exploration sets example in global cooperation

China is ready to work with all countries and regions that are committed to the peaceful use of outer space to carry out more international cooperation and exchanges, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday at a daily news briefing.

Wang said foreign astronauts are welcomed to visit China's space station and work with Chinese astronauts to jointly explore the mysteries of the universe and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

China's achievements and openness in outer space explorations have been welcomed worldwide and have produced win-win results.

Manned spaceflight

China conducted human body medical research in a micro-gravitational environment with France during the Shenzhou XI manned spaceflight mission, carried out joint CAVES training and maritime rescue drills with the European Astronaut Centre.

China has completed the selection of the first batch of international space science experiments to be conducted on Tianhe, and carried out technological cooperation and exchanges with Germany, Italy and Russia on space science experiments and the development of space station sections.

Tianwen 1 mission

In the China's first Mars exploration project, China cooperated with the European Space Agency on engineering technology, and with Austria and France on payloads. It has established a Mars probe orbit data exchange mechanism with the United States, and launched international onboard payload cooperation in its asteroid exploration mission.

Lunar exploration

China has cooperated with foreign space agencies on engineering technology and carrying payloads for other countries in the lunar exploration. In the Chang'e 4 mission China cooperated with Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia on payloads.

The Chang'e 5 lunar probe brought back 1,731 grams of samples from the moon in 2020, and China said it would share the samples with the international community.

Beidou Navigation Satellite System

China has coordinated the development of Beidou system with the US GPS system, Russia's GLONASS system and Europe's Galileo system. It has carried out in-depth cooperation with them in the fields of compatibility, interoperability, monitoring and assessment, and joint application.

China has increased the system's global service capacity by establishing cooperation forum mechanisms, building overseas centers and conducting satellite navigation cooperation with countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, South Africa, Algeria, and Thailand.

China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program

In 1999, the first China-Brazil earth resource satellite was successfully launched, giving each country its first transmission-type remote sensing satellite. China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 04A, the sixth satellite jointly built by China and Brazil, was launched in 2019.

The program set a good example for cooperation among developing countries in the field of space technology, and was praised as a model of "South-South cooperation". Data from the satellites are provided to developing nations for free.