BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

CHANG'E-6 LUNAR SAMPLES

China's Chang'e-6 mission collected 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon, preliminary measurement by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) showed Friday.

Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, handed over the sample container and sample certificate to Ding Chibiao, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), at a ceremony in Beijing. Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong presided over the handover ceremony.

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the handover ceremony.

DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION

China is scheduled to launch the Tianwen-2 mission around 2025 for asteroid exploration, Tianwen-3 mission around 2030 to collect Martian samples and Tianwen-4 mission also around 2030 to explore the Jovian system, according to a senior official from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday.

Bian Zhigang, deputy head of the CNSA, speaking at a press conference, said that the three future missions were among four planetary exploration missions given state approval.

The first mission, the Tianwen-1 Mars mission, already achieved a complete success in 2021, and the remaining missions are expected to be completed in 10 to 15 years.

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH

China and France have worked together to build an international biodiversity research network, the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Thursday.

The research network was founded by research teams at CAS and the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and is dedicated to jointly responding to global concerns such as biodiversity loss, animal disease epidemics and ecosystem dysfunction. Enditem

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