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1. Various of rocket blasting off

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2. Various of astronauts performing extravehicular activities

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3. Various of engineers working

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4. Various of astronauts performing tasks in space station

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5. Various of signing ceremony in progress; board with sign reading "Pakistan Manned Space Mission"; guests listening

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6. Various of astronauts undergoing training
7. Various of engineers working

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8. Promo of China's moon-landing spacesuit

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9. Various of rocket

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10. Various of engineers working
11. Aerial shot of space launch site

China's manned space program will steadily promote the two major tasks of space station application and development and manned lunar exploration in 2025, said the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).

At present, the Chinese space station is operating stably and effectively, and the development and construction work for the lunar landing phase of the country's manned lunar exploration program is progressing steadily as planned.

Since the completion of the space station, China has organized four crewed flights, three cargo resupply missions and four spacecraft return tasks. Five astronaut crew groups, totaling 15 astronauts, have undertaken lengthy stays in orbit, completing 11 extravehicular activities and multiple payload operations outside the capsule.

Multiple extravehicular maintenance missions have also been carried out, including one mission that set a world record for the duration of a single extravehicular activity in space.

China has completed the selection of its fourth group of astronaut candidates, which includes two payload experts from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region, and begun developing a low-cost cargo transportation system.

The country also released a report in 2024 on the progress its space station has made in scientific research and applications.

For 2025, China plans two manned flight missions and one cargo resupply mission. The astronaut crews for the two manned flight missions have been selected and are undergoing training.

At present, more than 180 scientific and application projects have been carried out in orbit on the country's space station. The projects involve space life science and human research, microgravity physics and new space technologies, achieving groundbreaking results.

The CMSEO and the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) signed a cooperation agreement on the spaceflight of a Pakistani astronaut to the Chinese space station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on February 28.

Under the agreement, the Chinese government will select and train a group of Pakistani astronauts, and one of them will be the first foreign astronaut to enter the Chinese space station.

The selection process will last about a year, and the Pakistani astronauts will join a comprehensive and systematic training camp in China. After that, Pakistani astronauts will carry out short-term flight missions in batches together with their Chinese counterparts in the space station in the next few years.

Meanwhile, as China is pressing ahead with its mission to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, the development and construction work for the lunar landing phase of the country's manned lunar exploration program is progressing steadily as planned.

Currently, the research and development work is being carried out on prototypes of major flight products, such as the Long March-10 carrier rocket, the manned spacecraft Mengzhou, the lunar lander Lanyue, the moon-landing spacesuit Wangyu and the manned lunar rover Tansuo.

The research and development and construction are in progress in an orderly manner for the lunar mission-related test and launch facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in China's southern island province of Hainan. The overall plan for ground systems such as measurement, control, communication, and landing sites has been completed, and the construction of various projects will be carried out.

Subsequently, priority will be given to carry out large-scale tests of the prototypes of major flight products such as spaceships, rockets, and suits.

Efforts will continue to be made to promote the digital transformation of the research and development work of China's manned space program.