Robots will play an important role in supporting astronauts living on Mars and exploring the red planet
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Ouyang Ziyuan, a senior adviser to China's lunar program and its former chief scientist, told Xinhua News Agency in an article published on Thursday that robots will be essential in supporting human activity.
"The environment on the Martian surface has low atmospheric pressure and low temperatures, so astronauts will have problems if they have no robotic assistance," Ouyang said. "Robots can help astronauts produce and transport construction materials, build facilities and operate bases."
He said that in the long term human explorers can figure out ways to increase greenhouse gases in the Martian atmosphere to warm up the planet and to melt ice on the surface. Then they can farm and mine from permanent bases.
China plans to send a robotic probe to Mars around 2020. It will take nearly seven months to reach the red planet and land. It will conduct scientific research on the soil and atmosphere and search for signs of water, according to the China National Space Administration.
The probe will consist of three parts－an orbiter, lander and rover. The rover will have six wheels and four solar panels, and will carry 13 scientific instruments, weighing about 200 kilograms. It will work 92 days on the planet, according to Sun Zezhou, the probe's chief designer.
In addition, a larger probe will set off for Mars around 2030 to take samples and return to Earth, the administration said.
In another development, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a major player in the country's space programs, will build the nation's first Mars simulation base in Northwest China's Qinghai province.
The base will be in the red cliff region of Da Qaidam (also known as Dachaidan) district in the Mongolian-Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Haixi, the academy said.
Situated in the Qaidam basin in western Qinghai, Haixi was chosen for its Mars-like landforms and climate, said Wang Jingzhai, the prefecture's deputy Party chief.
The government of Haixi and the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed an agreement in November to build the base. They have begun discussing its exact location.
CHANGCHUN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Delegates from African countriesare hoping to attract more Chinese investment at the ongoing 11thChina-Northeast Asia Expo in Changchun, capital of northeasternJilin Province.
Representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia and Mozambiquepresented a variety of collaborative projects at the expo, rangingfrom grain and dairy processing, light manufacturing, to machineryand construction, in the hope of finding Chinese counterparts toinvest in their countries.
Ethiopia has set up a one-stop service system to simplify theapproval process for business licenses for overseas enterprises,said Sisay Tsegaye Zelek, from the Ethiopian InvestmentCommission.
"Eligible companies will get their business license approved ina day," Zelek said.
Over the past decade China has become an important investor inAfrica, with a total investment of more than 100 billion U.S.dollars, ranging from infrastructure, mining, telecommunications toagriculture and manufacturing.
Chinese companies have been involved in the manufacturing ofauto parts, food and electronic products in Kenya, and the countryhopes Chinese companies will expand their presence into theprocessing of agricultural products and light manufacturing,according to Susan Njoba from Kenya Investment Authority.
"Our data shows Chinese-invested projects generate more jobopportunities than companies from other countries," Njoba said.
A McKinsey report indicated Sino-African relations witnessedremarkable growth over the past decade, with bilateral trade up 20percent and direct investment rising 40 percent annually.
Statistics from China's Ministry of Commerce showed tradebetween China and African countries reached 85.3 billion U.S.dollars in the first half of 2017, while China's non-financialinvestment in Africa surged 22 percent to 1.6 billion U.S. dollarsduring the same period.
China and African countries are highly complementary inresources and technology and new cooperation platforms such as theForum on China-Africa Cooperation have injected impetus intobilateral economic collaboration, according to Chen Zhou, vicechairman of China Council for the Promotion of InternationalTrade.
"We can also work to maximize the synergy between China's Beltand Road Initiative and Africa's industrialization strategy tobenefit businesses from both sides," said Zhang Yuzhong, anofficial from China Investment Promotion Agency.
The 11th China-Northeast Asia Expo, which runs from Sept. 1 to5, serves as a platform for regional cooperation in Northeast Asiaand beyond. The expo has representatives from China, Russia,Mongolia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republicof Korea and Japan, as well as attracting global dignitaries andenterprises in pursuit of economic and regional cooperation.
Since the expo started in 2005, it has produced trade dealsvalued at more than 8 billion U.S. dollars. Enditem
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