China shares rare Moon rocks with US despite trade war

China’s lunar exploration programme has always adhered to the principles of equality, mutual benefit, peaceful use, and win-win cooperation, sharing development achievements with the international community,

he said

It seems the United States is quite closed off now despite being open in the past, while we were closed off in the past and are now open; this is because of the increase in our nation’s overall strength and consequent rise in self-confidence,

Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program, told Reuters in an interview Wednesday, adding

I believe China's circle of friends in space will continue to grow,

he said

You can find that most of the selected projects come from developing nations that want to build their own space industry,

Pang said

Chang'e samples belong not only to China, but also to the world, representing a shared treasure for all humanity,

CNSA Administrator Shan Zhongde said at the ceremony

The CNSA-SUPARCO partnership strengthens intercultural dialogue, diplomacy and peaceful collaboration, proving that shared dreams can unite nations among the stars,

he added

Together, we will pool efforts to promote the development of the world's space industry, ensuring that space innovations serve and enhance human well-being across broader domains, at deeper levels, and to higher standards,

Shan emphasized at the opening ceremony for the Space Day of China

Scientists around the world are also eager to have access to the Chang'e 6 samples — the first ever collected from the moon's far side, which researchers believe hold enormous scientific value. I'm sure the Chinese government will soon open international applications for those samples,

he said

Our instruments will analyze regolith composition, test autonomous surface mobility and study lunar environmental conditions, contributing to global lunar science databases,

Ali said

We will continue accepting international applications for lunar samples and look forward to global scientists making further discoveries to expand human knowledge and benefit all mankind,

the official said

Together with our partners, we are defining scientific and application goals, conducting site selection for the lunar surface and evaluating preliminary plans for scientific operation platforms,

Wu said

The Chang'e-8 mission will work in coordination with Chang'e-7 and Queqiao-2 to establish the basic model of the ILRS,

he said