Beijing, China - Jan 18, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Poster of first appraisal meeting for naming China's first Mars rover
2. Various of meeting in progress
3. Model of Mars rover on desk
4. Person announcing top ten names
5. SOUNDBITE(Chinese) Liu Tongjie, deputy director, Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center, China National Space Administration (CNSA) (starting with shot 4):
"We followed several principles in the appraisal. The names must comply with relevant national regulations and match the characteristics of China's first Mars probe mission. They also need to integrate Chinese culture with modern technologies. They are expected to be catchy. Besides, they should not be used by any domestic and international spacecraft before."

FILE: Wenchang City, Hainan Province, south China - July 24, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of launching ceremony of global naming campaign for China's Mars rover in progress
7. Various of smart phone screen showing Baidu mobile app for naming campaign

Beijing, China - Jan 18, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE(Chinese) Yuan Foyu, director of naming campaign for China's first Mars rover (starting with shot 7):
"More than 1.4 million entries have been received from 38 countries and regions since we initiated the naming campaign in July 2020. Over 200,000 of them are eligible. The netizens' active participation shows their great care for the Mars mission."

FILE: Wenchang City, Hainan Province, south China - July 24, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of smart phone screen showing Baidu mobile app for naming campaign

FILE: China - Date Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Animation showing China's first Mars probe in orbit
11. Various of animation showing China's first Mars probe Mars probe mission landing process
12. Various of animation showing probe working on Mars

The top 10 candidate names have been selected for China's first Mars rover after an initial review over names solicited from around the globe, said the Chinese space authorities on Monday.

A 40-day public voting will then be held online as from this Wednesday for the 10 shortlisted names, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

"We followed several principles in the appraisal. The names must comply with relevant national regulations and match the characteristics of China's first Mars probe mission. They also need to integrate Chinese culture with modern technologies. They are expected to be catchy. Besides, they should not be used by any domestic and international spacecraft before," said Liu Tongjie, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

The name solicitation started in July 2020 and ended about a month later.

"More than 1.4 million entries have been received from 38 countries and regions since we initiated the naming campaign in July 2020. Over 200,000 of them are eligible. The netizens' active participation shows their great care for the Mars mission," said Yuan Foyu, director of the naming campaign for China's first Mars rover.

The name will finally be decided after follow-up appraisal and be published before the Tianwen-1 spacecraft lands on the Mars.

China launched the Mars probe on July 23, 2020, designed to complete orbiting, landing and roving in a single mission, thus taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system. It is expected to reach the Mars around February 2021. After entering orbit, it will spend another two to three months surveying the candidate landing sites before it touches down.