China's space exploration sets example in global cooperation

Lunar exploration

China has cooperated with foreign space agencies on engineering technology and carrying payloads for other countries in the lunar exploration. In the Chang'e 4 mission China cooperated with Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia on payloads.

The Chang'e 5 lunar probe brought back 1,731 grams of samples from the moon in 2020, and China said it would share the samples with the international community.