China is asking the world to collaborate¹ in experiments on its planned space station so as to promote international space cooperation and sustainable global development.

 

中国邀请世界各国在其计划的空间站内合作进行实验，以促进国际空间合作与全球可持续发展。

 

The Committee on Science and Technology Experiments of the Chinese Space Station was established recently under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).

 

The offer is open to the entire international community. Proposals and projects can be submitted online (www.css-research.cn) and peer-reviewed. The candidate projects will go through to the China Manned Space Agency.

 

"We are looking forward to experiments to better sustain space exploration. We also expect China's space station to be an in-space incubator of new technologies that can improve people's lives," said Zhang Hongtai, president of CAST.

 

CAST might also provide opportunities to conduct some international cooperation experiments on other spacecraft or satellites, said Zhang.

 

"China is further opening up, and space exploration is a shared challenge for China and other countries. We hope to solicit² and evaluate experiments with common international practices, and select the most promising³ and innovative⁴ projects. The research data will be shared by the international community," said Bao Weimin, chairman of the newly established committee and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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