On January 28, 2022, vice administrator of the China National Space Administration, Yanhua Wu, expressed at the press conference of the white paper "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective", China's space industry will deepen and broaden the international cooperation and be more open to collaborate with international partners and colleagues on projects with larger scale at a higher level, to make new pioneering contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and advancing the progress of human civilization and peaceful development.
Wu said that China's space industry would actively participate in the global governance of outer space in the next five years and provide Chinese solutions and Chinese wisdom in areas such as monitoring and handling of near-earth objects, planetary protection, and space traffic management. Initiate the construction of the International Lunar Research Station, implement the agreement on cooperation on BRICS remote sensing satellite constellation, promote the global application of space information services, and carry out more extensive and diversified international exchanges and cooperation in the fields of lunar exploration, space station, planetary exploration and Beidou navigation, for mutual benefit.
Wu said that Peaceful exploration and use of outer space is the common dream of the world. Staring stars, dreaming dreams, hand in hand, step by step, China would like to work with the international community to accelerate the development of high-quality, sustainable and beneficial space industry, promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and advance the progress of human civilization and peaceful development.
Xu Hongliang, the spokesperson of the China National Space Administration, said at the press conference that the white paper for the first time calls for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in outer space and conducting extensive international exchanges and cooperation in a more active and open manner. Firstly, to extend cooperation into mission planning, instead of only focusing on payloads carrying in the past. Secondly, to upgrade from single product cooperation to complex system joint development. Thirdly, to expand the application from a single typical scene to comprehensive multiple fields. Hence, space activities can better benefit all mankind and promote the progress of human civilization.
According to the " China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective ", in the next five years, China will expand bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanism in a more active and open manner and conduct extensive collaboration and exchanges in key domains, such as the global governance of outer space, manned space missions, Beidou navigation, deep space exploration, space technology, space application, space science, talent and academic exchanges, et cetera.